*       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1204399671">treat it
 *       identically to {@code Nullable} as of version 0.9.9</a>. To treat it that way before then,
 *       you can set {@code

            AND LOWER THAN CURRENT BASE VERSION (from `version.txt` on this branch).
            The difference must identically match <a href="${mainApiChangesJsonFile.asFile.path}">accepted-public-api-changes.json</a> like .json file in <a href="${apiChangesJsonDirectory.asFile.path}">accepted-changes</a> directory, no more, no less - otherwise the task will fail.

  }

  private static <E> List<E> list(E... elements) {
    return ImmutableList.copyOf(elements);
  }

  /**
   * Utility method to verify that the given LinkedHashSet is equal to and hashes identically to a
   * set constructed with the elements in the given collection. Also verifies that the ordering in
   * the set is the same as the ordering of the given contents.
   */

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code byte} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Byte) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method behaves identically to {@link Byte#compare}.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is