checkArgument(minLength >= 0, "Invalid minLength: %s", minLength);
    checkArgument(padding >= 0, "Invalid padding: %s", padding);
    return (array.length < minLength) ? Arrays.copyOf(array, minLength + padding) : array;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string containing the supplied {@code short} values separated by {@code separator}.

    checkArgument(minLength >= 0, "Invalid minLength: %s", minLength);
    checkArgument(padding >= 0, "Invalid padding: %s", padding);
    return (array.length < minLength) ? Arrays.copyOf(array, minLength + padding) : array;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string containing the supplied {@code short} values separated by {@code separator}.

  }

  private static final class Signature {
    private final String name;
    private final ImmutableList<Class<?>> parameterTypes;

    Signature(Method method) {
      this(method.getName(), ImmutableList.copyOf(method.getParameterTypes()));
    }

    Signature(String name, ImmutableList<Class<?>> parameterTypes) {
      this.name = name;
      this.parameterTypes = parameterTypes;
    }

    @Override

    Iterator<TestDatum> merged =
        Iterators.mergeSorted(ImmutableList.of(left.iterator(), right.iterator()), comparator);

    ImmutableList<TestDatum> result = ImmutableList.copyOf(merged);

    assertThat(result)
        .containsExactly(
            new TestDatum("A", 2),
            new TestDatum("B", 1),
            new TestDatum("C", 1),
            new TestDatum("C", 2))

   */
  @SafeVarargs
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T>... inputs) {
    return concatNoDefensiveCopy(Arrays.copyOf(inputs, inputs.length));
  }

  /**
   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the

  }

  private static final class Signature {
    private final String name;
    private final ImmutableList<Class<?>> parameterTypes;

    Signature(Method method) {
      this(method.getName(), ImmutableList.copyOf(method.getParameterTypes()));
    }

    Signature(String name, ImmutableList<Class<?>> parameterTypes) {
      this.name = name;
      this.parameterTypes = parameterTypes;
    }

    @Override

    // Hash keys of the form {}, {0}, {0,1}, {0,1,2}... up to N=255,using 256-N as the seed
    for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
      key[i] = (byte) i;
      int seed = 256 - i;
      byte[] hash = hashFunction.hash(Arrays.copyOf(key, i), seed);
      System.arraycopy(hash, 0, hashes, i * hashBytes, hash.length);
    }

    // Then hash the result array
    byte[] result = hashFunction.hash(hashes, 0);

      checkNotNull(contextType);
      TypeMappingIntrospector introspector = new TypeMappingIntrospector();
      introspector.visit(contextType);
      return ImmutableMap.copyOf(introspector.mappings);
    }

    @Override
    void visitClass(Class<?> clazz) {
      visit(clazz.getGenericSuperclass());
      visit(clazz.getGenericInterfaces());
    }

    @Override

   * Returns a new {@link TreeRangeMap} containing the same ranges as the given {@code RangeMap}.
   *
   * @since 33.4.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> TreeRangeMap<K, V> copyOf(
      RangeMap<K, ? extends V> rangeMap) {
    if (rangeMap instanceof TreeRangeMap) {
      NavigableMap<Cut<K>, RangeMapEntry<K, V>> entriesByLowerBound = Maps.newTreeMap();

      name = name.substring(0, name.length() - 1);
    }

    checkArgument(name.length() <= MAX_LENGTH, "Domain name too long: '%s':", name);
    this.name = name;

    this.parts = ImmutableList.copyOf(DOT_SPLITTER.split(name));
    checkArgument(parts.size() <= MAX_PARTS, "Domain has too many parts: '%s'", name);
    checkArgument(validateSyntax(parts), "Not a valid domain name: '%s'", name);
  }

  /**