/**
   * Sorts the elements of {@code array} in descending order.
   *
   * @since 23.1
   */
  public static void sortDescending(long[] array) {
    checkNotNull(array);
    sortDescending(array, 0, array.length);
  }

  /**
   * Sorts the elements of {@code array} between {@code fromIndex} inclusive and {@code toIndex}
   * exclusive in descending order.
   *
   * @since 23.1
   */

    public Entry<String, Integer>[] createArray(int length) {
      return (Entry<String, Integer>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[length];
    }

    @Override
    public List<Entry<String, Integer>> order(List<Entry<String, Integer>> insertionOrder) {
      return insertionOrder;
    }
  }

  public abstract static class TestEntriesListGenerator extends TestEntriesGenerator

  @Override
  public final String[] createValueArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public Iterable<Entry<String, String>> order(List<Entry<String, String>> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

  @Override
  public final String[] createValueArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public Iterable<Entry<String, String>> order(List<Entry<String, String>> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

    return (List<E>) collection;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>The {@code AbstractListTester} implementation overrides {@link
   * AbstractCollectionTester#expectContents(Collection)} to verify that the order of the elements
   * in the list under test matches what is expected.
   */
  @Override
  protected void expectContents(Collection<E> expectedCollection) {
    List<E> expectedList = copyToList(expectedCollection);

        Predicate<Artifact> predArtifactId = a -> artifactId.matches(createPathProxy(a.getArtifactId()));
        return predGroupId.and(predArtifactId);
    }

    /**
     * In order to reuse the glob matcher from the filesystem, we need
     * to create Path instances.  Those are only used with the toString method.
     * This hack works because the only system-dependent thing is the path

    byte[] buffer = MANY_VALUES_PAIRED_STATS.toByteArray();
    byte[] tooLongByteArray =
        ByteBuffer.allocate(buffer.length + 2)
            .order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
            .put(buffer)
            .putChar('.')
            .array();
    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PairedStats.fromByteArray(tooLongByteArray));
  }

    byte[] buffer = MANY_VALUES_PAIRED_STATS.toByteArray();
    byte[] tooLongByteArray =
        ByteBuffer.allocate(buffer.length + 2)
            .order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN)
            .put(buffer)
            .putChar('.')
            .array();
    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> PairedStats.fromByteArray(tooLongByteArray));
  }

   * this range map are guaranteed to read through to the returned {@code Map}.
   *
   * <p>The returned {@code Map} iterates over entries in ascending order of the bounds of the
   * {@code Range} entries.
   *
   * <p>It is guaranteed that no empty ranges will be in the returned {@code Map}.
   */
  Map<Range<K>, V> asMapOfRanges();

  /**

        </field>
        <field>
          <name>activeProfiles</name>
          <version>1.0.0</version>
          <description><![CDATA[
            List of manually-activated build profiles, specified in the order in which
            they should be applied.
          ]]></description>
          <association>
            <type>String</type>
            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
        </field>