* loader} if necessary. The method improves upon the conventional "if cached, return; otherwise
   * create, cache and return" pattern. For further improvements, use {@link LoadingCache} and its
   * {@link LoadingCache#get(Object) get(K)} method instead of this one.
   *
   * <p>Among the improvements that this method and {@code LoadingCache.get(K)} both provide are:
   *
   * <ul>

// isEmpty returns true if Tags field is null
func (a And) isEmpty() bool {
	return len(a.Tags) == 0 && a.Prefix == ""
}

// Validate - validates the And field
func (a And) Validate() error {
	if a.ContainsDuplicateTag() {
		return errDuplicateTagKey
	}
	for _, t := range a.Tags {
		if err := t.Validate(); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

        // Fast path (first test is probably all we need to do)
        return c1;
      } else if (c1 <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE) {
        // If the high surrogate was the last character, return its inverse
        if (index == end) {
          return -c1;
        }
        // Otherwise look for the low surrogate following it
        char c2 = seq.charAt(index);

@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface ArtifactCoordinates {
    /**
     * {@return the group identifier of the artifact}
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getGroupId();

    /**
     * {@return the identifier of the artifact}
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getArtifactId();

    /**
     * Returns the classifier of the artifact.
     *
     * @return the classifier or an empty string if none, never {@code null}
     */

            case 0x00:
                return "This folder only";
            case 0x03:
                return "This folder, subfolders and files";
            case 0x0B:
                return "Subfolders and files only";
            case 0x02:
                return "This folder and subfolders";
            case 0x0A:
                return "Subfolders only";
            case 0x01:

   *     thread creation.
   * @return this for the builder pattern
   * @see MoreExecutors
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public ThreadFactoryBuilder setThreadFactory(ThreadFactory backingThreadFactory) {
    this.backingThreadFactory = checkNotNull(backingThreadFactory);
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new thread factory using the options supplied during the building process. After

    public Writer append(@CheckForNull CharSequence csq) {
      return this;
    }

    @Override
    public Writer append(@CheckForNull CharSequence csq, int start, int end) {
      checkPositionIndexes(start, end, csq == null ? "null".length() : csq.length());
      return this;
    }

    @Override
    public Writer append(char c) {
      return this;
    }

    @Override
    public void flush() {}

  }

  /** Returns the type of the parameter. */
  public TypeToken<?> getType() {
    return type;
  }

  /** Returns the {@link Invokable} that declares this parameter. */
  public Invokable<?, ?> getDeclaringInvokable() {
    return declaration;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
    return getAnnotation(annotationType) != null;
  }

      return this;
    }

    public <E> Interner<E> build() {
      if (!strong) {
        mapMaker.weakKeys();
      }
      return new InternerImpl<>(mapMaker);
    }
  }

  /** Returns a fresh {@link InternerBuilder} instance. */
  public static InternerBuilder newBuilder() {
    return new InternerBuilder();
  }

  /**

	}

	if j > 1 {
		// Create parent.
		if err := osMkdirAll(dirPath[:j-1], perm, baseDir); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}

	// Parent now exists; invoke Mkdir and use its result.
	if err := Mkdir(dirPath, perm); err != nil {
		if osIsExist(err) {
			return nil
		}
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

// The buffer must be at least a block long.
// refer https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24015