private BelowAll() {
      /*
       * No code ever sees this bogus value for `endpoint`: This class overrides both methods that
       * use the `endpoint` field, compareTo() and endpoint(). Additionally, the main implementation
       * of Cut.compareTo checks for belowAll before reading accessing `endpoint` on another Cut
       * instance.
       */
      super("");
    }

    @Override

            return compareTo(artifactVersion) == 0;
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(ArtifactVersion otherVersion) {
        if (otherVersion instanceof DefaultArtifactVersion defaultArtifactVersion) {
            return this.comparable.compareTo(defaultArtifactVersion.comparable);
        } else {

  private final String value;

  LegacyComparable(String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Object object) {
    // This method is spec'd to throw CCE if object is of the wrong type
    LegacyComparable that = (LegacyComparable) object;
    return this.value.compareTo(that.value);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
    if (object instanceof LegacyComparable) {

            ArtifactVersion v2 = new DefaultArtifactVersion(e2.getVersion());

            if (newerFirst) {
                return v1.compareTo(v2) > 0 ? e1 : e2;
            }

            return v1.compareTo(v2) > 0 ? e2 : e1;
        }

        if (closerFirst) {
            return depth1 < depth2 ? e1 : e2;
        }

        return depth1 < depth2 ? e2 : e1;
    }

  }

  // needed because otherwise Object.toString() calls hashCode()
  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "DontHashMe" + value;
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(UnhashableObject o) {
    return Integer.compare(this.value, o.value);
  }

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return slowItDown() + hash;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Element e) {
      int x = slowItDown();
      return x + super.compareTo(e) - x; // silly attempt to prevent opt
    }

    static int slowItDown() {
      int result = 0;
      for (int i = 1; i <= 1000; i++) {
        result += i;
      }

    } else if (other instanceof BaseComparable) {
      return s.equals(((BaseComparable) other).s);
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(BaseComparable o) {
    return s.compareTo(o.s);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

  private final String value;

  LegacyComparable(String value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Object object) {
    // This method is spec'd to throw CCE if object is of the wrong type
    LegacyComparable that = (LegacyComparable) object;
    return this.value.compareTo(that.value);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
    if (object instanceof LegacyComparable) {

    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Artifact a) {
        int result = groupId.compareTo(a.getGroupId());
        if (result == 0) {
            result = artifactId.compareTo(a.getArtifactId());
            if (result == 0) {
                result = type.compareTo(a.getType());
                if (result == 0) {
                    if (classifier == null) {

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??
  public int compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right) {
    checkNotNull(left); // for GWT
    checkNotNull(right);
    return ((Comparable<Object>) left).compareTo(right);
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??