* error codes, constants and text messages like "The device is not ready"
 * are provided.
 * <p>
 * The jCIFS client maps DOS error codes to NTSTATUS codes. This means that
 * the user may receive a different error from a legacy server than that of
 * a newer variant such as Windows NT and above. If you should encounter
 * such a case, please report it to jcifs at samba dot org and we will
 * change the mapping.
 */

 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.io;

import static com.google.common.base.StandardSystemProperty.JAVA_IO_TMPDIR;
import static com.google.common.base.StandardSystemProperty.USER_NAME;

 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.net;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

/**
 * Static methods pertaining to sorted {@link List} instances.
 *
 * <p>In this documentation, the terms <i>greatest</i>, <i>greater</i>, <i>least</i>, and
 * <i>lesser</i> are considered to refer to the comparator on the elements, and the terms
 * <i>first</i> and <i>last</i> are considered to refer to the elements' ordering in a list.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * these characters are non US-ASCII characters and most meta characters
 * however jCIFS will work correctly with anything but '@' which is used
 * to delimit the userinfo component from the server and '%' which is the
 * URL escape character itself.
 * <p>
 * The server
 * component may a traditional NetBIOS name, a DNS name, or IP
 * address. These name resolution mechanisms and their resolution order

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,