* 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>

 * implementation, or delegating to the provided {@code standardAdd} method.
 *
 * <p><b>{@code default} method warning:</b> This class does <i>not</i> forward calls to {@code
 * default} methods. Instead, it inherits their default implementations. When those implementations
 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingMultiset}.
 *

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- Switch scheduler to generate the merge patch on pod status instead of the full pod ([#103133](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/103133), [@marwanad](https://github.com/marwanad)) [SIG Scheduling]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

### Scheduling
* **Multiple schedulers**
  * Modify your PodSpecs that currently use the `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/name` annotation on Pod, to instead use the `schedulerName` field in the PodSpec.
  * Modify any custom scheduler(s) you have written so that they read the `schedulerName` field on Pod instead of the `scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/name` annotation.

    // In practice, wildcards are always in the leftmost position. For now, this implementation
    // cheats and does not attempt every possible permutation. Instead, it only considers wildcards
    // in the leftmost position. We assert this fact when we generate the public suffix file. If
    // this assertion ever fails we'll need to refactor this implementation.

     * Returns a new response body that transmits this string. If [contentType] is non-null and
     * has a charset other than utf-8 the behaviour differs by platform.
     *
     * On the JVM the encoding will be used instead of utf-8.
     *
     * On non JVM platforms, this method will fail for encodings other than utf-8.
     */
    @JvmStatic
    @JvmName("create")

  private static Map<String, String> toHashMap(Entry<String, String>[] entries) {
    return populate(new HashMap<String, String>(), entries);
  }

  // TODO: call conversion constructors or factory methods instead of using
  // populate() on an empty map
  private static <T, M extends Map<T, String>> M populate(M map, Entry<T, String>[] entries) {
    for (Entry<T, String> entry : entries) {

 * provided {@code standardPutAll} method.
 *
 * <p><b>{@code default} method warning:</b> This class does <i>not</i> forward calls to {@code
 * default} methods. Instead, it inherits their default implementations. When those implementations
 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingMap}.
 *

  static Object[] checkElementsNotNull(Object[] array, int length) {
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      checkElementNotNull(array[i], i);
    }
    return array;
  }

  // We do this instead of Preconditions.checkNotNull to save boxing and array
  // creation cost.
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static Object checkElementNotNull(Object element, int index) {
    if (element == null) {