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/**

 * Utilities to assist in the processing of

 * {@linkplain javax.lang.model.element program elements} and

 * {@linkplain javax.lang.model.type types}.

 *

 * <p> Unless otherwise specified in a particular implementation, the

 * collections returned by methods in this package should be expected

 * to be unmodifiable by the caller and unsafe for concurrent access.

 *

 * <p> Unless otherwise specified, methods in this package will throw

 * a {@code NullPointerException} if given a {@code null} argument.

 *

 * @author Joseph D. Darcy

 * @author Scott Seligman

 * @author Peter von der Ahé

 * @since 1.6

 */

package javax.lang.model.util;