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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 Ah&eacute;
 * @since 1.6
 */
package javax.lang.model.util;