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  package com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver;
  
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.Arrays;
  import java.util.Collection;
  import java.util.Collections;
  import java.util.Comparator;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.HashSet;
  import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
  import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
  import java.util.List;
  import java.util.Map;
  import java.util.Set;
  import java.util.SortedMap;
  import java.util.TreeMap;
  import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
  import javax.management.ObjectName;
  
  public class Util {
      public static ObjectName newObjectName(String string) {
          try {
              return new ObjectName(string);
          } catch (MalformedObjectNameException e) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
          }
      }
  
      static <K, V> Map<K, V> newMap() {
          return new HashMap<K, V>();
      }
  
      static <K, V> Map<K, V> newSynchronizedMap() {
          return Collections.synchronizedMap(Util.<K, V>newMap());
      }
  
      static <K, V> IdentityHashMap<K, V> newIdentityHashMap() {
          return new IdentityHashMap<K, V>();
      }
  
      static <K, V> Map<K, V> newSynchronizedIdentityHashMap() {
          Map<K, V> map = newIdentityHashMap();
          return Collections.synchronizedMap(map);
      }
  
      static <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> newSortedMap() {
          return new TreeMap<K, V>();
      }
  
      static <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> newSortedMap(Comparator<? super K> comp) {
          return new TreeMap<K, V>(comp);
      }
  
      static <K, V> Map<K, V> newInsertionOrderMap() {
          return new LinkedHashMap<K, V>();
      }
  
      static <E> Set<E> newSet() {
          return new HashSet<E>();
      }
  
      static <E> Set<E> newSet(Collection<E> c) {
          return new HashSet<E>(c);
      }
  
      static <E> List<E> newList() {
          return new ArrayList<E>();
      }
  
      static <E> List<E> newList(Collection<E> c) {
          return new ArrayList<E>(c);
      }
  
      /* This method can be used by code that is deliberately violating the
       * allowed checked casts.  Rather than marking the whole method containing
       * the code with @SuppressWarnings, you can use a call to this method for
       * the exact place where you need to escape the constraints.  Typically
       * you will "import static" this method and then write either
       *    X x = cast(y);
       * or, if that doesn't work (e.g. X is a type variable)
       *    Util.<X>cast(y);
       */
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      public static <T> T cast(Object x) {
          return (T) x;
      }
  
      /**
       * Computes a descriptor hashcode from its names and values.
       * @param names  the sorted array of descriptor names.
       * @param values the array of descriptor values.
       * @return a hash code value, as described in {@link #hashCode(Descriptor)}
       */
      public static int hashCode(String[] names, Object[] values) {
          int hash = 0;
          for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
              Object v = values[i];
              int h;
              if (v == null) {
                  h = 0;
              } else if (v instanceof Object[]) {
                  h = Arrays.deepHashCode((Object[]) v);
              } else if (v.getClass().isArray()) {
                  h = Arrays.deepHashCode(new Object[]{v}) - 31;
              // hashcode of a list containing just v is
              // v.hashCode() + 31, see List.hashCode()
              } else {
                  h = v.hashCode();
              }
              hash += names[i].toLowerCase().hashCode() ^ h;
          }
          return hash;
      }
  
      /** Match a part of a string against a shell-style pattern.
          The only pattern characters recognized are <code>?</code>,
          standing for any one character,
          and <code>*</code>, standing for any string of
          characters, including the empty string. For instance,
          {@code wildmatch("sandwich","sa?d*ch",1,4,1,4)} will match
          {@code "and"} against {@code "a?d"}.
  
          @param str  the string containing the sequence to match.
          @param pat  a string containing a pattern to match the sub string
                      against.
          @param stri   the index in the string at which matching should begin.
          @param strend the index in the string at which the matching should
                        end.
          @param pati   the index in the pattern at which matching should begin.
          @param patend the index in the pattern at which the matching should
                        end.
  
          @return true if and only if the string matches the pattern.
      */
      /* The algorithm is a classical one.  We advance pointers in
         parallel through str and pat.  If we encounter a star in pat,
         we remember its position and continue advancing.  If at any
         stage we get a mismatch between str and pat, we look to see if
         there is a remembered star.  If not, we fail.  If so, we
         retreat pat to just past that star and str to the position
         after the last one we tried, and we let the match advance
         again.
  
         Even though there is only one remembered star position, the
         algorithm works when there are several stars in the pattern.
         When we encounter the second star, we forget the first one.
         This is OK, because if we get to the second star in A*B*C
         (where A etc are arbitrary strings), we have already seen AXB.
         We're therefore setting up a match of *C against the remainder
         of the string, which will match if that remainder looks like
         YC, so the whole string looks like AXBYC.
      */
      private static boolean wildmatch(final String str, final String pat,
              int stri, final int strend, int pati, final int patend) {
  
          // System.out.println("matching "+pat.substring(pati,patend)+
          //        " against "+str.substring(stri, strend));
          int starstri; // index for backtrack if "*" attempt fails
          int starpati; // index for backtrack if "*" attempt fails, +1
  
          starstri = starpati = -1;
  
          /* On each pass through this loop, we either advance pati,
             or we backtrack pati and advance starstri.  Since starstri
             is only ever assigned from pati, the loop must terminate.  */
          while (true) {
              if (pati < patend) {
                  final char patc = pat.charAt(pati);
                  switch (patc) {
                  case '?':
                      if (stri == strend)
                          break;
                      stri++;
                      pati++;
                      continue;
                  case '*':
                      pati++;
                      starpati = pati;
                      starstri = stri;
                      continue;
                  default:
                      if (stri < strend && str.charAt(stri) == patc) {
                          stri++;
                          pati++;
                          continue;
                      }
                      break;
                  }
              } else if (stri == strend)
                  return true;
  
              // Mismatched, can we backtrack to a "*"?
              if (starpati < 0 || starstri == strend)
                  return false;
  
              // Retry the match one position later in str
              pati = starpati;
              starstri++;
              stri = starstri;
          }
      }
  
      /** Match a string against a shell-style pattern.  The only pattern
          characters recognized are <code>?</code>, standing for any one
  