class QuadJoinerComber<A, B, C, D> {

    public static <A, B, C, D> QuadJoinerComber<A, B, C, D> comb(QuadJoiner<A, B, C, D>[] joiners) {<FILL_FUNCTION_BODY>}

    private static <A, B, C, D> QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> mergeFiltering(List<QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D>> filteringList) {
        if (filteringList.isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }
        switch (filteringList.size()) {
            case 1:
                return filteringList.get(0);
            case 2:
                return filteringList.get(0).and(filteringList.get(1));
            default:
                // Avoid predicate.and() when more than 2 predicates for debugging and potentially performance
                return (A a, B b, C c, D d) -> {
                    for (QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> predicate : filteringList) {
                        if (!predicate.test(a, b, c, d)) {
                            return false;
                        }
                    }
                    return true;
                };
        }
    }

    private final DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D> mergedJoiner;
    private final QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> mergedFiltering;

    public QuadJoinerComber(DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D> mergedJoiner, QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> mergedFiltering) {
        this.mergedJoiner = mergedJoiner;
        this.mergedFiltering = mergedFiltering;
    }

    /**
     * @return never null
     */
    public DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D> getMergedJoiner() {
        return mergedJoiner;
    }

    /**
     * @return null if not applicable
     */
    public QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> getMergedFiltering() {
        return mergedFiltering;
    }

}

        List<DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D>> defaultJoinerList = new ArrayList<>(joiners.length);
        List<QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D>> filteringList = new ArrayList<>(joiners.length);

        int indexOfFirstFilter = -1;
        // Make sure all indexing joiners, if any, come before filtering joiners. This is necessary for performance.
        for (int i = 0; i < joiners.length; i++) {
            QuadJoiner<A, B, C, D> joiner = joiners[i];
            if (joiner instanceof FilteringQuadJoiner) {
                // From now on, only allow filtering joiners.
                indexOfFirstFilter = i;
                filteringList.add(((FilteringQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D>) joiner).getFilter());
            } else if (joiner instanceof DefaultQuadJoiner) {
                if (indexOfFirstFilter >= 0) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Indexing joiner (" + joiner + ") must not follow " +
                            "a filtering joiner (" + joiners[indexOfFirstFilter] + ").\n" +
                            "Maybe reorder the joiners such that filtering() joiners are later in the parameter list.");
                }
                defaultJoinerList.add((DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D>) joiner);
            } else {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("The joiner class (" + joiner.getClass() + ") is not supported.");
            }
        }
        DefaultQuadJoiner<A, B, C, D> mergedJoiner = DefaultQuadJoiner.merge(defaultJoinerList);
        QuadPredicate<A, B, C, D> mergedFiltering = mergeFiltering(filteringList);
        return new QuadJoinerComber<>(mergedJoiner, mergedFiltering);
    
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