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This package is part of the
Android support library  which
is no longer maintained.
The support library has been superseded by AndroidX 
which is part of Jetpack .
We recommend using the AndroidX libraries in all new projects. You should also consider
migrating  existing projects to AndroidX.
To find the AndroidX class that maps to this deprecated class, see the AndroidX
support library class
mappings . 
 
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    checkArgument 
    
void checkArgument (boolean expression, 
                Object  errorMessage) 
    
    Parameters 
        expression
          boolean  
       
      
        errorMessage
          Object  
       
    
 
    checkArgument 
    
void checkArgument (boolean expression) 
    
    Parameters 
        expression
          boolean  
       
    
 
    checkArgument 
    
void checkArgument (boolean expression, 
                String  errorMessageTemplate, 
                Object...  errorMessageArgs) 
    
    Parameters 
        expression
          boolean  
       
      
        errorMessageTemplate
          String  
       
      
        errorMessageArgs
          Object  
       
    
 
    checkNotNull 
    
T checkNotNull (T reference, 
                Object  errorMessage) 
    
    Parameters 
        reference
          T  
       
      
        errorMessage
          Object  
       
    
    
 
    checkNotNull 
    
T checkNotNull (T reference) 
    
    
 
    checkNotNull 
    
T checkNotNull (T reference, 
                String  errorMessageTemplate, 
                Object...  errorMessageArgs) 
    
    Parameters 
        reference
          T  
       
      
        errorMessageTemplate
          String  
       
      
        errorMessageArgs
          Object  
       
    
    
 
    checkState 
    
void checkState (boolean expression, 
                Object  errorMessage) 
    
    Parameters 
        expression
          boolean  
       
      
        errorMessage
          Object  
       
    
 
    checkState 
    
void checkState (boolean expression, 
                String  errorMessageTemplate, 
                Object...  errorMessageArgs) 
    
    Parameters 
        expression
          boolean  
       
      
        errorMessageTemplate
          String  
       
      
        errorMessageArgs
          Object  
       
    
 
 
 
  
  
     
  
    
    
      
       
    
    
  
  
 
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