(commons-collections) branch master updated: [COLLECTIONS-888] PatriciaTrie incompatible with Java 21 (JEP 431 (#673)

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     new 3affddf33 [COLLECTIONS-888] PatriciaTrie incompatible with Java 21 
(JEP 431 (#673)
3affddf33 is described below

commit 3affddf334682434304c1ee2cd75bc2d6274f405
Author: Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 1 11:11:03 2026 -0400

    [COLLECTIONS-888] PatriciaTrie incompatible with Java 21 (JEP 431 (#673)
    
    Sequenced Collections)
---
 .../collections4/trie/AbstractPatriciaTrie.java       | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/trie/AbstractPatriciaTrie.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/trie/AbstractPatriciaTrie.java
index 472bbe17d..4de933dc9 100644
--- 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/trie/AbstractPatriciaTrie.java
+++ 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/trie/AbstractPatriciaTrie.java
@@ -1432,10 +1432,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractPatriciaTrie<K, V> 
extends AbstractBitwiseTrie<K,
     /**
      * Returns the first entry the {@link 
org.apache.commons.collections4.Trie} is storing.
      * <p>
-     * This is implemented by going always to the left until
-     * we encounter a valid uplink. That uplink is the first key.
+     * This is implemented by going always to the left until we encounter a 
valid uplink. That uplink is the first key.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return the first entry the {@link 
org.apache.commons.collections4.Trie} is storing.
+     * @since 4.6.0
      */
-    TrieEntry<K, V> firstEntry() {
+    public TrieEntry<K, V> firstEntry() {
         // if Trie is empty, no first node.
         if (isEmpty()) {
             return null;
@@ -1715,10 +1718,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractPatriciaTrie<K, V> 
extends AbstractBitwiseTrie<K,
     /**
      * Returns the last entry the {@link org.apache.commons.collections4.Trie} 
is storing.
      *
-     * <p>This is implemented by going always to the right until
-     * we encounter a valid uplink. That uplink is the last key.
+     * <p>
+     * This is implemented by going always to the right until we encounter a 
valid uplink. That uplink is the last key.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return the last entry the {@link org.apache.commons.collections4.Trie} 
is storing.
+     * @since 4.6.0
      */
-    TrieEntry<K, V> lastEntry() {
+    public TrieEntry<K, V> lastEntry() {
         return followRight(root.left);
     }