A generic pair in Java

Java interview exercise on Generics & Optional, difficulty 1 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example; the tests run the moment you do.

Write record Pair<A, B>(A first, B second) with a static factory of(a, b), a method swap() returning a Pair<B, A>, and withFirst(a) returning a copy with the first element replaced (records are immutable, so every change is a new record).

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