docs: private boolean addCoveringPath(String newPath) {
          int newLen = newPath.length();
  
          Iterator<String> useCoveringPaths = coveringPaths.iterator();
          boolean isCovered = false;
          boolean isCovering = false;
          while ( !isCovered && useCoveringPaths.hasNext() ) {
              String coveringPath = useCoveringPaths.next();
              int coveringLen = coveringPath.length();
  
              if ( coveringLen < newLen ) {
                  if ( isCovering ) {
                      continue; // Can't be covered.
                  } else {
                      if ( newPath.regionMatches(0, coveringPath, 0, coveringLen) ) {
                          if ( newPath.charAt(coveringLen) == '/' ) {
                              isCovered = true; // Covered: "covering/child" vs "covering"
                              break; // No need to continue: Can't be any additional relationships to find.
                          } else {
                              continue; // Dissimilar: "coveringX" vs "covering"
                          }
                      } else {
                          continue; // Dissimilar: "coverXngX" vs "covering"
                      }
                  }
              } else if ( coveringLen == newLen ) {
                  if ( isCovering ) {
                      continue; // Can't be covered
                  } else {
                      if ( newPath.regionMatches(0, coveringPath, 0, coveringLen) ) {
                          isCovered = true; // Covered: "covering" vs "covering"
                          break; // No need to continue: Can't be any additional relationships to find.
                      } else {
                          continue; // "covering" vs "coverXng"
                      }
                  }
              } else { // coveringLen > newLen
                  if ( newPath.regionMatches(0, coveringPath, 0, newLen) ) {
                      if ( coveringPath.charAt(newLen) == '/' ) {
                          isCovering = true;
                          useCoveringPaths.remove(); // Covering: "covering" vs "covering/child"
                          continue; // Look for other independent children: "covering/child1" and "covering/child2"
                      } else {
                          continue; // Dissimilar: "covering" vs "coveringX"
                      }
                  } else {
                      continue; // Dissimilar: "covering" vs "coverXngX"
                  }
              }
          }
  
          if ( !isCovered ) {
              coveringPaths.add(newPath);
          }
  
          return !isCovered;
      }