@Override
  public int count(@CheckForNull Object element) {
    Count frequency = Maps.safeGet(backingMap, element);
    return (frequency == null) ? 0 : frequency.get();
  }

  // Optional Operations - Modification Operations

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the call would result in more than {@link
   *     Integer#MAX_VALUE} occurrences of {@code element} in this multiset.
   */