return Collections2.safeContains(collection, element);
    }
    return Iterators.contains(iterable.iterator(), element);
  }

  /**
   * Removes, from an iterable, every element that belongs to the provided collection.
   *
   * <p>This method calls {@link Collection#removeAll} if {@code iterable} is a collection, and
   * {@link Iterators#removeAll} otherwise.
   *

      }
      if (advanceSlowPointer) {
        slowPointer = slowPointer.getCause();
      }
      advanceSlowPointer = !advanceSlowPointer; // only advance every other iteration
    }
    return throwable;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a {@code Throwable} cause chain as a list. The first entry in the list will be {@code

      }
      if (advanceSlowPointer) {
        slowPointer = slowPointer.getCause();
      }
      advanceSlowPointer = !advanceSlowPointer; // only advance every other iteration
    }
    return throwable;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a {@code Throwable} cause chain as a list. The first entry in the list will be {@code

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  protected B self() {
    return (B) this;
  }

  // Test Data

  private @Nullable G subjectGenerator;
  // Gets run before every test.
  private Runnable setUp;
  // Gets run at the conclusion of every test.
  private Runnable tearDown;

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  protected B usingGenerator(G subjectGenerator) {
    this.subjectGenerator = subjectGenerator;
    return self();

    }

    // Test #entries()
    assertCollectionIsUnmodifiable(multimap.entries(), Maps.immutableEntry(sampleKey, sampleValue));
    assertMultimapRemainsUnmodified(multimap, originalEntries);

    // Iterate over every element in the entry set
    for (Entry<K, V> entry : multimap.entries()) {
      assertMapEntryIsUnmodifiable(entry);
    }
    assertMultimapRemainsUnmodified(multimap, originalEntries);

    // Test #keys()

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  protected B self() {
    return (B) this;
  }

  // Test Data

  private @Nullable G subjectGenerator;
  // Gets run before every test.
  private Runnable setUp;
  // Gets run at the conclusion of every test.
  private Runnable tearDown;

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  protected B usingGenerator(G subjectGenerator) {
    this.subjectGenerator = subjectGenerator;
    return self();

   *     separator
   */
  public abstract BaseEncoding withPadChar(char padChar);

  /**
   * Returns an encoding that behaves equivalently to this encoding, but adds a separator string
   * after every {@code n} characters. Any occurrences of any characters that occur in the separator
   * are skipped over in decoding.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any alphabet or padding characters appear in the separator

   * the underlying collection.
   *
   * <p>The returned collection isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if {@code unfiltered} is.
   *
   * <p>Many of the filtered collection's methods, such as {@code size()}, iterate across every
   * element in the underlying collection and determine which elements satisfy the filter. When a
   * live view is <i>not</i> needed, it may be faster to copy {@code Iterables.filter(unfiltered,
   * predicate)} and use the copy.

   * Math#min(float, float)}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code float} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */
  @GwtIncompatible(
      "Available in GWT! Annotation is to avoid conflict with GWT specialization of base class.")

    }

    // Test #entries()
    assertCollectionIsUnmodifiable(multimap.entries(), Maps.immutableEntry(sampleKey, sampleValue));
    assertMultimapRemainsUnmodified(multimap, originalEntries);

    // Iterate over every element in the entry set
    for (Entry<K, V> entry : multimap.entries()) {
      assertMapEntryIsUnmodifiable(entry);
    }
    assertMultimapRemainsUnmodified(multimap, originalEntries);

    // Test #keys()