AtomicInteger existingCounter = safeGet(countMap, element);
    if (existingCounter == null) {
      if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;

  public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
    checkNonnegative(newCount, "newCount");
    checkNonnegative(oldCount, "oldCount");
    checkArgument(range.contains(element));

    AvlNode<E> root = rootReference.get();
    if (root == null) {
      if (oldCount == 0) {
        if (newCount > 0) {
          add(element, newCount);
        }
        return true;
      } else {

    AtomicInteger existingCounter = safeGet(countMap, element);
    if (existingCounter == null) {
      if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;

     *     method will return {@code true} if the condition was met.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code oldCount} or {@code newCount} is negative
     */
    @Override
    public boolean setCount(E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      checkNonnegative(oldCount, "oldCount");
      checkNonnegative(newCount, "newCount");
      if (newCount == 0) {

    return delegate().setCount(element, count);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
    return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #contains} in terms of {@link #count}. If you override {@link

    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return standardHashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setCount(T element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      return standardSetCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
    }

    @Override
    public int setCount(T element, int count) {
      return standardSetCount(element, count);
    }

    @Override

    return delegate().setCount(element, count);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
    return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #contains} in terms of {@link #count}. If you override {@link

      oldCount = 0;
      backingMap.put(element, new Count(occurrences));
    } else {
      oldCount = frequency.get();
      long newCount = (long) oldCount + (long) occurrences;
      checkArgument(newCount <= Integer.MAX_VALUE, "too many occurrences: %s", newCount);
      frequency.add(occurrences);
    }
    size += occurrences;
    return oldCount;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override

   * @param newCount the desired count of the element in this multiset
   * @return {@code true} if the condition for modification was met. This implies that the multiset
   *     was indeed modified, unless {@code oldCount == newCount}.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code oldCount} or {@code newCount} is negative

   * @param newCount the desired count of the element in this multiset
   * @return {@code true} if the condition for modification was met. This implies that the multiset
   *     was indeed modified, unless {@code oldCount == newCount}.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code oldCount} or {@code newCount} is negative