</ol>

<p>
Blocks nest and influence <a href="#Declarations_and_scope">scoping</a>.
</p>


<h2 id="Declarations_and_scope">Declarations and scope</h2>

<p>
A <i>declaration</i> binds a non-<a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a> identifier to a
<a href="#Constant_declarations">constant</a>,
<a href="#Type_declarations">type</a>,
<a href="#Variable_declarations">variable</a>,

    return Synchronized.biMap(bimap, null);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified bimap. This method allows modules to provide
   * users with "read-only" access to internal bimaps. Query operations on the returned bimap "read
   * through" to the specified bimap, and attempts to modify the returned map, whether direct or via
   * its collection views, result in an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.

    return Synchronized.biMap(bimap, null);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified bimap. This method allows modules to provide
   * users with "read-only" access to internal bimaps. Query operations on the returned bimap "read
   * through" to the specified bimap, and attempts to modify the returned map, whether direct or via
   * its collection views, result in an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.