*     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>to be replaced with the more compact
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   checkArgument(value >= 0, "input is negative: %s", value);
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>so that a hypothetical bad caller of this method, such as:
 *

   * Function<Integer, String> square = new Function<Integer, String>() {
   *     public String apply(Integer in) {
   *       return Integer.toString(in * in);
   *     }
   * };
   * Multimap<String, String> transformed =
   *     Multimaps.transformValues(multimap, square);
   *   System.out.println(transformed);
   * }</pre>
   *