* <i>if and only if</i> {@code a.equals(b)}. If this advice is not followed, the resulting map will
 * not correctly obey its specification.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableMap} since 12.0)
 */

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@link Set} instances. Also see this class's counterparts
 * {@link Lists}, {@link Maps} and {@link Queues}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#sets">{@code Sets}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @since 2.0
 */

 * misleading to future readers of the code and of stack traces. See <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ConditionalFailuresExplained">Conditional failures
 * explained</a> in the Guava User Guide for more advice. Notably, {@link Verify} offers assertions
 * similar to those in this class for non-precondition checks.
 *

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * Provides static methods acting on or generating a {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#multimaps">{@code
 * Multimaps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Robert Konigsberg
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman

 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that they only advance the backing iteration when absolutely
 * necessary.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide section on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#iterables">{@code
 * Iterators}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to the {@link Future} interface.
 *
 * <p>Many of these methods use the {@link ListenableFuture} API; consult the Guava User Guide
 * article on <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ListenableFutureExplained">{@code
 * ListenableFuture}</a>.
 *
 * <p>The main purpose of {@code ListenableFuture} is to help you chain together a graph of

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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