* methods or inner class constructors, the created object uses itself as the synchronization mutex.
 *
 * <p>This class should be used by other collection classes only.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * I have decided not to bother adding @ParametricNullness annotations in this class. Adding them is

 * methods or inner class constructors, the created object uses itself as the synchronization mutex.
 *
 * <p>This class should be used by other collection classes only.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * I have decided not to bother adding @ParametricNullness annotations in this class. Adding them is

 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#multimaps">{@code
 * Multimaps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Robert Konigsberg
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Multimaps {
  private Multimaps() {}

  /**