}
    }

    return fromMapEntries(multimap.asMap().entrySet(), valueComparator);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multimap containing the specified entries. The returned multimap iterates
   * over keys in the order they were first encountered in the input, and the values for each key
   * are iterated in the order they were encountered. If two values for the same key are {@linkplain