private final D genericDeclaration;
    private final String name;
    private final ImmutableList<Type> bounds;

    TypeVariableImpl(D genericDeclaration, String name, Type[] bounds) {
      disallowPrimitiveType(bounds, "bound for type variable");
      this.genericDeclaration = checkNotNull(genericDeclaration);
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.bounds = ImmutableList.copyOf(bounds);
    }

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the elements of a sorted set, sorted by the same
   * {@code Comparator}. That behavior differs from {@link #copyOf(Iterable)}, which always uses the
   * natural ordering of the elements.
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is

      Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    return fromEntries(checkNotNull(comparator), false, entries);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable map containing the same entries as the provided sorted map, with the same
   * ordering.
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is
   * safe to do so. The exact circumstances under which a copy will or will not be performed are

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable set multimap containing the same mappings as {@code multimap}. The
   * generated multimap's key and value orderings correspond to the iteration ordering of the {@code
   * multimap.asMap()} view. Repeated occurrences of an entry in the multimap after the first are
   * ignored.
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is

        ? copyOf((Collection<? extends E>) elements)
        : copyOf(elements.iterator());
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is
   * safe to do so. The exact circumstances under which a copy will or will not be performed are
   * undocumented and subject to change.
   *

    }

    private Alphabet(String name, char[] chars, byte[] decodabet, boolean ignoreCase) {
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.chars = checkNotNull(chars);
      try {
        this.bitsPerChar = log2(chars.length, UNNECESSARY);
      } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal alphabet length " + chars.length, e);
      }

    }
  }

  /**
   * Creates a thread using {@link #platformThreadFactory}, and sets its name to {@code name} unless
   * changing the name is forbidden by the security manager.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // concurrency
  static Thread newThread(String name, Runnable runnable) {
    checkNotNull(name);
    checkNotNull(runnable);
    // TODO(b/139726489): Confirm that null is impossible here.

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the elements of a sorted set, sorted by the same
   * {@code Comparator}. That behavior differs from {@link #copyOf(Iterable)}, which always uses the
   * natural ordering of the elements.
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is

  private final transient int size;

  /*
   * We have some considerable complexity in these create methods because of
   * Builder.buildKeepingLast(). The same Builder might be called with buildKeepingLast() and then
   * buildOrThrow(), or vice versa. So in particular, if we modify alternatingKeysAndValues to

   * {@link Builder} and call {@link Builder#orderRowsBy}, {@link Builder#orderColumnsBy}, and
   * {@link Builder#putAll}
   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is
   * safe to do so. The exact circumstances under which a copy will or will not be performed are
   * undocumented and subject to change.
   */