this.forceCopy = true;
      return result;
    }
  }

  int unsafeCompare(Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    return unsafeCompare(comparator, a, b);
  }

  static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't

   * ClassCastException}.
   */
  // <? extends @Nullable Object> instead of <?> because of Kotlin b/189937072, discussed in Joiner.
  public static boolean contains(
      Iterable<? extends @Nullable Object> iterable, @CheckForNull Object element) {
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) iterable;

  private static final class DirectExecutorService extends AbstractListeningExecutorService {
    /** Lock used whenever accessing the state variables (runningTasks, shutdown) of the executor */
    private final Object lock = new Object();

    /*
     * Conceptually, these two variables describe the executor being in
     * one of three states:
     *   - Active: shutdown == false
     *   - Shutdown: runningTasks > 0 and shutdown == true

            ImmutableList.asImmutableList(elements, n), comparator);
      }
    }
  }

  int unsafeCompare(Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    return unsafeCompare(comparator, a, b);
  }

  static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
import java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedInteger;
import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLong;
import com.google.common.reflect.AbstractInvocationHandler;
import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
import com.google.common.reflect.Parameter;
import com.google.common.reflect.Reflection;
import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;

   *
   * @since 20.0 (varargs overload since 2.0)
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T checkNotNull(
      @CheckForNull T reference,
      String errorMessageTemplate,
      @CheckForNull Object p1,
      @CheckForNull Object p2,
      @CheckForNull Object p3,
      @CheckForNull Object p4) {
    if (reference == null) {

        @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
        Object writeReplace() {
          return super.writeReplace();
        }
      };
    }

    @Override
    public boolean contains(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object instanceof Entry) {
        Entry<?, ?> entry = (Entry<?, ?>) object;
        Object k = entry.getKey();
        Object v = entry.getValue();

    /**
     * Indicates whether an object equals this entry, following the behavior specified in {@link
     * Multiset.Entry#equals}.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object instanceof Multiset.Entry) {
        Multiset.Entry<?> that = (Multiset.Entry<?>) object;

  public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
    if (object == this) {
      return true;
    }
    if (!(object instanceof Set)) {
      return false;
    }

    Set<?> that = (Set<?>) object;
    if (size() != that.size()) {
      return false;
    } else if (isEmpty()) {
      return true;
    }

    if (SortedIterables.hasSameComparator(comparator, that)) {