* {@link Predicate#apply}. Do not provide a predicate such as {@code
   * Predicates.instanceOf(ArrayList.class)}, which is inconsistent with equals. (See {@link
   * Iterables#filter(Iterable, Class)} for related functionality.)
   *
   * @since 14.0
   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Multiset<E> filter(

        : null;
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // java serialization
  @J2ktIncompatible
  private static final class SetFieldSettersHolder {
    static final Serialization.FieldSetter<? super ImmutableSetMultimap<?, ?>>
        EMPTY_SET_FIELD_SETTER =
            Serialization.getFieldSetter(ImmutableSetMultimap.class, "emptySet");
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream
  @J2ktIncompatible

 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is
 * intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
 * the JDK.
 *
 * @since 21.0
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Comparators {
  private Comparators() {}

  /**

 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableMap} since 12.0)
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> extends ImmutableMap<K, V>
    implements NavigableMap<K, V> {
  /**
   * Returns a {@link Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableSortedMap} whose

  /*
   * This class is used to serialize all ImmutableSortedSet instances,
   * regardless of implementation type. It captures their "logical contents"
   * only. This is necessary to ensure that the existence of a particular
   * implementation type is an implementation detail.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static class SerializedForm<E> implements Serializable {

 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Sets {
  private Sets() {}

  /**
   * {@link AbstractSet} substitute without the potentially-quadratic {@code removeAll}
   * implementation.
   */
  abstract static class ImprovedAbstractSet<E extends @Nullable Object> extends AbstractSet<E> {
    @Override
    public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c) {

 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 11.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class ImmutableTable<R, C, V> extends AbstractTable<R, C, V>
    implements Serializable {

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableTable}. Each

 * at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class ImmutableBiMap<K, V> extends ImmutableMap<K, V> implements BiMap<K, V> {

  /**
   * Returns a {@link Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableBiMap} whose keys

    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return asMapOfRanges().toString();
  }

  /**
   * This class is used to serialize ImmutableRangeMap instances. Serializes the {@link
   * #asMapOfRanges()} form.
   */
  private static class SerializedForm<K extends Comparable<?>, V> implements Serializable {

    private final ImmutableMap<Range<K>, V> mapOfRanges;

 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 14.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class ImmutableRangeSet<C extends Comparable> extends AbstractRangeSet<C>
    implements Serializable {

  private static final ImmutableRangeSet<Comparable<?>> EMPTY =