if (componentType instanceof WildcardType) {
      WildcardType wildcard = (WildcardType) componentType;
      Type[] lowerBounds = wildcard.getLowerBounds();
      checkArgument(lowerBounds.length <= 1, "Wildcard cannot have more than one lower bounds.");
      if (lowerBounds.length == 1) {
        return supertypeOf(newArrayType(lowerBounds[0]));
      } else {
        Type[] upperBounds = wildcard.getUpperBounds();

        if (emptyInstanceGenerated.get(type.getType()).intValue() == freshness.get()) {
          // same freshness, generate again.
          return invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);
        } else {
          // Cannot use empty generator. Proceed with other generators.
        }
      } else {
        // never generated empty instance for this type before.
        Object emptyInstance = invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);

  }

  @LazyInit @RetainedWith @CheckForNull private transient ImmutableSetMultimap<V, K> inverse;

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>Because an inverse of a set multimap cannot contain multiple pairs with the same key and
   * value, this method returns an {@code ImmutableSetMultimap} rather than the {@code
   * ImmutableMultimap} specified in the {@code ImmutableMultimap} class.
   */
  @Override

   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterable<T> skip(
      final Iterable<T> iterable, final int numberToSkip) {
    checkNotNull(iterable);
    checkArgument(numberToSkip >= 0, "number to skip cannot be negative");

    return new FluentIterable<T>() {
      @Override
      public Iterator<T> iterator() {
        if (iterable instanceof List) {
          final List<T> list = (List<T>) iterable;

        if (emptyInstanceGenerated.get(type.getType()).intValue() == freshness.get()) {
          // same freshness, generate again.
          return invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);
        } else {
          // Cannot use empty generator. Proceed with other generators.
        }
      } else {
        // never generated empty instance for this type before.
        Object emptyInstance = invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);

    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      // Cannot use key and value equivalence
      if (object instanceof Entry) {
        Entry<?, ?> that = (Entry<?, ?>) object;
        return key.equals(that.getKey()) && value.equals(that.getValue());
      }
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      // Cannot use key and value equivalence

      final Executor delegate, final AbstractFuture<?> future) {
    checkNotNull(delegate);
    checkNotNull(future);
    if (delegate == directExecutor()) {
      // directExecutor() cannot throw RejectedExecutionException
      return delegate;
    }
    return new Executor() {
      @Override
      public void execute(Runnable command) {
        try {
          delegate.execute(command);

    return set;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code LinkedHashSet} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it
   * <i>should</i> hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be
   * broadly guaranteed, but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed
   * that the method isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned set.
   *

        // obj changed, reread
        localValue = abstractFuture.value;
        if (!(localValue instanceof SetFuture)) {
          // obj cannot be null at this point, because value can only change from null to non-null.
          // So if value changed (and it did since we lost the CAS), then it cannot be null and
          // since it isn't a SetFuture, then the future must be done and we should exit the loop
          break;
        }

        checkArgument(
            !alphabet.matches(separator.charAt(i)),
            "Separator (%s) cannot contain alphabet characters",
            separator);
      }
      if (paddingChar != null) {
        checkArgument(
            separator.indexOf(paddingChar.charValue()) < 0,
            "Separator (%s) cannot contain padding character",
            separator);
      }