* accessed directly after this method returns. These conditions are ensured if the map is created
   * empty, passed directly to this method, and no reference to the map is retained, as illustrated
   * in the following code fragment:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Set<Object> identityHashSet = Sets.newSetFromMap(
   *     new IdentityHashMap<Object, Boolean>());

  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public abstract V get(@CheckForNull Object key);

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>See <a
   * href="https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Map.html#getOrDefault%28java.lang.Object,%20V%29">{@code
   * Map.getOrDefault}</a>.
   *
   * @since 23.5 (but since 21.0 in the JRE <a

   * immutable list is returned.)
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> in almost all circumstances, the returned {@link ImmutableList} retains a
   * strong reference to {@code this}, which may prevent the original list from being garbage
   * collected. If you want the original list to be eligible for garbage collection, you should
   * create and use a copy of the sub list (e.g., {@code

    }

    Object readResolve() {
      return new ImmutableRangeSet<C>(ranges).asSet(domain);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if this immutable range set's implementation contains references to
   * user-created objects that aren't accessible via this range set's methods. This is generally
   * used to determine whether {@code copyOf} implementations should make an explicit copy to avoid
   * memory leaks.

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   *
   * <p>Note: the multimap assumes complete ownership over of {@code map} and the collections
   * returned by {@code factory}. Those objects should not be manually updated and they should not
   * use soft, weak, or phantom references.
   *
   * @param map place to store the mapping from each key to its corresponding values
   * @param factory supplier of new, empty collections that will each hold all values for a given
   *     key

      TreeMap<K, V> newTreeMap(@CheckForNull Comparator<C> comparator) {
    // Ideally, the extra type parameter "C" shouldn't be necessary. It is a
    // work-around of a compiler type inference quirk that prevents the
    // following code from being compiled:
    // Comparator<Class<?>> comparator = null;
    // Map<Class<? extends Throwable>, String> map = newTreeMap(comparator);