* Returns the minimum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
   *
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
   * <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#comparators">{@code
   * Comparators}</a>.
   *

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>You want to assign the same fraction of inputs to each bucket.
   *   <li>When you reduce the number of buckets, you can accept that the most recently added
   *       buckets will be removed first. More concretely, if you are dividing traffic among tasks,
   *       you can decrease the number of tasks from 15 and 10, killing off the final 5 tasks, and

 *
 * <p>As compared with {@link java.util.LinkedHashMap}, this structure places significantly reduced
 * load on the garbage collector by only using a constant number of internal objects.
 *
 * <p>This class should not be assumed to be universally superior to {@code
 * java.util.LinkedHashMap}. Generally speaking, this class reduces object allocation and memory

      } else {
        return contains(element) ? unfiltered.remove(element, occurrences) : 0;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the expected number of distinct elements given the specified elements. The number of
   * distinct elements is only computed if {@code elements} is an instance of {@code Multiset};
   * otherwise the default value of 11 is returned.
   */

   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder, expecting the specified number of elements to be added.
   *
   * <p>If {@code expectedSize} is exactly the number of elements added to the builder before {@link
   * Builder#build} is called, the builder is likely to perform better than an unsized {@link
   * #builder()} would have.
   *

    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return iterable.toString();
    }
    // no equals and hashCode; it would break the contract!
  }

  /** Returns the number of elements in {@code iterable}. */
  public static int size(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    return (iterable instanceof Collection)
        ? ((Collection<?>) iterable).size()
        : Iterators.size(iterable.iterator());

   * sets ("constant sets"), with a given comparator. Example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * public static final ImmutableSortedSet<Number> LUCKY_NUMBERS =
   *     new ImmutableSortedSet.Builder<Number>(ODDS_FIRST_COMPARATOR)
   *         .addAll(SINGLE_DIGIT_PRIMES)
   *         .add(42)
   *         .build();
   * }</pre>
   *

    this.range = GeneralRange.all(comparator);
    this.header = new AvlNode<>();
    successor(header, header);
    this.rootReference = new Reference<>();
  }

  /** A function which can be summed across a subtree. */
  private enum Aggregate {
    SIZE {
      @Override
      int nodeAggregate(AvlNode<?> node) {
        return node.elemCount;
      }

      @Override

    public Builder<E> add(E... elements) {
      super.add(elements);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a number of occurrences of an element to this {@code ImmutableMultiset}.
     *
     * @param element the element to add
     * @param occurrences the number of occurrences of the element to add. May be zero, in which
     *     case no change will be made.
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

      this.size = calculateSize(inputList, comparator);
    }

    /**
     * The number of permutations with repeated elements is calculated as follows:
     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>For an empty list, it is 1 (base case).
     *   <li>When r numbers are added to a list of n-r elements, the number of permutations is
     *       increased by a factor of (n choose r).
     * </ul>
     */