return new Present<>(checkNotNull(reference));
  }

  /**
   * If {@code nullableReference} is non-null, returns an {@code Optional} instance containing that
   * reference; otherwise returns {@link Optional#absent}.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */

 * for comparisons. This class is not being deprecated, but we gently encourage you to migrate to
 * streams.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterables produced in this class
 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that their iterators only advance the backing iteration when
 * absolutely necessary.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

    assertEquals(3, uniqueEntries.size());
  }

  // Wrapper of EnumMultiset factory methods, because we need to skip create(Class).
  // create(Enum1.class) is equal to create(Enum2.class) but testEquals() expects otherwise.
  // For the same reason, we need to skip create(Iterable, Class).
  private static class EnumMultisetFactory {
    public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumMultiset<E> create(Iterable<E> elements) {

   * Returns the string if it is not null, or an empty string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} if it is not null; {@code ""} otherwise
   */
  static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return (string == null) ? "" : string;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string if it is not empty, or a null string otherwise.
   *

        result.set(t.getComponentType());
      }
    }.visit(type);
    return result.get();
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code ? extends X} if any of {@code bounds} is a subtype of {@code X[]}; or null
   * otherwise.
   */
  @CheckForNull
  private static Type subtypeOfComponentType(Type[] bounds) {
    for (Type bound : bounds) {
      Type componentType = getComponentType(bound);
      if (componentType != null) {

    if (bits == 32) {
      return Murmur3_32HashFunction.GOOD_FAST_HASH_32;
    }
    if (bits <= 128) {
      return Murmur3_128HashFunction.GOOD_FAST_HASH_128;
    }

    // Otherwise, join together some 128-bit murmur3s
    int hashFunctionsNeeded = (bits + 127) / 128;
    HashFunction[] hashFunctions = new HashFunction[hashFunctionsNeeded];
    hashFunctions[0] = Murmur3_128HashFunction.GOOD_FAST_HASH_128;

/**
 * Provides static methods for working with {@link Comparator} instances. For many other helpful
 * comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8+), or {@code
 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming

  }

  /**
   * 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.
   */
  static int inferDistinctElements(Iterable<?> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof Multiset) {
      return ((Multiset<?>) elements).elementSet().size();
    }

    return new Present<>(checkNotNull(reference));
  }

  /**
   * If {@code nullableReference} is non-null, returns an {@code Optional} instance containing that
   * reference; otherwise returns {@link Optional#absent}.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */

         * won't be able to verify the AbstractIteratorTester<E> part, so it's
         * an unchecked cast. We know, however, that the only possible value for
         * the type parameter is <E>, since otherwise the
         * MultiExceptionListIterator wouldn't be an Iterator<E>. The cast is
         * safe, even though javac can't tell.
         *
         * Sun bug 6665356 is an additional complication. Until OpenJDK 7, javac