}

    @Override
    boolean isLessThan(Comparable<?> value) {
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    BoundType typeAsLowerBound() {
      throw new IllegalStateException();
    }

    @Override
    BoundType typeAsUpperBound() {
      throw new AssertionError("this statement should be unreachable");
    }

    @Override
    Cut<Comparable<?>> withLowerBoundType(

    super(map);
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMap<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return (SortedMap<K, Collection<V>>) super.asMap();
  }

  @Override
  SortedMap<K, Collection<V>> backingMap() {
    return (SortedMap<K, Collection<V>>) super.backingMap();
  }

  @Override
  public SortedSet<K> keySet() {
    return (SortedSet<K>) super.keySet();
  }

    checkNotNull(loader);
    checkNotNull(executor);
    return new CacheLoader<K, V>() {
      @Override
      public V load(K key) throws Exception {
        return loader.load(key);
      }

      @Override
      public ListenableFuture<V> reload(final K key, final V oldValue) {
        ListenableFutureTask<V> task =

  protected ForwardingLoadingCache() {}

  @Override
  protected abstract LoadingCache<K, V> delegate();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/27479612): consider removing this
  @Override
  public V get(K key) throws ExecutionException {
    return delegate().get(key);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/27479612): consider removing this
  @Override
  public V getUnchecked(K key) {

      this.safeMaxChar = (char) Math.min(safeMax, Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE - 1);
    }
  }

  /*
   * This is overridden to improve performance. Rough benchmarking shows that this almost doubles
   * the speed when processing strings that do not require any escaping.
   */
  @Override
  public final String escape(String s) {
    checkNotNull(s); // GWT specific check (do not optimize)

      super(true);
    }

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public Integer next(Integer value) {
      int i = value;
      return (i == Integer.MAX_VALUE) ? null : i + 1;
    }

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public Integer previous(Integer value) {
      int i = value;
      return (i == Integer.MIN_VALUE) ? null : i - 1;
    }

    @Override
    Integer offset(Integer origin, long distance) {

    return (List<E>) collection;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>The {@code AbstractListTester} implementation overrides {@link
   * AbstractCollectionTester#expectContents(Collection)} to verify that the order of the elements
   * in the list under test matches what is expected.
   */
  @Override
  protected void expectContents(Collection<E> expectedCollection) {
    List<E> expectedList = Helpers.copyToList(expectedCollection);

    }

    ///// CycleDetectingLock methods. /////

    @Override
    public LockGraphNode getLockGraphNode() {
      return lockGraphNode;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isAcquiredByCurrentThread() {
      return isHeldByCurrentThread();
    }

    ///// Overridden ReentrantLock methods. /////

    @Override
    public void lock() {
      aboutToAcquire(this);
      try {

    return new Joiner(this) {
      @Override
      CharSequence toString(@CheckForNull Object part) {
        return (part == null) ? nullText : Joiner.this.toString(part);
      }

      @Override
      public Joiner useForNull(String nullText) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("already specified useForNull");
      }

      @Override
      public Joiner skipNulls() {

    }

    @Override
    public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> elementsToRemove) {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> elementsToRetain) {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    @Override
    public void clear() {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    @Override