this.instance = instance;
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public T get() {
      return instance;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj) {
      if (obj instanceof SupplierOfInstance) {
        SupplierOfInstance<?> that = (SupplierOfInstance<?>) obj;
        return Objects.equal(instance, that.instance);
      }
      return false;
    }

  }

  private <T> T pickInstance(T[] instances, T defaultValue) {
    return pickInstance(Arrays.asList(instances), defaultValue);
  }

  private <T> T pickInstance(Collection<T> instances, T defaultValue) {
    if (instances.isEmpty()) {
      return defaultValue;
    }
    // generateInt() is 1-based.
    return Iterables.get(instances, (generateInt() - 1) % instances.size());
  }

    if (!expression) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(lenientFormat(errorMessageTemplate, p1, p2, p3, p4));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Ensures the truth of an expression involving the state of the calling instance, but not
   * involving any parameters to the calling method.
   *
   * @param expression a boolean expression
   * @throws IllegalStateException if {@code expression} is false
   * @see Verify#verify Verify.verify()

  /**
   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.empty}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> absent() {
    return Absent.withType();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance containing the given non-null reference. To have {@code

  /** Creates an empty {@code CompactLinkedHashMap} instance. */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      CompactLinkedHashMap<K, V> create() {
    return new CompactLinkedHashMap<>();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code CompactLinkedHashMap} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it

   * name as one of the public methods of {@link TypeVariableImpl}, the proxy calls the same method
   * on its instance of {@code TypeVariableImpl}. Otherwise it throws {@link
   * UnsupportedOperationException}; this should only apply to {@code getAnnotatedBounds()}. This
   * does mean that users on Java 8 who obtain an instance of {@code TypeVariable} from {@link

            return exception instanceof UnsupportedOperationException
                || exception instanceof IllegalStateException;
          }
        };
    static final PermittedMetaException UOE =
        new PermittedMetaException("UnsupportedOperationException") {
          @Override
          boolean isPermitted(Exception exception) {
            return exception instanceof UnsupportedOperationException;
          }

  }

  private <T> T pickInstance(T[] instances, T defaultValue) {
    return pickInstance(Arrays.asList(instances), defaultValue);
  }

  private <T> T pickInstance(Collection<T> instances, T defaultValue) {
    if (instances.isEmpty()) {
      return defaultValue;
    }
    // generateInt() is 1-based.
    return Iterables.get(instances, (generateInt() - 1) % instances.size());
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V>) EmptyImmutableSetMultimap.INSTANCE;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable multimap containing a single entry. */

            K, V, StrongKeyStrongValueEntry<K, V>, StrongKeyStrongValueSegment<K, V>> {
      private static final Helper<?, ?> INSTANCE = new Helper<>();

      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      static <K, V> Helper<K, V> instance() {
        return (Helper<K, V>) INSTANCE;
      }

      @Override
      public Strength keyStrength() {
        return Strength.STRONG;
      }

      @Override