return (result[0] == 0) ? this : rebalance();
      } else if (cmp > 0) {
        AvlNode<E> initRight = right;
        if (initRight == null) {
          result[0] = 0;
          return this;
        }

        right = initRight.remove(comparator, e, count, result);

        if (result[0] > 0) {
          if (count >= result[0]) {
            this.distinctElements--;
            this.totalCount -= result[0];

    if (elements instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableMultiset<E> result = (ImmutableMultiset<E>) elements;
      if (!result.isPartialView()) {
        return result;
      }
    }

    Multiset<? extends E> multiset =
        (elements instanceof Multiset)
            ? Multisets.cast(elements)

    checkNotNull(type);
    AtomicReference<@Nullable Type> result = new AtomicReference<>();
    new TypeVisitor() {
      @Override
      void visitTypeVariable(TypeVariable<?> t) {
        result.set(subtypeOfComponentType(t.getBounds()));
      }

      @Override
      void visitWildcardType(WildcardType t) {
        result.set(subtypeOfComponentType(t.getUpperBounds()));
      }

      @Override

  private Multisets() {}

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates elements into a multiset created via the specified
   * {@code Supplier}, whose elements are the result of applying {@code elementFunction} to the
   * inputs, with counts equal to the result of applying {@code countFunction} to the inputs.
   * Elements are added in encounter order.
   *

   * ImmutableMultimap} specified in the {@code ImmutableMultimap} class.
   */
  @Override
  public ImmutableSetMultimap<V, K> inverse() {
    ImmutableSetMultimap<V, K> result = inverse;
    return (result == null) ? (inverse = invert()) : result;
  }

  private ImmutableSetMultimap<V, K> invert() {
    Builder<V, K> builder = builder();
    for (Entry<K, V> entry : entries()) {

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedSet<E> descendingSet() {
    // racy single-check idiom
    ImmutableSortedSet<E> result = descendingSet;
    if (result == null) {
      result = descendingSet = createDescendingSet();
      result.descendingSet = this;
    }
    return result;
  }

  // Most classes should implement this as new DescendingImmutableSortedSet<E>(this),

  }

  @Override
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  Map<K, V> convertToHashFloodingResistantImplementation() {
    Map<K, V> result = super.convertToHashFloodingResistantImplementation();
    links = null;
    return result;
  }

  /*
   * For discussion of the safety of the following methods for operating on predecessors and

    Object result = get(hashTable, alternatingKeysAndValues, size, 0, key);
    /*
     * We can't simply cast the result of `RegularImmutableMap.get` to V because of a bug in our
     * nullness checker (resulting from https://github.com/jspecify/checker-framework/issues/8).
     */
    if (result == null) {
      return null;
    } else {
      return (V) result;
    }
  }

  @CheckForNull

    if (iterable instanceof UnmodifiableIterable || iterable instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Iterable<T> result = (Iterable<T>) iterable;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableIterable<>(iterable);
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   * @since 10.0
   */

      BaseEncoding result = upperCase;
      if (result == null) {
        Alphabet upper = alphabet.upperCase();
        result = upperCase = (upper == alphabet) ? this : newInstance(upper, paddingChar);
      }
      return result;
    }

    @Override
    public BaseEncoding lowerCase() {
      BaseEncoding result = lowerCase;
      if (result == null) {