// It'd be nice if we could specialize for ImmutableMultiset here without also retaining
    // its code when it's not in scope...
    if (elements instanceof AbstractMapBasedMultiset) {
      return addAllImpl(self, (AbstractMapBasedMultiset<? extends E>) elements);
    } else if (elements.isEmpty()) {
      return false;
    } else {
      for (Multiset.Entry<? extends E> entry : elements.entrySet()) {

      if (multiset instanceof RegularImmutableMultiset) {
        return ((RegularImmutableMultiset<T>) multiset).contents;
      } else if (multiset instanceof AbstractMapBasedMultiset) {
        return ((AbstractMapBasedMultiset<T>) multiset).backingMap;
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    }

    /**