@Override
  public void clear() {
    for (Count frequency : backingMap.values()) {
      frequency.set(0);
    }
    backingMap.clear();
    size = 0L;
  }

  @Override
  int distinctElements() {
    return backingMap.size();
  }

  // Optimizations - Query Operations

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return Ints.saturatedCast(size);
  }

  @Override

  /** @deprecated Internal method, use {@link #entrySet()}. */
  @Deprecated
  @Override
  public Set<Multiset.Entry<E>> createEntrySet() {
    return new EntrySet();
  }

  @Override
  int distinctElements() {
    return countMap.size();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isEmpty() {
    return countMap.isEmpty();
  }

  @Override
  Iterator<Entry<E>> entryIterator() {