* i.e. {@code if (key1.equals(key2))} then {@code striped.get(key1) == striped.get(key2)} (assuming
 * {@link Object#hashCode()} is correctly implemented for the keys). Note that if {@code key1} is
 * <strong>not</strong> equal to {@code key2}, it is <strong>not</strong> guaranteed that {@code
 * striped.get(key1) != striped.get(key2)}; the elements might nevertheless be mapped to the same

   * the backport does. For now, we're keeping the class declaration in *both* flavors so that both
   * flavors can read old data or data from the other flavor. However, we strongly discourage
   * relying on this, as we have made incompatible changes to serialized forms in the past and
   * expect to do so again, as discussed in https://github.com/google/guava#important-warnings.
   */

   * compilation purposes.
   */
  enum Strength {
    /*
     * TODO(kevinb): If we strongly reference the value and aren't loading, we needn't wrap the
     * value. This could save ~8 bytes per entry.
     */

    STRONG {
      @Override
      Equivalence<Object> defaultEquivalence() {
        return Equivalence.equals();
      }
    },

    SOFT {

 *       noted in the method descriptions below.
 *   <li>Streams include primitive-specialized variants such as {@code IntStream}, the use of which
 *       is strongly recommended.
 *   <li>Streams are standard Java, not requiring a third-party dependency (but do render your code
 *       incompatible with Java 7 and earlier).
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Example</h3>
 *

 *       noted in the method descriptions below.
 *   <li>Streams include primitive-specialized variants such as {@code IntStream}, the use of which
 *       is strongly recommended.
 *   <li>Streams are standard Java, not requiring a third-party dependency.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Example</h3>
 *

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableSet#of()} instead. If {@code
   * E} is an {@link Enum} type, use {@link EnumSet#noneOf} instead. Otherwise, strongly consider
   * using a {@code LinkedHashSet} instead, at the cost of increased memory footprint, to get
   * deterministic iteration behavior.
   *

/**
 * A {@link NavigableSet} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties
 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with any sorted collection, you are strongly advised not to use a {@link
 * Comparator} or {@link Comparable} type whose comparison behavior is <i>inconsistent with
 * equals</i>. That is, {@code a.compareTo(b)} or {@code comparator.compare(a, b)} should equal zero

/**
 * Determines a true or false value for any Java {@code char} value, just as {@link Predicate} does
 * for any {@link Object}. Also offers basic text processing methods based on this function.
 * Implementations are strongly encouraged to be side-effect-free and immutable.
 *
 * <p>Throughout the documentation of this class, the phrase "matching character" is used to mean

    return (Map<K, SortedSet<V>>) (Map<K, ?>) multimap.asMap();
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@link Multimap#asMap multimap.asMap()}. This is provided for parity with the other
   * more strongly-typed {@code asMap()} implementations.
   *
   * @since 15.0
   */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap(Multimap<K, V> multimap) {

    return (Map<K, SortedSet<V>>) (Map<K, ?>) multimap.asMap();
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@link Multimap#asMap multimap.asMap()}. This is provided for parity with the other
   * more strongly-typed {@code asMap()} implementations.
   *
   * @since 15.0
   */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap(Multimap<K, V> multimap) {