* {@code values}.
   *
   * <p>If these values are a sample drawn from a population, this is also an unbiased estimator of
   * the arithmetic mean of the population.
   *
   * @param values a nonempty series of values
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code values} is empty or contains any non-finite value
   * @deprecated Use {@link Stats#meanOf} instead, noting the less strict handling of non-finite
   *     values.

    }

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}
   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *

   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return Byte.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code byte} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */

    }

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}
   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *

    return Platform.nullToEmpty(string);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} itself if it is nonempty; {@code null} if it is empty or null
   */
  public static @Nullable String emptyToNull(@Nullable String string) {
    return Platform.emptyToNull(string);

    return Platform.nullToEmpty(string);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} itself if it is nonempty; {@code null} if it is empty or null
   */
  public static @Nullable String emptyToNull(@Nullable String string) {
    return Platform.emptyToNull(string);

  // should be unequal to empty.
  public void testEquals() {
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> empty = TreeRangeMap.create();
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> nonEmpty = TreeRangeMap.create();
    nonEmpty.put(Range.all(), 1);
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> coalesced = TreeRangeMap.create();
    coalesced.put(Range.atLeast(1), 1);
    coalesced.putCoalescing(Range.atMost(1), 1);

      return -1;
    } else {
      return (int) value;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of unsigned {@code int} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array according to {@link #compare}

/**
 * A collection that maps keys to values, similar to {@link Map}, but in which each key may be
 * associated with <i>multiple</i> values. You can visualize the contents of a multimap either as a
 * map from keys to <i>nonempty</i> collections of values:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>a → 1, 2
 *   <li>b → 3
 * </ul>
 *
 * ... or as a single "flattened" collection of key-value pairs:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>a → 1
 *   <li>a → 2

  @Override
  public boolean putAll(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values) {
    checkNotNull(values);
    // make sure we only call values.iterator() once
    // and we only call get(key) if values is nonempty
    if (values instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<? extends V> valueCollection = (Collection<? extends V>) values;
      return !valueCollection.isEmpty() && get(key).addAll(valueCollection);
    } else {