* @param element the element to look for
     * @return the nonnegative number of occurrences of the element
     */
    @Override
    public int count(@Nullable Object element) {
      try {
        return unbox(countMap.get(element));
      } catch (NullPointerException | ClassCastException e) {
        return 0;
      }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *

    boolean aBoolean = true;
    Long boxedLong = null;
    int anInt = 1;
    // With a boxed predicate, no overloads can be selected in phase 1
    // ambiguous without the call to .booleanValue to unbox the Boolean
    checkState(boxedBoolean.booleanValue(), "", 1);
    // ambiguous without the cast to Object because the boxed predicate prevents any overload from
    // being selected in phase 1

    boolean aBoolean = true;
    Long boxedLong = null;
    int anInt = 1;
    // With a boxed predicate, no overloads can be selected in phase 1
    // ambiguous without the call to .booleanValue to unbox the Boolean
    checkState(boxedBoolean.booleanValue(), "", 1);
    // ambiguous without the cast to Object because the boxed predicate prevents any overload from
    // being selected in phase 1