* worse performance than data access by row key.
 *
 * <p>The methods returning collections or maps always return views of the underlying table.
 * Updating the table can change the contents of those collections, and updating the collections
 * will change the table.
 *
 * <p>All methods that modify the table are optional, and the views returned by the table may or may
 * not be modifiable. When modification isn't supported, those methods will throw an {@link

   * predicate. The returned multimap is a live view of {@code unfiltered}; changes to one affect
   * the other.
   *
   * <p>The resulting multimap's views have iterators that don't support {@code remove()}, but all
   * other methods are supported by the multimap and its views. When adding a key that doesn't
   * satisfy the predicate, the multimap's {@code put()}, {@code putAll()}, and {@code

   * predicate. The returned multimap is a live view of {@code unfiltered}; changes to one affect
   * the other.
   *
   * <p>The resulting multimap's views have iterators that don't support {@code remove()}, but all
   * other methods are supported by the multimap and its views. When adding a key that doesn't
   * satisfy the predicate, the multimap's {@code put()}, {@code putAll()}, and {@code

   * navigable map is accomplished through the returned navigable map (or its views).
   *
   * <p>It is imperative that the user manually synchronize on the returned navigable map when
   * iterating over any of its collection views, or the collections views of any of its {@code
   * descendingMap}, {@code subMap}, {@code headMap} or {@code tailMap} views.
   *
   * {@snippet :

   * navigable map is accomplished through the returned navigable map (or its views).
   *
   * <p>It is imperative that the user manually synchronize on the returned navigable map when
   * iterating over any of its collection views, or the collections views of any of its {@code
   * descendingMap}, {@code subMap}, {@code headMap} or {@code tailMap} views.
   *
   * {@snippet :

 * worse performance than data access by row key.
 *
 * <p>The methods returning collections or maps always return views of the underlying table.
 * Updating the table can change the contents of those collections, and updating the collections
 * will change the table.
 *
 * <p>All methods that modify the table are optional, and the views returned by the table may or may
 * not be modifiable. When modification isn't supported, those methods will throw an {@link

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable copy of the provided table.
   *
   * <p>The {@link Table#cellSet()} iteration order of the provided table determines the iteration
   * ordering of all views in the returned table. Note that some views of the original table and the
   * copied table may have different iteration orders. For more control over the ordering, create a

   *
   * <p>A non-empty {@link SetMultimap} cannot be equal to a non-empty {@link ListMultimap}, since
   * their {@link #asMap} views contain unequal collections as values. However, any two empty
   * multimaps are equal, because they both have empty {@link #asMap} views.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj);

  /**
   * Returns the hash code for this multimap.
   *

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Implementation of {@link Table} using linked hash tables. This guarantees predictable iteration
 * order of the various views.
 *
 * <p>The views returned by {@link #column}, {@link #columnKeySet()}, and {@link #columnMap()} have
 * iterators that don't support {@code remove()}. Otherwise, all optional operations are supported.

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Implementation of {@link Table} using linked hash tables. This guarantees predictable iteration
 * order of the various views.
 *
 * <p>The views returned by {@link #column}, {@link #columnKeySet()}, and {@link #columnMap()} have
 * iterators that don't support {@code remove()}. Otherwise, all optional operations are supported.