* Returns a mutable view of the underlying bytes for the given {@code HashCode} if it is a
   * byte-based hashcode. Otherwise it returns {@link HashCode#asBytes}. Do <i>not</i> mutate this
   * array or else you will break the immutability contract of {@code HashCode}.
   */
  byte[] getBytesInternal() {
    return asBytes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether this {@code HashCode} and that {@code HashCode} have the same value, given that

   * Returns a mutable view of the underlying bytes for the given {@code HashCode} if it is a
   * byte-based hashcode. Otherwise it returns {@link HashCode#asBytes}. Do <i>not</i> mutate this
   * array or else you will break the immutability contract of {@code HashCode}.
   */
  byte[] getBytesInternal() {
    return asBytes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether this {@code HashCode} and that {@code HashCode} have the same value, given that

 * package, whether it is a subtype of {@code ImmutableCollection} or not.
 *
 * <h4>Guarantees</h4>
 *
 * <p>Each makes the following guarantees:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Shallow immutability.</b> Elements can never be added, removed or replaced in this
 *       collection. This is a stronger guarantee than that of {@link
 *       Collections#unmodifiableCollection}, whose contents change whenever the wrapped collection

/**
 * An immutable array of {@code long} values, with an API resembling {@link List}.
 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code long[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.

/**
 * An immutable array of {@code int} values, with an API resembling {@link List}.
 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code int[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.

/**
 * An immutable array of {@code int} values, with an API resembling {@link List}.
 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code int[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.

/**
 * An immutable array of {@code double} values, with an API resembling {@link List}.
 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code double[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.

    Iterables.addAll(set, iterable);
    return set;
  }

  // HashSet

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, initially empty {@code HashSet} instance.
   *
   * <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

@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Lists {
  private Lists() {}

  // ArrayList

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty {@code ArrayList} instance (for Java 6 and earlier).
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableList#of()} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated. Instead,

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableEnumMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty {@code HashMap} instance.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableMap#of()} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if {@code K} is an {@code enum} type, use {@link #newEnumMap} instead.
   *