AtomicInteger existingCounter = safeGet(countMap, element);
    if (existingCounter == null) {
      if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;

      oldCount = 0;
      backingMap.put(element, new Count(occurrences));
    } else {
      oldCount = frequency.get();
      long newCount = (long) oldCount + (long) occurrences;
      checkArgument(newCount <= Integer.MAX_VALUE, "too many occurrences: %s", newCount);
      frequency.add(occurrences);
    }
    size += occurrences;
    return oldCount;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override

        return delegate().setCount(element, count);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public Set<E> elementSet() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        if (elementSet == null) {

        return delegate().setCount(element, count);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public Set<E> elementSet() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        if (elementSet == null) {