* nor do its entries support {@link Entry#setValue setValue}.
   */
  Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap();

  // Comparison and hashing

  /**
   * Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps are equal when
   * their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap}, are also equal.
   *
   * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not be equal,

    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(expected, multimap().asMap().entrySet()).testEquals();
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(SEVERAL)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  /*
   * SetMultimap.asMap essentially returns a Map<K, Set<V>>; we just can't declare it that way.
   * Thus, calls like asMap().values().remove(someSet) are safe because they are comparing a set to
   * a collection of other sets.
   */

  public void testAsMapGetNullKeyPresent() {
    initMultimapWithNullKey();
    assertContentsAnyOrder(multimap().asMap().get(null), getValueForNullKey());
  }

  @MapFeature.Require(ALLOWS_NULL_KEY_QUERIES)
  public void testAsMapGetNullKeyAbsent() {
    assertNull(multimap().asMap().get(null));
  }

  @MapFeature.Require(absent = ALLOWS_NULL_KEY_QUERIES)
  public void testAsMapGetNullKeyUnsupported() {

    Collection<V> result = multimap().asMap().get(k0());
    assertTrue(result.remove(v0()));
    assertFalse(multimap().containsEntry(k0(), v0()));
    assertEquals(2, multimap().size());
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = ZERO)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  public void testPropagatesRemoveLastElementToMultimap() {
    Collection<V> result = multimap().asMap().get(k0());
    assertTrue(result.remove(v0()));

   *
   * <p>When passed a key that is present in the map, {@code asMap().get(Object)} has the same
   * behavior as {@link #get}, returning a live collection. When passed a key that is not present,
   * however, {@code asMap().get(Object)} returns {@code null} instead of an empty collection.
   *

    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(expected, multimap().asMap().entrySet()).testEquals();
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(SEVERAL)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  /*
   * SetMultimap.asMap essentially returns a Map<K, Set<V>>; we just can't declare it that way.
   * Thus, calls like asMap().values().remove(someSet) are safe because they are comparing a set to
   * a collection of other sets.
   */

    Collection<V> result = multimap().asMap().get(k0());
    assertTrue(result.remove(v0()));
    assertFalse(multimap().containsEntry(k0(), v0()));
    assertEquals(2, multimap().size());
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = ZERO)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  public void testPropagatesRemoveLastElementToMultimap() {
    Collection<V> result = multimap().asMap().get(k0());
    assertTrue(result.remove(v0()));

    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(expected, multimap().asMap().entrySet()).testEquals();
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(SEVERAL)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  /*
   * ListMultimap.asMap essentially returns a Map<K, List<V>>; we just can't declare it that way.
   * Thus, calls like asMap().values().remove(someList) are safe because they are comparing a list
   * to a collection of other lists.

    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(expected, multimap().asMap().entrySet()).testEquals();
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(SEVERAL)
  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  /*
   * ListMultimap.asMap essentially returns a Map<K, List<V>>; we just can't declare it that way.
   * Thus, calls like asMap().values().remove(someList) are safe because they are comparing a list
   * to a collection of other lists.

    return Maps.valueIterator(entries().iterator());
  }

  @LazyInit private transient @Nullable Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap;

  @Override
  public Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    Map<K, Collection<V>> result = asMap;
    return (result == null) ? asMap = createAsMap() : result;
  }

  abstract Map<K, Collection<V>> createAsMap();

  // Comparison and hashing

  @Override