} else if (unknown) {
                    // More than one filtered value, and we don't know how to handle at least one of them.
                    // TODO: add a plugin mechanism for allowing plugin to specify their selection algorithm.
                    return Optional.empty();
                }
            }
        }
        if (classes & modules) {
            selected = getPathType(path);
        }

                } else if (unknown) {
                    // More than one filtered value, and we don't know how to handle at least one of them.
                    // TODO: add a plugin mechanism for allowing plugin to specify their selection algorithm.
                    return Optional.empty();
                }
            }
        }
        if (classes & modules) {
            selected = getPathType(path);
        }

      if (count == 0 && !isLinkedHash) {
        contents = new ObjectCountLinkedHashMap<E>(contents);
        isLinkedHash = true;
        // to preserve insertion order through deletions, we have to switch to an actual linked
        // implementation at least for now, but this should be a super rare case
      } else if (buildInvoked) {
        contents = new ObjectCountHashMap<E>(contents);

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected Equivalence() {}

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if the given objects are considered equivalent.
   *
   * <p>This method describes an <i>equivalence relation</i> on object references, meaning that for
   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)

{
  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected Equivalence() {}

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if the given objects are considered equivalent.
   *
   * <p>This method describes an <i>equivalence relation</i> on object references, meaning that for
   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)