*     is reached
   * @return the padded string
   */
  public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
    checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT.
    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
      return string;
    }
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
      sb.append(padChar);

  }

  private static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> copyOf(
      Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap,
      @CheckForNull Comparator<? super V> valueComparator) {
    checkNotNull(multimap); // eager for GWT
    if (multimap.isEmpty() && valueComparator == null) {
      return of();
    }

    if (multimap instanceof ImmutableSetMultimap) {

    if (!expression) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(lenientFormat(errorMessageTemplate, p1, p2, p3, p4));
    }
  }

  /*
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull is *intended* for performing eager null checks on parameters that a
   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *

looking across the garden, called out `The Queen!  The Queen!'
and the three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon
their faces.  There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice
looked round, eager to see the Queen.

  First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped
like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and
feet at the corners:  next the ten courtiers; these were

        public Lock get() {
          return new ReentrantLock();
        }
      };

  @Param({"2", "8", "64", "1024", "65536"})
  int numStripes;

  @Param Impl impl;

  enum Impl {
    EAGER {
      @Override
      Striped<Lock> get(int stripes) {
        return Striped.lock(stripes);
      }
    },
    LAZY_SMALL {
      @Override
      Striped<Lock> get(int stripes) {

        public Lock get() {
          return new ReentrantLock();
        }
      };

  @Param({"2", "8", "64", "1024", "65536"})
  int numStripes;

  @Param Impl impl;

  enum Impl {
    EAGER {
      @Override
      Striped<Lock> get(int stripes) {
        return Striped.lock(stripes);
      }
    },
    LAZY_SMALL {
      @Override
      Striped<Lock> get(int stripes) {

   *     is reached
   * @return the padded string
   */
  public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
    checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT.
    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
      return string;
    }
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
      sb.append(padChar);
    }

  }

  // enum singleton pattern
  private enum ToStringFunction implements Function<Object, String> {
    INSTANCE;

    @Override
    public String apply(Object o) {
      checkNotNull(o); // eager for GWT.
      return o.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return "Functions.toStringFunction()";
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the identity function.
   *

   * a good policy, especially because, in order for the test to pass, the
   * parameter must be misleadingly annotated as @Nullable. I suspect that
   * we'll want to remove @Nullable, add an eager checkNotNull, and loosen up
   * testRemove_nullAllowed.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public int remove(@CheckForNull Object element, int occurrences) {
    if (occurrences == 0) {

    // TODO(dbeaumont): Switch to static factory methods for creation now that class is final.
    // TODO(dbeaumont): Support escapers where alphanumeric chars are not safe.
    checkNotNull(safeChars); // eager for GWT.
    // Avoid any misunderstandings about the behavior of this escaper
    if (safeChars.matches(".*[0-9A-Za-z].*")) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(