* object being tested for equality to the custom interface. {@code ForwardingObject} implements no
 * such custom interfaces directly; they are implemented only in subclasses. Therefore, forwarding
 * {@code equals} would break symmetry, as the forwarding object might consider itself equal to the
 * object being tested, but the reverse could not be true. This behavior is consistent with the

   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to {@code true} if the object reference being tested is
   * null.
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<T> isNull() {
    return ObjectPredicate.IS_NULL.withNarrowedType();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to {@code true} if the object reference being tested is not
   * null.
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)

   * {@code Ping-From}</a> header field name.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */
  public static final String PING_FROM = "Ping-From";
  /**
   * The HTTP <a href="http://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#hyperlink-auditing">
   * {@code Ping-To}</a> header field name.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */
  public static final String PING_TO = "Ping-To";

  /**
   * The HTTP <a

     * key on an absent value should result in a single call to either {@code recordLoadSuccess} or
     * {@code recordLoadException} and multiple calls to this method, despite all being served by
     * the results of a single load operation.
     *
     * @param count the number of misses to record
     * @since 11.0
     */
    void recordMisses(int count);

    /**

   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedMultisetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();

  /**
   * A proxy method that adds the node {@code n} to the graph being tested. In case of Immutable
   * graph implementations, this method should replace {@link #graph} with a new graph that includes
   * this node.
   */
  abstract void addNode(Integer n);

  /**
   * A proxy method that adds the edge {@code e} to the graph being tested. In case of Immutable

    return RANDOM_SOURCE.nextLong();
  }

  // A random value that cannot be 0 and that is unsigned-less-than or equal
  // to the given dividend, so that we don't have half of our divisions being
  // trivial because the divisor is bigger than the dividend.
  // Using remainder here does not give us a uniform distribution but it should
  // not have a big impact on the measurement.

   * delegating calls until it returns valid data.
   *
   * @param duration the length of time after a value is created that it should stop being returned
   *     by subsequent {@code get()} calls
   * @param unit the unit that {@code duration} is expressed in
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code duration} is not positive
   * @since 2.0
   */

 * text is performed automatically by the relevant parser.
 *
 * <p>For example, an XML escaper would convert the literal string {@code "Foo<Bar>"} into {@code
 * "Foo&lt;Bar&gt;"} to prevent {@code "<Bar>"} from being confused with an XML tag. When the
 * resulting XML document is parsed, the parser API will return this text as the original literal
 * string {@code "Foo<Bar>"}.
 *

 *
 * <p>This class can't depend on other Guava code. If we were to load this class in the same class
 * loader as the rest of Guava, this thread would keep an indirect strong reference to the class
 * loader and prevent it from being garbage collected. This poses a problem for environments where
 * you want to throw away the class loader. For example, dynamically reloading a web application or
 * unloading an OSGi bundle.
 *