}
        } else {
          // In the case of a concurrent remove, we might observe a zero value, which means another
          // thread is about to remove (element, existingCounter) from the map. Rather than wait,
          // we can just do that work here.
          AtomicInteger newCounter = new AtomicInteger(occurrences);
          if ((countMap.putIfAbsent(element, newCounter) == null)

          }
        } else {
          // In the case of a concurrent remove, we might observe a zero value, which means another
          // thread is about to remove (element, existingCounter) from the map. Rather than wait,
          // we can just do that work here.
          AtomicInteger newCounter = new AtomicInteger(occurrences);
          if ((countMap.putIfAbsent(element, newCounter) == null)