}

      int oldCount = values.size();
      if (occurrences >= oldCount) {
        values.clear();
      } else {
        Iterator<V> iterator = values.iterator();
        for (int i = 0; i < occurrences; i++) {
          iterator.next();
          iterator.remove();
        }
      }
      return oldCount;
    }

    @Override
    public void clear() {
      multimap.clear();