* @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterator have been copied
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Array.newInstance(Class, int)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(
      Iterator<? extends T> iterator, Class<@NonNull T> type) {
    List<T> list = Lists.newArrayList(iterator);
    return Iterables.<T>toArray(list, type);
  }

  /**

      E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4, E e5, E e6, E... remaining) {
    int size = remaining.length + 6;
    List<E> all = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(size);
    Collections.addAll(all, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6);
    Collections.addAll(all, remaining);
    return copyOf(Ordering.natural(), all);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted multiset containing the given elements sorted by their natural
   * ordering.

         its builds. Thus, GWT doesn't get j2objc-annotations transitively, in
         contrast to the other deps of `guava`, which it does get transitively.
         (Arguably we should redeclare *all* the `guava` deps here.) -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
      <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>

  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)

   * iterable supports it. Note that it is <i>not</i> possible to delete the last skipped element by
   * immediately calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator} contract states
   * that a call to {@code remove()} before a call to {@code next()} will throw an {@link
   * IllegalStateException}.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link Stream#skip}
   *
   * @since 3.0
   */

   * When multiple elements are equivalent according to {@code compareTo()}, only the first one
   * specified is included. To create a copy of a {@code SortedSet} that preserves the comparator,
   * call {@link #copyOfSorted} instead. This method iterates over {@code elements} at most once.
   *
   * <p>Note that if {@code s} is a {@code Set<String>}, then {@code ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(s)}

   * buildOrThrow(), or vice versa. So in particular, if we modify alternatingKeysAndValues to
   * eliminate duplicate keys (for buildKeepingLast()) then we have to ensure that a later call to
   * buildOrThrow() will still throw as if the duplicates had not been eliminated. And the exception
   * message must mention two values that were associated with the duplicate key in two different

   * does mean that users on Java 8 who obtain an instance of {@code TypeVariable} from {@link
   * TypeResolver#resolveType} will not be able to call {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} on it, but that
   * should hopefully be rare.
   *
   * <p>TODO(b/147144588): We are currently also missing the methods inherited from {@link

   *         .put("one", 1)
   *         .putAll("several", 1, 2, 3)
   *         .putAll("many", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
   *         .build();
   * }</pre>
   *
   * <p>Builder instances can be reused; it is safe to call {@link #build} multiple times to build
   * multiple multimaps in series. Each multimap contains the key-value mappings in the previously
   * created multimaps.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */

   * but mutates {@code multisetToModify} instead of returning a view.
   *
   * <p>In contrast, {@code multisetToModify.retainAll(multisetToRetain)} keeps all occurrences of
   * elements that appear at all in {@code multisetToRetain}, and deletes all occurrences of all
   * other elements.
   *
   * @return {@code true} if {@code multisetToModify} was changed as a result of this operation
   * @since 10.0
   */