* <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link Stream#filter}.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterable<T> filter(
      final Iterable<T> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super T> retainIfTrue) {
    checkNotNull(unfiltered);
    checkNotNull(retainIfTrue);
    return new FluentIterable<T>() {
      @Override
      public Iterator<T> iterator() {
        return Iterators.filter(unfiltered.iterator(), retainIfTrue);
      }

                    Map<String, String> map = Maps.newHashMap();
                    putEntries(map, entries);
                    map.putAll(ENTRIES_TO_FILTER);
                    map = Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_1);
                    return Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_2);
                  }
                })
            .named("Maps.filterEntries[Maps.filterEntries[Map, Predicate], Predicate]")

   */
  // TODO(kevinb): how can we omit that Iterables link when building gwt
  // javadoc?
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Collection<E> filter(
      Collection<E> unfiltered, Predicate<? super E> predicate) {
    if (unfiltered instanceof FilteredCollection) {
      // Support clear(), removeAll(), and retainAll() when filtering a filtered
      // collection.

      RegularImmutableMap<K, V> empty = (RegularImmutableMap<K, V>) EMPTY;
      return empty;
    } else if (n == 1) {
      // requireNonNull is safe because the first `2*n` elements have been filled in.
      checkEntryNotNull(
          requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[0]), requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[1]));
      return new RegularImmutableMap<K, V>(null, alternatingKeysAndValues, 1);
    }

   * removed from the underlying multiset.
   *
   * <p>The returned multiset isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if {@code unfiltered} is.
   *
   * <p>Many of the filtered multiset's methods, such as {@code size()}, iterate across every
   * element in the underlying multiset and determine which elements satisfy the filter. When a live

      if (isSatisfied(guard)) {
        guard.condition.signal();
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Exactly like signalNextWaiter, but caller guarantees that guardToSkip need not be considered,
   * because caller has previously checked that guardToSkip.isSatisfied() returned false. An
   * optimization for the case that guardToSkip.isSatisfied() may be expensive.
   *

            .and(Equivalence.equals());
    ImmutableListMultimap<Character, Character> empty = ImmutableListMultimap.of();
    ImmutableListMultimap<Character, Character> filled =
        ImmutableListMultimap.<Character, Character>builder()
            .putAll('b', Arrays.asList('a', 'n', 'a', 'n', 'a'))
            .putAll('a', Arrays.asList('p', 'p', 'l', 'e'))

      return policy == Policies.DISABLED
          ? new ReentrantLock(fair)
          // requireNonNull is safe because createNodes inserts an entry for every E.
          // (If the caller passes `null` for the `rank` parameter, this will throw, but that's OK.)
          : new CycleDetectingReentrantLock(requireNonNull(lockGraphNodes.get(rank)), fair);
    }

   * will not reflect any subsequent changes to the cause chain.
   *
   * <p>Here's an example of how it can be used to find specific types of exceptions in the cause
   * chain:
   *
   * <pre>
   * Iterables.filter(Throwables.getCausalChain(e), IOException.class));
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param throwable the non-null {@code Throwable} to extract causes from

  }

  private static Type[] toArray(Collection<Type> types) {
    return types.toArray(new Type[0]);
  }

  private static Iterable<Type> filterUpperBounds(Iterable<Type> bounds) {
    return Iterables.filter(bounds, Predicates.not(Predicates.<Type>equalTo(Object.class)));
  }

  private static void disallowPrimitiveType(Type[] types, String usedAs) {
    for (Type type : types) {
      if (type instanceof Class) {