otherwise. Do not persist these and assume they can be read by a future
    version of the library.

5.  Our classes are not designed to protect against a malicious caller. You
    should not use them for communication between trusted and untrusted code.

6.  For the mainline flavor, we test the libraries using OpenJDK 8, 11, and 17

    return new MutableClassToInstanceMap<>(new HashMap<Class<? extends @NonNull B>, B>());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new {@code MutableClassToInstanceMap} instance backed by a given empty {@code
   * backingMap}. The caller surrenders control of the backing map, and thus should not allow any
   * direct references to it to remain accessible.
   */
  public static <B extends @Nullable Object> MutableClassToInstanceMap<B> create(