* or its views, only mappings whose keys satisfy the filter will be removed from the underlying
   * map.
   *
   * <p>The returned map isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if {@code unfiltered} is.
   *
   * <p>Many of the filtered map's methods, such as {@code size()}, iterate across every key/value
   * mapping in the underlying map and determine which satisfy the filter. When a live view is

  static <E extends @Nullable Object> Collection<E> filterCollection(
      Collection<E> collection, Predicate<? super E> predicate) {
    if (collection instanceof Set) {
      return Sets.filter((Set<E>) collection, predicate);
    } else {
      return Collections2.filter(collection, predicate);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsKey(@CheckForNull Object key) {
    return asMap().get(key) != null;
  }

  @Override

   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // can cast to <T> because non-Ts are removed
  @GwtIncompatible // Class.isInstance
  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(Iterator<?> unfiltered, Class<T> desiredType) {
    return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) filter(unfiltered, instanceOf(desiredType));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if one or more elements returned by {@code iterator} satisfy the given
   * predicate.
   */

   * <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);
      }

      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);
    }

 *
 * <p>If the precondition is not met, the {@code Preconditions} method throws an unchecked exception
 * of a specified type, which helps the method in which the exception was thrown communicate that
 * its caller has made a mistake. This allows constructs such as
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   if (value < 0) {
 *     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }

  }

  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) {

      thrownUnsafeFailure = unsafeFailure;
      // catch absolutely everything and fall through to our 'SafeAtomicHelper'
      // The access control checks that ARFU does means the caller class has to be AbstractFuture
      // instead of SafeAtomicHelper, so we annoyingly define these here
      try {
        helper =
            new SafeAtomicHelper(

   * {@code invokeAny}. In the latter case, tasks will run serially on the calling thread. Tasks are
   * run to completion before a {@code Future} is returned to the caller (unless the executor has
   * been shutdown).
   *
   * <p>Although all tasks are immediately executed in the thread that submitted the task, this