* static final Multimap<Character, String> FIRST_LETTER_MULTIMAP =
   *     Stream.of("banana", "apple", "carrot", "asparagus", "cherry")
   *         .collect(toImmutableSetMultimap(str -> str.charAt(0), str -> str.substring(1)));
   *
   * // is equivalent to
   *
   * static final Multimap<Character, String> FIRST_LETTER_MULTIMAP =
   *     new ImmutableSetMultimap.Builder<Character, String>()
   *         .put('b', "anana")

   *
   * <p>Note that if {@code s} is a {@code Set<String>}, then {@code ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(s)}
   * returns an {@code ImmutableSortedSet<String>} containing each of the strings in {@code s},
   * while {@code ImmutableSortedSet.of(s)} returns an {@code ImmutableSortedSet<Set<String>>}
   * containing one element (the given set itself).
   *

    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this multiset entry. The string representation consists of
     * the associated element if the associated count is one, and otherwise the associated element
     * followed by the characters " x " (space, x and space) followed by the count. Elements and
     * counts are converted to strings as by {@code String.valueOf}.
     */
    @Override

   * are broken arbitrarily.
   *
   * <p>For example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
   *     .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
   * // returns {"foo", "quux"}
   * }</pre>
   *
   * <p>This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n) (worst-case O(n log

      this.iterable = iterable;
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<T> iterator() {
      return Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(iterable.iterator());
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return iterable.toString();
    }
    // no equals and hashCode; it would break the contract!
  }

  /** Returns the number of elements in {@code iterable}. */

    return new Builder<>(expectedSize);
  }

  static void checkNoConflict(
      boolean safe, String conflictDescription, Object entry1, Object entry2) {
    if (!safe) {
      throw conflictException(conflictDescription, entry1, entry2);
    }
  }

  static IllegalArgumentException conflictException(
      String conflictDescription, Object entry1, Object entry2) {
    return new IllegalArgumentException(

    if (o instanceof RangeMap) {
      RangeMap<?, ?> rangeMap = (RangeMap<?, ?>) o;
      return asMapOfRanges().equals(rangeMap.asMapOfRanges());
    }
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return asMapOfRanges().toString();
  }

  /**
   * This class is used to serialize ImmutableRangeMap instances. Serializes the {@link
   * #asMapOfRanges()} form.
   */

      return new DescendingImmutableSortedSet<>(this);
    }

    @Override
    boolean isPartialView() {
      return ranges.isPartialView();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return ranges.toString();
    }

    @Override
    @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
    Object writeReplace() {
      return new AsSetSerializedForm<C>(ranges, domain);
    }

   * reconstructed using public factory methods. This ensures that the implementation types remain
   * as implementation details.
   *
   * <p>Since the bimap is immutable, ImmutableBiMap doesn't require special logic for keeping the
   * bimap and its inverse in sync during serialization, the way AbstractBiMap does.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization

   * ("constant tables"). Example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * static final ImmutableTable<Integer, Character, String> SPREADSHEET =
   *     new ImmutableTable.Builder<Integer, Character, String>()
   *         .put(1, 'A', "foo")
   *         .put(1, 'B', "bar")
   *         .put(2, 'A', "baz")
   *         .buildOrThrow();
   * }</pre>
   *