}

  /**
   * Copies an iterable's elements into an array.
   *
   * @param iterable the iterable to copy
   * @param type the type of the elements
   * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterable have been copied
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Array.newInstance(Class, int)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(

          // there's a way around creating the separate sortedKeys array, and if we're allocating
          // one array of size n, we might as well allocate two -- to say nothing of the allocation
          // done in Arrays.sort.
          for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            // We're careful to put only K instances in.

      if (throwable != null) {
        return new Failure(throwable);
      }
    }
    boolean wasCancelled = future.isCancelled();
    // Don't allocate a CancellationException if it's not necessary
    if (!GENERATE_CANCELLATION_CAUSES & wasCancelled) {
      /*
       * requireNonNull is safe because we've initialized CAUSELESS_CANCELLED if

      // independent of the initial capacity, except that it won't be lower than the threshold
      // computed from that capacity. Because the internal table is only allocated on the first
      // write, we won't see copying because of the new threshold. So it is always OK to use the
      // calculation here.
      return (int) Math.ceil(expectedSize / 0.75);
    }

    Builder(int estimatedDistinct) {
      this.contents = ObjectCountHashMap.createWithExpectedSize(estimatedDistinct);
    }

    Builder(boolean forSubtype) {
      // for ImmutableSortedMultiset not to allocate data structures not used there
      this.contents = null;
    }

    /**
     * Adds {@code element} to the {@code ImmutableMultiset}.
     *
     * @param element the element to add

   * hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
   *
   * @param iterator the iterator to copy
   * @param type the type of the elements
   * @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(

     * ImmutableSortedMultiset#orderedBy(Comparator)}.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public Builder(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
      super(true); // doesn't allocate hash table in supertype
      this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator);
      this.elements = (E[]) new Object[ImmutableCollection.Builder.DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY];