return requireLinks()[i];
  }

  private void setLink(int i, long value) {
    requireLinks()[i] = value;
  }

  /*
   * We don't define getPredecessor+getSuccessor and setPredecessor+setSuccessor here because
   * they're defined above -- including logic to add and subtract 1 to map between the values stored
   * in the predecessor/successor arrays and the indexes in the elements array that they identify.
   */

   * of their elements."
   *
   * </blockquote>
   */
  RESTRICTS_ELEMENTS,

  /**
   * Indicates that a collection has a well-defined ordering of its elements. The ordering may
   * depend on the element values, such as a {@link SortedSet}, or on the insertion ordering, such

 * specified the JVM flag {@code -XX:+DisableExplicitGC}. But in practice, it works very well for
 * ordinary tests.
 *
 * <p>Failure of the expected event to occur within an implementation-defined "reasonable" time
 * period or an interrupt while waiting for the expected event will result in a {@link
 * RuntimeException}.
 *
 * <p>Here's an example that tests a {@code finalize} method:
 *
 * <pre>{@code

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // TreeBasedTable.create() is defined as such
  @Generates
  static <R extends Comparable, C extends Comparable, V>
      RowSortedTable<R, C, V> generateRowSortedTable(R row, C column, V value) {
    return generateTreeBasedTable(row, column, value);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // TreeBasedTable.create() is defined as such
  @Generates

   * whose keys and values are the result of applying the provided mapping functions to the input
   * elements.
   *
   * <p>For streams with defined encounter order (as defined in the Ordering section of the {@link
   * java.util.stream} Javadoc), that order is preserved, but entries are <a
   * href="ImmutableMultimap.html#iteration">grouped by key</a>.
   *
   * <p>Example:
   *

   * and {@code distance(end, start) == -3}. As well, {@code distance(a, a)} is always zero.
   *
   * <p>Note that this function is necessarily well-defined for any discrete type.
   *
   * @return the distance as described above, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if
   *     the distance is too small or too large, respectively.
   */

 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can
 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible

   * add(Object)} call will throw a {@code ClassCastException}.
   *
   * <p>The type specification is {@code <E extends Comparable>}, instead of the more specific
   * {@code <E extends Comparable<? super E>>}, to support classes defined without generics.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <E extends Comparable> TreeMultiset<E> create() {
    return new TreeMultiset<>(Ordering.natural());
  }

 * specified the JVM flag {@code -XX:+DisableExplicitGC}. But in practice, it works very well for
 * ordinary tests.
 *
 * <p>Failure of the expected event to occur within an implementation-defined "reasonable" time
 * period or an interrupt while waiting for the expected event will result in a {@link
 * RuntimeException}.
 *
 * <p>Here's an example that tests a {@code finalize} method:
 *
 * <pre>{@code

   * of their elements."
   *
   * </blockquote>
   */
  RESTRICTS_ELEMENTS,

  /**
   * Indicates that a collection has a well-defined ordering of its elements. The ordering may
   * depend on the element values, such as a {@link SortedSet}, or on the insertion ordering, such