@SuppressWarnings("CatchingUnchecked") // sneaky checked exception
  private void appendUserObject(StringBuilder builder, @CheckForNull Object o) {
    // This is some basic recursion detection for when people create cycles via set/setFuture or
    // when deep chains of futures exist resulting in a StackOverflowException. We could detect

   *     <i>descending order</i>
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k} is negative
   * @since 8.0
   */
  public <E extends T> List<E> greatestOf(Iterable<E> iterable, int k) {
    // TODO(kevinb): see if delegation is hurting performance noticeably
    // TODO(kevinb): if we change this implementation, add full unit tests.
    return this.<E>reverse().leastOf(iterable, k);
  }

  /**

      if (count == 0 && !isLinkedHash) {
        contents = new ObjectCountLinkedHashMap<E>(contents);
        isLinkedHash = true;
        // to preserve insertion order through deletions, we have to switch to an actual linked
        // implementation at least for now, but this should be a super rare case
      } else if (buildInvoked) {
        contents = new ObjectCountHashMap<E>(contents);

{
  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected Equivalence() {}

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if the given objects are considered equivalent.
   *
   * <p>This method describes an <i>equivalence relation</i> on object references, meaning that for
   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)