// available.
  /**
   * This field encodes the current state of the future.
   *
   * <p>The valid values are:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code null} initial state, nothing has happened.
   *   <li>{@link Cancellation} terminal state, {@code cancel} was called.
   *   <li>{@link Failure} terminal state, {@code setException} was called.

                // requireNonNull is safe because the first `size` elements have been filled in.
                requireNonNull(e1);
                requireNonNull(e2);
                return comparator.compare(e1.getKey(), e2.getKey());
              });
          // requireNonNull is safe because the first `size` elements have been filled in.
          Entry<K, V> firstEntry = requireNonNull(entryArray[0]);

   * add()} and {@code addAll()} methods throw an {@link IllegalArgumentException}. When methods
   * such as {@code removeAll()} and {@code clear()} are called on the filtered set, only elements
   * that satisfy the filter will be removed from the underlying set.
   *
   * <p>The returned set isn't threadsafe or serializable, even if {@code unfiltered} is.
   *

    }

    @Override
    public Set<K> elementSet() {
      return multimap.keySet();
    }

    @Override
    Iterator<K> elementIterator() {
      throw new AssertionError("should never be called");
    }
  }

  /** A skeleton implementation of {@link Multimap#entries()}. */
  abstract static class Entries<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>

  /**
   * Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the elements of {@code iterable}.
   *
   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator does. After {@code
   * remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed element, which is no longer in {@code
   * iterable}. The iterator's {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until {@code iterable}
   * is empty.
   *