return !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an iterable over the merged contents of all given {@code iterables}. Equivalent entries
   * will not be de-duplicated.
   *
   * <p>Callers must ensure that the source {@code iterables} are in non-descending order as this
   * method does not sort its input.
   *
   * <p>For any equivalent elements across all {@code iterables}, it is undefined which element is

            Serialization.getFieldSetter(ImmutableSetMultimap.class, "emptySet");
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream
  @J2ktIncompatible
  // Serialization type safety is at the caller's mercy.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();

  public final V getOrDefault(@CheckForNull Object key, @CheckForNull V defaultValue) {
    /*
     * Even though it's weird to pass a defaultValue that is null, some callers do so. Those who
     * pass a literal "null" should probably just use `get`, but I would expect other callers to
     * pass an expression that *might* be null. This could happen with:
     *
     * - a `getFooOrDefault(@CheckForNull Foo defaultValue)` method that returns

      thrownUnsafeFailure = unsafeFailure;
      // catch absolutely everything and fall through to our 'SafeAtomicHelper'
      // The access control checks that ARFU does means the caller class has to be AbstractFuture
      // instead of SafeAtomicHelper, so we annoyingly define these here
      try {
        helper =
            new SafeAtomicHelper(

    otherwise. Do not persist these and assume they can be read by a future
    version of the library.

5.  Our classes are not designed to protect against a malicious caller. You
    should not use them for communication between trusted and untrusted code.

6.  For the mainline flavor, we test the libraries using OpenJDK 8, 11, and 17

   * avoid memory leaks when an element is no longer necessary.
   *
   * <p>This method accepts an array with element type {@code @Nullable T}, but callers must pass an
   * array whose contents are initially non-null. The {@code @Nullable} annotation indicates that
   * this method will write nulls into the array during iteration.
   *

  public final <S extends @Nullable T> Equivalence<Iterable<S>> pairwise() {
    // Ideally, the returned equivalence would support Iterable<? extends T>. However,
    // the need for this is so rare that it's not worth making callers deal with the ugly wildcard.
    return new PairwiseEquivalence<>(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to true if and only if the input is equivalent to {@code