}
    }
  }

  /** Returns the {@code Class} object of arrays with {@code componentType}. */
  static Class<?> getArrayClass(Class<?> componentType) {
    // TODO(user): This is not the most efficient way to handle generic
    // arrays, but is there another way to extract the array class in a
    // non-hacky way (i.e. using String value class names- "[L...")?
    return Array.newInstance(componentType, 0).getClass();
  }

        // requireNonNull is safe because the first `n` elements are non-null.
        E elem = (E) requireNonNull(elements[0]);
        return of(elem);
      default:
        // continue below to handle the general case
    }
    int tableSize = chooseTableSize(n);
    Object[] table = new Object[tableSize];
    int mask = tableSize - 1;
    int hashCode = 0;
    int uniques = 0;

       *
       * ...except that it's possible for users to insert a string key with a non-string value, and
       * in that case, getProperty *will* return null.
       *
       * TODO(b/192002623): Handle that case: Either:
       *
       * - Skip non-string keys and values entirely, as proposed in the linked bug.
       *
       * - Throw ClassCastException instead of NullPointerException, as documented in the current

        if (this.equivalence.equals(that.equivalence)) {
          /*
           * We'll accept that as sufficient "proof" that either equivalence should be able to
           * handle either reference, so it's safe to circumvent compile-time type checking.
           */
          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
          Equivalence<Object> equivalence = (Equivalence<Object>) this.equivalence;