dummy ^= JOINER_ON_CHARACTER.join(components).length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Mimics what the {@link Joiner} class does internally when no extra options like ignoring {@code
   * null} values are used.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int joinerInlined(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

      dummy ^= JOINER_ON_CHARACTER.join(components).length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Mimics what the {@link Joiner} class does internally when no extra options like ignoring {@code
   * null} values are used.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int joinerInlined(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    @Override
    public Builder<E> add(E element) {
      super.add(element);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds each element of {@code elements} to the {@code ImmutableSortedSet}, ignoring duplicate
     * elements (only the first duplicate element is added).
     *
     * @param elements the elements to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

   * has elapsed after the entry's creation, or the most recent replacement of its value.
   *
   * <p>When {@code duration} is zero, this method hands off to {@link #maximumSize(long)
   * maximumSize}{@code (0)}, ignoring any otherwise-specified maximum size or weight. This can be
   * useful in testing, or to disable caching temporarily without a code change.
   *

      } else {
        hashTable = null;
        super.add(element);
        return this;
      }
    }

    /**
     * Adds each element of {@code elements} to the {@code ImmutableSet}, ignoring duplicate
     * elements (only the first duplicate element is added).
     *
     * @param elements the elements to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

        }
      }
      elements[n++] = element;
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds each element of {@code elements} to the {@code ImmutableSortedSet}, ignoring duplicate
     * elements (only the first duplicate element is added).
     *
     * @param elements the elements to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

        .append(truncationIndicator)
        .toString();
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether the contents of the given character sequences {@code s1} and {@code s2} are
   * equal, ignoring the case of any ASCII alphabetic characters between {@code 'a'} and {@code 'z'}
   * or {@code 'A'} and {@code 'Z'} inclusive.
   *

    for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
      multimap.put(elements[i], i);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Implements {@code Multimap.put()} -- and no other methods -- for a {@code Map} by ignoring all
   * but the latest value for each key. This class exists only so that we can use {@link
   * MultimapsCollectionTest#populateMultimapForGet(Multimap, String[])} and similar methods to

 *
 * Fortunately, if anyone does want to use a Converter as a `Function<@Nullable A, @Nullable B>`,
 * it's easy to get one: `converter::convert`.
 *
 * [*] In annotating this class, we're ignoring LegacyConverter.
 */
public abstract class Converter<A, B> implements Function<A, B> {
  private final boolean handleNullAutomatically;

   * has elapsed after the entry's creation, or the most recent replacement of its value.
   *
   * <p>When {@code duration} is zero, this method hands off to {@link #maximumSize(long)
   * maximumSize}{@code (0)}, ignoring any otherwise-specified maximum size or weight. This can be
   * useful in testing, or to disable caching temporarily without a code change.
   *