* and ABSENT for empty positions.  We then look up the keys in alternatingKeysAndValues.
   *
   * (The index actually stored is the index of the key in alternatingKeysAndValues, which is
   * double the index of the entry in entrySet.asList.)
   *
   * The basic data structure is described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_addressing.

  }

  /**
   * Combines four iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has an iterator that
   * traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in {@code b}, followed by the
   * elements in {@code c}, followed by the elements in {@code d}. The source iterators are not
   * polled until necessary.
   *
   * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding input

 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is
 * intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
 * the JDK.
 *

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multimap containing the specified entries. The returned multimap iterates
   * over keys in the order they were first encountered in the input, and the values for each key
   * are iterated in the order they were encountered. If two values for the same key are {@linkplain
   * Object#equals equal}, the first value encountered is used.
   *

 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the union of two multisets. In the returned multiset, the count
   * of each element is the <i>maximum</i> of its counts in the two backing multisets. The iteration
   * order of the returned multiset matches that of the element set of {@code multiset1} followed by
   * the members of the element set of {@code multiset2} that are not contained in {@code

   * ImmutableSortedSet}, ordered by the specified comparator.
   *
   * <p>If the elements contain duplicates (according to the comparator), only the first duplicate
   * in encounter order will appear in the result.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.

   *
   * <p>Java 8 introduced a new method {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} in the {@link TypeVariable}
   * interface, whose return type {@code AnnotatedType[]} is also new in Java 8. That means that we
   * cannot implement that interface in source code in a way that will compile on both Java 7 and
   * Java 8. If we include the {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} method then its return type means it

 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,