return new HashMap<>(map);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code HashMap} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it <i>should</i>
   * hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be broadly guaranteed,
   * but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed that the method
   * isn't inadvertently <i>oversizing</i> the returned map.
   *