*
 * <p>Since the value collections are sets, the behavior of a {@code SetMultimap} is not specified
 * if key or value objects already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects
 * {@code equals} comparisons. Use caution if mutable objects are used as keys or values in a {@code
 * SetMultimap}.
 *

  /** The instance that actually does the work; delegates to Unsafe or a pure-Java fallback. */
  private static final LittleEndianBytes byteArray;

  /**
   * Load 8 bytes into long in a little endian manner, from the substring between position and
   * position + 8. The array must have at least 8 bytes from offset (inclusive).
   *
   * @param input the input bytes
   * @param offset the offset into the array at which to start