*
     * @return {@link System#getProperties()} obtained in a thread-safe manner.
     */
    public static Properties getSystemProperties() {
        return copyProperties(System.getProperties());
    }

    /**
     * Copies the given {@link Properties} object into a new {@link Properties} object, in a thread-safe manner.
     * @param properties Properties to copy.

 *
 * <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}.
 *

    return (array.length < minLength) ? Arrays.copyOf(array, minLength + padding) : array;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array containing each value of {@code collection}, converted to a {@code byte} value
   * in the manner of {@link Number#byteValue}.
   *
   * <p>Elements are copied from the argument collection as if by {@code collection.toArray()}.
   * Calling this method is as thread-safe as calling that method.
   *

   */
  public static HashFunction fingerprint2011() {
    return Fingerprint2011.FINGERPRINT_2011;
  }

  /**
   * Assigns to {@code hashCode} a "bucket" in the range {@code [0, buckets)}, in a uniform manner
   * that minimizes the need for remapping as {@code buckets} grows. That is, {@code
   * consistentHash(h, n)} equals:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code n - 1}, with approximate probability {@code 1/n}

   */
  public MapJoiner withKeyValueSeparator(String keyValueSeparator) {
    return new MapJoiner(this, keyValueSeparator);
  }

  /**
   * An object that joins map entries in the same manner as {@code Joiner} joins iterables and
   * arrays. Like {@code Joiner}, it is thread-safe and immutable.
   *
   * <p>In addition to operating on {@code Map} instances, {@code MapJoiner} can operate on {@code

 * keys and values are stored.
 *
 * <h3>Other Notes</h3>
 *
 * <p>As with {@code Map}, the behavior of a {@code Multimap} is not specified if key objects
 * already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects {@code equals} comparisons. Use
 * caution if mutable objects are used as keys in a {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * <p>All methods that modify the multimap are optional. The view collections returned by the

    reverse(array, newFirstIndex, toIndex);
    reverse(array, fromIndex, toIndex);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array containing each value of {@code collection}, converted to a {@code float}
   * value in the manner of {@link Number#floatValue}.
   *
   * <p>Elements are copied from the argument collection as if by {@code collection.toArray()}.
   * Calling this method is as thread-safe as calling that method.
   *

  final int concurrencyLevel;

  /** Strategy for comparing keys. */
  final Equivalence<Object> keyEquivalence;

  /** Strategy for handling entries and segments in a type-safe and efficient manner. */
  final transient InternalEntryHelper<K, V, E, S> entryHelper;

  /**
   * Creates a new, empty map with the specified strategy, initial capacity and concurrency level.
   */

  /** Waits out termination of a thread pool or fails doing so. */
  void joinPool(ExecutorService exec) {
    try {
      exec.shutdown();
      assertTrue(
          "ExecutorService did not terminate in a timely manner",
          exec.awaitTermination(2 * LONG_DELAY_MS, MILLISECONDS));
    } catch (SecurityException ok) {
      // Allowed in case test doesn't have privs
    } catch (InterruptedException ie) {

      }
      return message.toString();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Internal Lock implementations implement the {@code CycleDetectingLock} interface, allowing the
   * detection logic to treat all locks in the same manner.
   */
  private interface CycleDetectingLock {

    /** @return the {@link LockGraphNode} associated with this lock. */
    LockGraphNode getLockGraphNode();