int size = readCount();
            String[] array = new String[size];
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                array[i] = readNullableString();
            }
            return array;
        }

        private List<String> readStringList() throws IOException {
            int size = readCount();

    var count = 0L
    var noNewLineBeforeEOF = false
    var readCount = read(buffer)

    while (readCount != -1) {
        for (idx in 0 until readCount) {
            if (buffer[idx] == newLine) count++
        }
        noNewLineBeforeEOF = buffer[readCount - 1] != newLine
        readCount = read(buffer)
    }
    if (noNewLineBeforeEOF) count++
    return count

   * in a multiset serialized by {@link #writeMultiset(Multiset, ObjectOutputStream)}, or the number
   * of distinct keys in a multimap serialized by {@link #writeMultimap(Multimap,
   * ObjectOutputStream)}.
   */
  static int readCount(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException {
    return stream.readInt();
  }

  /**
   * Stores the contents of a map in an output stream, as part of serialization. It does not support

   * in a multiset serialized by {@link #writeMultiset(Multiset, ObjectOutputStream)}, or the number
   * of distinct keys in a multimap serialized by {@link #writeMultimap(Multimap,
   * ObjectOutputStream)}.
   */
  static int readCount(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException {
    return stream.readInt();
  }

  /**
   * Stores the contents of a map in an output stream, as part of serialization. It does not support

  @J2ktIncompatible
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    int distinctElements = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    setBackingMap(Maps.<E, Count>newHashMap());
    Serialization.populateMultiset(this, stream, distinctElements);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // Not needed in emulated source.
  @J2ktIncompatible

  @J2ktIncompatible
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    int distinctElements = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    setBackingMap(new LinkedHashMap<E, Count>());
    Serialization.populateMultiset(this, stream, distinctElements);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // not needed in emulated source
  @J2ktIncompatible

  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    expectedValuesPerKey = DEFAULT_VALUES_PER_KEY;
    int distinctKeys = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    Map<K, Collection<V>> map = Platform.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(12);
    setMap(map);
    Serialization.populateMultimap(this, stream, distinctKeys);
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    int distinctElements = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    backingMap = newBackingMap(ObjectCountHashMap.DEFAULT_SIZE);
    Serialization.populateMultiset(this, stream, distinctElements);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // Not needed in emulated source.

  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    expectedValuesPerKey = DEFAULT_VALUES_PER_KEY;
    int distinctKeys = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    Map<K, Collection<V>> map = CompactHashMap.create();
    setMap(map);
    Serialization.populateMultimap(this, stream, distinctKeys);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // Not needed in emulated source.

  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();
    expectedValuesPerKey = DEFAULT_VALUES_PER_KEY;
    int distinctKeys = Serialization.readCount(stream);
    Map<K, Collection<V>> map = Platform.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(12);
    setMap(map);
    Serialization.populateMultimap(this, stream, distinctKeys);
  }