this.forceCopy = true;
      return result;
    }
  }

  int unsafeCompare(Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    return unsafeCompare(comparator, a, b);
  }

  static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't

    /**
     * Indicates whether an object equals this entry, following the behavior specified in {@link
     * Multiset.Entry#equals}.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object instanceof Multiset.Entry) {
        Multiset.Entry<?> that = (Multiset.Entry<?>) object;

   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass keys of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link
   *     ImmutableSortedMap#of(Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object,
   *     Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object)}.</b>
   */
  @DoNotCall("Pass keys of type Comparable")
  @Deprecated
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> of(

    EntrySet(ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> multimap) {
      this.multimap = multimap;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean contains(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object instanceof Entry) {
        Entry<?, ?> entry = (Entry<?, ?>) object;
        return multimap.containsEntry(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
      }
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int size() {

  // desired return type. However, *nested* generics introduce a special class of problems that we
  // think tip it over into being worthwhile.
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(
      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**

    private final Object keys;
    private final Object values;

    SerializedForm(ImmutableMap<K, V> map) {
      if (USE_LEGACY_SERIALIZATION) {
        Object[] keys = new Object[map.size()];
        Object[] values = new Object[map.size()];
        int i = 0;
        // "extends Object" works around https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework/issues/3013

      @Override
      @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
      Object writeReplace() {
        return super.writeReplace();
      }
    };
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return asMapOfRanges().hashCode();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object o) {
    if (o instanceof RangeMap) {
      RangeMap<?, ?> rangeMap = (RangeMap<?, ?>) o;

      this.ranges = ranges;
    }

    Object readResolve() {
      if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
        return of();
      } else if (ranges.equals(ImmutableList.of(Range.all()))) {
        return all();
      } else {
        return new ImmutableRangeSet<C>(ranges);
      }
    }
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new SerializedForm<C>(ranges);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean contains(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (!(object instanceof List)) {
        return false;
      }
      List<?> list = (List<?>) object;
      if (list.size() != axes.size()) {
        return false;
      }
      int i = 0;
      for (Object o : list) {
        if (!axes.get(i).contains(o)) {
          return false;
        }

-   Our users' guide, [Guava Explained]
-   [A nice collection](https://www.tfnico.com/presentations/google-guava) of
    other helpful links

## Links

-   [GitHub project](https://github.com/google/guava)
-   [Issue tracker: Report a defect or feature request](https://github.com/google/guava/issues/new)
-   [StackOverflow: Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=guava+java)