if (ancestor != null) {
        ancestor.addToMap();
      } else {
        map.put(key, delegate);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public int size() {
      refreshIfEmpty();
      return delegate.size();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object == this) {
        return true;
      }
      refreshIfEmpty();

      }
    };
  }

  @Override
  Spliterator<V> valueSpliterator() {
    return CollectSpliterators.flatMap(
        map.values().spliterator(), Collection::spliterator, Spliterator.SIZED, size());
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): should we copy this javadoc to each concrete class, so that
   * classes like LinkedHashMultimap that need to say something different are