return 3;
  }

  // TODO: Consolidate different copies in one single place.
  static String format(String template, Object... args) {
    // start substituting the arguments into the '%s' placeholders
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(template.length() + 16 * args.length);
    int templateStart = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (i < args.length) {

    return (graph instanceof ImmutableValueGraph)
        ? (ImmutableValueGraph<N, V>) graph
        : new ImmutableValueGraph<N, V>(graph);
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static <N, V> ImmutableValueGraph<N, V> copyOf(ImmutableValueGraph<N, V> graph) {
    return checkNotNull(graph);
  }

  @Override

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Consumers of this annotation include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Kotlin, for which it makes the type-variable usage (a) a Kotlin platform type when the type
 *       argument is non-nullable and (b) nullable when the type argument is nullable. We use this
 *       to "undo" {@link ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault}. It is the best we can do for Kotlin
 *       under our current constraints.
 *   <li>NullAway, which will <a

   *   <li>{@code proxy.equals(argument)} returns true if:
   *       <ul>
   *         <li>{@code proxy} and {@code argument} are of the same type
   *         <li>and {@link AbstractInvocationHandler#equals} returns true for the {@link
   *             InvocationHandler} of {@code argument}
   *       </ul>
   *   <li>other method calls are dispatched to {@link #handleInvocation}.