* sorting all elements at once.
   *
   * <p>Retrieving a single element takes approximately O(log(M)) time, where M is the number of
   * iterators. (Retrieving all elements takes approximately O(N*log(M)) time, where N is the total
   * number of elements.)
   */
  private static class MergingIterator<T extends @Nullable Object> extends UnmodifiableIterator<T> {

   * on {@link Platform} so that we can have different behavior in GWT.
   *
   * <p>This implementation tries to be smart in a number of ways. It recognizes cases where the
   * negation is cheaper to precompute than the matcher itself; it tries to build small hash tables
   * for matchers that only match a few characters, and so on. In the worst-case scenario, it

    public int hashCode() {
      return map.hashCode();
    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7845222491160860175L;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a view of a multimap where each value is transformed by a function. All other
   * properties of the multimap, such as iteration order, are left intact. For example, the code:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Multimap<String, Integer> multimap =