}

    if (hasLowerBound && hasUpperBound) {
      int cmp =
          comparator.compare(
              uncheckedCastNullableTToT(lowerEndpoint), uncheckedCastNullableTToT(upperEndpoint));
      // be consistent with Range
      checkArgument(
          cmp <= 0, "lowerEndpoint (%s) > upperEndpoint (%s)", lowerEndpoint, upperEndpoint);
      if (cmp == 0) {
        checkArgument(lowerBoundType != OPEN || upperBoundType != OPEN);

   * copy.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> {@code keyPredicate} must be <i>consistent with equals</i>, as documented at
   * {@link Predicate#apply}. Do not provide a predicate such as {@code
   * Predicates.instanceOf(ArrayList.class)}, which is inconsistent with equals.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */

   *   is reserved to mean "uninitialized". If timeout is non-positive, then nanoTime need never be
   *   called.
   * - Keep behavior of fair and non-fair instances consistent.
   */

  /**
   * A boolean condition for which a thread may wait. A {@code Guard} is associated with a single
   * {@code Monitor}. The monitor may check the guard at arbitrary times from any thread occupying

  /**
   * Returns an immutable map containing the same entries as {@code map}. If {@code map} somehow
   * contains entries with duplicate keys (for example, if it is a {@code SortedMap} whose
   * comparator is not <i>consistent with equals</i>), the results of this method are undefined.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> Despite what the method name suggests, if {@code map} is an {@code
   * ImmutableClassToInstanceMap}, no copy will actually be performed.

     * duplication of properties (multiple name/value pairs with the same name can be added).
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
      // create a copy to keep it consistent in case value changes
      boolean omitNullValuesSnapshot = omitNullValues;
      boolean omitEmptyValuesSnapshot = omitEmptyValues;
      String nextSeparator = "";

  }

  /**
   * Returns the comparator that orders the elements, which is {@link Ordering#natural()} when the
   * natural ordering of the elements is used. Note that its behavior is not consistent with {@link
   * SortedSet#comparator()}, which returns {@code null} to indicate natural ordering.
   */
  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    return comparator;
  }

 * equality for both keys and values. This may not be the desired behavior for map implementations
 * that use non-standard notions of key equality, such as a {@code SortedMap} whose comparator is
 * not consistent with {@code equals}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods and the collection views they return are not guaranteed to be
 * thread-safe, even when all of the methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *

 *
 * <p>Each of the {@code standard} methods uses the set's comparator (or the natural ordering of the
 * elements, if there is no comparator) to test element equality. As a result, if the comparator is
 * not consistent with equals, some of the standard implementations may violate the {@code Set}
 * contract.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods and the collection views they return are not guaranteed to be

    }

    if (hasLowerBound && hasUpperBound) {
      int cmp =
          comparator.compare(
              uncheckedCastNullableTToT(lowerEndpoint), uncheckedCastNullableTToT(upperEndpoint));
      // be consistent with Range
      checkArgument(
          cmp <= 0, "lowerEndpoint (%s) > upperEndpoint (%s)", lowerEndpoint, upperEndpoint);
      if (cmp == 0) {
        checkArgument(lowerBoundType != OPEN || upperBoundType != OPEN);

    if (collection == null) {
      collection = createCollection(key);
    }
    return wrapCollection(key, collection);
  }

  /**
   * Generates a decorated collection that remains consistent with the values in the multimap for
   * the provided key. Changes to the multimap may alter the returned collection, and vice versa.
   */
  Collection<V> wrapCollection(@ParametricNullness K key, Collection<V> collection) {