* instances:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>If you receive them from an {@code java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService}, convert that
 *       service to a {@link ListeningExecutorService}, usually by calling {@link
 *       MoreExecutors#listeningDecorator(java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService)
 *       MoreExecutors.listeningDecorator}.
 *   <li>If you manually call {@link java.util.concurrent.FutureTask#set} or a similar method,

      this.size = calculateSize(inputList, comparator);
    }

    /**
     * The number of permutations with repeated elements is calculated as follows:
     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>For an empty list, it is 1 (base case).
     *   <li>When r numbers are added to a list of n-r elements, the number of permutations is
     *       increased by a factor of (n choose r).
     * </ul>
     */
    private static <E> int calculateSize(

 *
 * <p>When escaping a String, the following rules apply:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All specified safe characters remain unchanged.
 *   <li>If {@code plusForSpace} was specified, the space character " " is converted into a plus
 *       sign {@code "+"}.
 *   <li>All other characters are converted into one or more bytes using UTF-8 encoding and each

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code null} initial state, nothing has happened.
   *   <li>{@link Cancellation} terminal state, {@code cancel} was called.
   *   <li>{@link Failure} terminal state, {@code setException} was called.
   *   <li>{@link SetFuture} intermediate state, {@code setFuture} was called.
   *   <li>{@link #NULL} terminal state, {@code set(null)} was called.

   *   <li>For {@link Network}:
   *       <ul>
   *         <li>{@code adjacentNodes(node)}: Stable order
   *         <li>{@code predecessors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code successors(node)}: Connecting edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code incidentEdges(node)}: Stable order
   *         <li>{@code inEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order
   *         <li>{@code outEdges(node)}: Edge insertion order

 * reasonable and it will be fine.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>If checking whether the <i>caller</i> has violated your method or constructor's contract
 *       (such as by passing an invalid argument), use the utilities of the {@link Preconditions}
 *       class instead.
 *   <li>If checking an <i>impossible</i> condition (which <i>cannot</i> happen unless your own

 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#definitions">definitions of
 * terms</a>):
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>directed graphs
 *   <li>undirected graphs
 *   <li>graphs that do/don't allow self-loops
 *   <li>graphs whose nodes/edges are insertion-ordered, sorted, or unordered
 *   <li>graphs whose edges have associated values
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *