* inputs. All valid inputs must pass this regex, but it's semantically fine if not all inputs
   * that pass this regex are valid -- only a performance hit is incurred, not a semantics bug.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // regular expressions
  static final
  java.util.regex.Pattern
      FLOATING_POINT_PATTERN = fpPattern();

   *   }
   * }
   * }</pre>
   *
   * <p>This should be preferred to {@link #newDirectExecutorService()} because implementing the
   * {@link ExecutorService} subinterface necessitates significant performance overhead.
   *
   * @since 18.0
   */
  public static Executor directExecutor() {
    return DirectExecutor.INSTANCE;
  }

  /**

    return CollectCollectors.flatteningToImmutableListMultimap(keyFunction, valuesFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> of() {

    } else {
      return new ImmutableSortedMap<>(
          ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(comparator), ImmutableList.<V>of());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty sorted map.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  // unsafe, comparator() returns a comparator on the specified type

        // getDeclaredField to throw a NoSuchFieldException when the field is definitely there.
        // For these users fallback to a suboptimal implementation, based on synchronized. This will
        // be a definite performance hit to those users.
        thrownAtomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure = atomicReferenceFieldUpdaterFailure;
        helper = new SynchronizedHelper();
      }
    }
    ATOMIC_HELPER = helper;

 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/Caffeine.html">{@code
 * Caffeine}</a> class. Caffeine offers better performance, more features (including asynchronous
 * loading), and fewer <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Apackage%3Dcache+label%3Atype%3Ddefect">bugs</a>.
 *

          ToIntFunction<? super T> countFunction) {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableMultiset(elementFunction, countFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> of() {

        },
        (Multiset<E> multiset) -> copyOfSortedEntries(comparator, multiset.entrySet()));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable sorted multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> of() {

 * addressed by the new {@link java.util.stream.Stream} library. Read the method documentation below
 * for comparisons. This class is not being deprecated, but we gently encourage you to migrate to
 * streams.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterables produced in this class
 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that their iterators only advance the backing iteration when
 * absolutely necessary.
 *

 * Iterator}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding {@link Iterable}-based method in the
 * {@link Iterables} class.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterators produced in this class
 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that they only advance the backing iteration when absolutely
 * necessary.
 *