* Optional<Number>} (where {@code Number} is the desired output type) solves the problem:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Optional<Number> optionalInt = (Optional) getSomeOptionalInt();
   * Number value = optionalInt.or(0.5); // fine
   *
   * FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();
   * Optional<Number> first = (Optional) numbers.first();
   * Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
   * }</pre>

   * MultimapBuilder.hashKeys(expectedKeys).arrayListValues(expectedValuesPerKey).build()}.
   *
   * @param expectedKeys the expected number of distinct keys
   * @param expectedValuesPerKey the expected average number of values per key
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code expectedKeys} or {@code expectedValuesPerKey} is
   *     negative
   */

    return create(ObjectCountHashMap.DEFAULT_SIZE);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new, empty {@code HashMultiset} with the specified expected number of distinct
   * elements.
   *
   * @param distinctElements the expected number of distinct elements
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code distinctElements} is negative
   */

  public NavigableMap<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return (NavigableMap<K, Collection<V>>) super.asMap();
  }

  /**
   * @serialData key comparator, value comparator, number of distinct keys, and then for each
   *     distinct key: the key, number of values for that key, and key values
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // java.io.ObjectOutputStream
  @J2ktIncompatible

   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder, expecting the specified number of distinct elements to be added.
   *
   * <p>If {@code expectedSize} is exactly the number of distinct elements added to the builder
   * before {@link Builder#build} is called, the builder is likely to perform better than an unsized
   * {@link #builder()} would have.

      for (int i = 0; i < numNodesToRemove; ++i) {
        assertThat(network.removeNode(nodeList.get(i))).isTrue();
      }

      assertThat(network.nodes()).hasSize(NUM_NODES - numNodesToRemove);
      // Number of edges remaining is unknown (node's incident edges have been removed).
      AbstractNetworkTest.validateNetwork(network);

      for (int i = numNodesToRemove; i < NUM_NODES; ++i) {

  private static final List<String> SOME_STRING_LIST = asList("1", "2", "3", "4");

  private static final Function<Number, String> SOME_FUNCTION = new SomeFunction();

  private static class SomeFunction implements Function<Number, String>, Serializable {
    @Override
    public String apply(Number n) {
      return String.valueOf(n);
    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

   */
  public static <K, V> Builder<K, V> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder, expecting the specified number of entries to be added.
   *
   * <p>If {@code expectedSize} is exactly the number of entries added to the builder before {@link
   * Builder#build} is called, the builder is likely to perform better than an unsized {@link
   * #builder()} would have.
   *

        rawtypeToWildcard(MinMaxPriorityQueue.expectedSize(heapSize)).create();
    /*
     * this map would contain the same exact elements as the MinMaxHeap; the
     * value in the map is the number of occurrences of the key.
     */
    SortedMap<Integer, AtomicInteger> replica = Maps.newTreeMap();
    assertTrue("Empty heap should be OK", mmHeap.isIntact());
    for (int i = 0; i < heapSize; i++) {

   *
   * @param estimatedSize an estimate of the eventual {@link List#size()} of the new list
   * @return a new, empty {@code ArrayList}, sized appropriately to hold the estimated number of
   *     elements
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code estimatedSize} is negative
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)