* is fine with that.
   */

  /**
   * Ensures that {@code index} specifies a valid <i>element</i> in an array, list or string of size
   * {@code size}. An element index may range from zero, inclusive, to {@code size}, exclusive.
   *
   * @param index a user-supplied index identifying an element of an array, list or string
   * @param size the size of that array, list or string

    @Override
    public int setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int count) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, count);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
      }
    }

    @Override

  public SampleElements<Entry<K, V>> samples() {
    return SampleElements.mapEntries(keys, values);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<Entry<K, V>> create(Object... elements) {
    Entry<K, V>[] entries = createArray(elements.length);
    System.arraycopy(elements, 0, entries, 0, elements.length);
    return createFromEntries(entries);
  }

  public abstract Set<Entry<K, V>> createFromEntries(Entry<K, V>[] entries);

  @Override

      contents.put(element, occurrences + contents.get(element));
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds or removes the necessary occurrences of an element such that the element attains the
     * desired count.
     *
     * @param element the element to add or remove occurrences of
     * @param count the desired count of the element in this multiset
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

  /**
   * Creates a new {@code HashMultiset} containing the specified elements.
   *
   * <p>This implementation is highly efficient when {@code elements} is itself a {@link Multiset}.
   *
   * @param elements the elements that the multiset should contain
   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> HashMultiset<E> create(
      Iterable<? extends E> elements) {

  private static final class PickyIterable<E> implements Iterable<E> {
    final List<E> elements;
    int modCount = 0;

    PickyIterable(E... elements) {
      this.elements = new ArrayList<E>(asList(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
      return new PickyIterator();
    }

     *
     * @param elements the {@code Iterable} to add to the {@code ImmutableList}
     * @return this {@code Builder} object
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} is null or contains a null element
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    @Override
    public Builder<E> add(E... elements) {
      super.add(elements);
      return this;
    }

    /**

        others.length <= Integer.MAX_VALUE - 6, "the total number of elements must fit in an int");
    final int paramCount = 6;
    Object[] elements = new Object[paramCount + others.length];
    elements[0] = e1;
    elements[1] = e2;
    elements[2] = e3;
    elements[3] = e4;
    elements[4] = e5;
    elements[5] = e6;
    System.arraycopy(others, 0, elements, paramCount, others.length);

     *
     * @param elements the elements to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} object
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} is null or contains a null element
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    @Override
    public Builder<E> add(E... elements) {
      super.add(elements);
      return this;
    }

    /**

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, E... elements) {
    checkNotNull(elements);
    switch (elements.length) {
      case 0:
        return emptySet(comparator);
      default:
        SortedSet<E> delegate = new TreeSet<E>(comparator);
        for (E element : elements) {
          checkNotNull(element);
          delegate.add(element);
        }