//   error: An error if the statement preparation fails.
	New(ctx context.Context, key string, isTransaction bool, connPool ConnPool, locker sync.Locker) (*Stmt, error)

	// Keys returns a slice of all cache keys in the store.
	Keys() []string

	// Get retrieves a Stmt object from the store based on the given key.
	// Parameters:
	//   key: The key used to look up the Stmt object.
	// Returns:

  SortedMap<K, V> create(Object... elements);

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} and less than the key
   * of {@link #belowSamplesGreater()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesLesser();

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} but greater than the
   * key of {@link #belowSamplesLesser()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesGreater();

  /**

   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/27479612): consider removing this?
  V getUnchecked(K key);

  /**
   * Returns a map of the values associated with {@code keys}, creating or retrieving those values
   * if necessary. The returned map contains entries that were already cached, combined with newly
   * loaded entries; it will never contain null keys or values.
   *

  }

  @Override
  public void invalidate(Object key) {
    delegate().invalidate(key);
  }

  /**
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @Override
  // For discussion of <? extends Object>, see getAllPresent.
  public void invalidateAll(Iterable<? extends Object> keys) {
    delegate().invalidateAll(keys);
  }

  @Override
  public void invalidateAll() {
    delegate().invalidateAll();
  }

  Multiset<K> createKeys() {
    return new Keys();
  }

  @WeakOuter
  final class Keys extends Multimaps.Keys<K, V> {
    Keys() {
      super(FilteredEntryMultimap.this);
    }

    @Override
    public int remove(@Nullable Object key, int occurrences) {
      checkNonnegative(occurrences, "occurrences");
      if (occurrences == 0) {
        return count(key);
      }

  /** Discards any cached value for key {@code key}. */
  void invalidate(@CompatibleWith("K") Object key);

  /**
   * Discards any cached values for keys {@code keys}.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  // For discussion of <? extends Object>, see getAllPresent.
  void invalidateAll(Iterable<? extends Object> keys);

  /** Discards all entries in the cache. */
  void invalidateAll();

  }

  /**
   * Uses a hash table to map keys to value collections.
   *
   * <p>The collections returned by {@link Multimap#keySet()}, {@link Multimap#keys()}, and {@link
   * Multimap#asMap()} will iterate through the keys in the order that they were first added to the
   * multimap, save that if all values associated with a key are removed and then the key is added
   * back into the multimap, that key will come last in the key iteration order.
   */

  }

  /**
   * Uses a hash table to map keys to value collections.
   *
   * <p>The collections returned by {@link Multimap#keySet()}, {@link Multimap#keys()}, and {@link
   * Multimap#asMap()} will iterate through the keys in the order that they were first added to the
   * multimap, save that if all values associated with a key are removed and then the key is added
   * back into the multimap, that key will come last in the key iteration order.
   */

  public @Nullable V forcePut(K key, @ParametricNullness V value) {
    return super.forcePut(key, value);
  }

  /** Returns the associated key type. */
  @GwtIncompatible
  public Class<K> keyType() {
    return keyTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;
  }

  /**
   * @serialData the key class, number of entries, first key, first value, second key, second value,
   *     and so on.
   */

   * key-value pairs are added to the multimap.
   *
   * @param key key to associate with values in the collection
   * @return a new decorated set containing a collection of values for one key
   */
  @Override
  Collection<V> createCollection(@ParametricNullness K key) {
    return new ValueSet(key, valueSetCapacity);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *