*       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},
 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code

 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},
 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code

 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},
 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code

 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},
 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code

 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},
 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code

  @VisibleForTesting final transient @Nullable Object[] array;
  private final transient int size;

  RegularImmutableList(@Nullable Object[] array, int size) {
    this.array = array;
    this.size = size;
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return size;
  }

  @Override
  boolean isPartialView() {
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  @Nullable Object[] internalArray() {
    return array;

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public @Nullable V putIfAbsent(K key, V value) {
    return delegate().putIfAbsent(key, value);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public boolean remove(@Nullable Object key, @Nullable Object value) {
    return delegate().remove(key, value);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public @Nullable V replace(K key, V value) {

   * or reflection: Android VMs ignore the types of elements that aren't used.
   */
  private final @Nullable Object annotatedType;

  Parameter(
      Invokable<?, ?> declaration,
      int position,
      TypeToken<?> type,
      Annotation[] annotations,
      @Nullable Object annotatedType) {
    this.declaration = declaration;
    this.position = position;
    this.type = type;

    }
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable Entry<E> firstEntry() {
    return delegate().firstEntry();
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #firstEntry()} in terms of {@code entrySet().iterator()}.
   *
   * <p>If you override {@link #entrySet()}, you may wish to override {@link #firstEntry()} to
   * forward to this implementation.
   */
  protected @Nullable Entry<E> standardFirstEntry() {

   * a very fast escape method.
   */
  private static final class CharArrayDecorator extends CharEscaper {
    private final char[] @Nullable [] replacements;
    private final int replaceLength;

    CharArrayDecorator(char[] @Nullable [] replacements) {
      this.replacements = replacements;
      this.replaceLength = replacements.length;
    }

    /*