*/
  public static MultimapBuilderWithKeys<@Nullable Object> linkedHashKeys(int expectedKeys) {
    checkNonnegative(expectedKeys, "expectedKeys");
    return new MultimapBuilderWithKeys<@Nullable Object>() {
      @Override
      <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> Map<K, Collection<V>> createMap() {
        return Platform.newLinkedHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedKeys);

   */
  public static MultimapBuilderWithKeys<@Nullable Object> linkedHashKeys(int expectedKeys) {
    checkNonnegative(expectedKeys, "expectedKeys");
    return new MultimapBuilderWithKeys<@Nullable Object>() {
      @Override
      <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> Map<K, Collection<V>> createMap() {
        return Platform.newLinkedHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedKeys);

      assertTrue(
          item + " must not be Object#equals to an arbitrary object of another class",
          !item.equals(NotAnInstance.EQUAL_TO_NOTHING));
      assertTrue(item + " must be Object#equals to itself", item.equals(item));
      assertEquals(
          "the Object#hashCode of " + item + " must be consistent",
          item.hashCode(),
          item.hashCode());

   *
   * <p>The serialized output consists of the number of entries, first key, first value, second key,
   * second value, and so on.
   */
  static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> void writeMap(
      Map<K, V> map, ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {
    stream.writeInt(map.size());
    for (Map.Entry<K, V> entry : map.entrySet()) {
      stream.writeObject(entry.getKey());

 * test with reference to the same "lock-like object", and then their interactions with that object
 * are choreographed via the various methods on this class.
 *
 * <p>A "lock-like object" is really any object that may be used for concurrency control. If the
 * {@link #callAndAssertBlocks} method is ever called in a test, the lock-like object must have a

    }

    @Override
    public boolean remove(@Nullable Object object) {
      /*
       * `o instanceof Entry` is guaranteed by `contains`, but we check it here to satisfy our
       * nullness checker.
       */
      if (!esDelegate.contains(object) || !(object instanceof Entry)) {
        return false;
      }

      Entry<?, ?> entry = (Entry<?, ?>) object;
      inverse.delegate.remove(entry.getValue());
      /*

     * @param root not null object
     * @param trimRootToken trim root token yes/no.
     * @return the object defined by the expression
     * @throws IntrospectionException if any
     */
    public static Object evaluate(@Nonnull String expression, @Nullable Object root, boolean trimRootToken)
            throws IntrospectionException {
        Object value = root;

      valueHolder.name = checkNotNull(name);
      return this;
    }

    // Holder object for values that might be null and/or empty.
    static class ValueHolder {
      @Nullable String name;
      @Nullable Object value;
      @Nullable ValueHolder next;
    }

    /**
     * Holder object for values that cannot be null or empty (will be printed unconditionally). This

      return reference;
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if {@link Equivalence#equivalent(Object, Object)} applied to the wrapped
     * references is {@code true} and both wrappers use the {@link Object#equals(Object) same}
     * equivalence.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
      if (obj == this) {
        return true;
      }
      if (obj instanceof Wrapper) {

   * Identical to {@link #appendTo(Appendable, Object, Object, Object...)}, except that it does not
   * throw {@link IOException}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public final StringBuilder appendTo(
      StringBuilder builder,
      @Nullable Object first,
      @Nullable Object second,
      @Nullable Object... rest) {
    return appendTo(builder, iterable(first, second, rest));
  }

  /**