*/
    @Nullable
    public static XmlNode merge(XmlNode dominant, XmlNode recessive) {
        return merge(dominant, recessive, null);
    }

    /**
     * Merges two XML nodes.
     */
    @Nullable
    public static XmlNode merge(
            @Nullable XmlNode dominant, @Nullable XmlNode recessive, @Nullable Boolean childMergeOverride) {

   * @since 25.1
   */
  // TODO(diamondm) consider using Arrays.toString() for array parameters
  public static String lenientFormat(
      @Nullable String template, @Nullable Object @Nullable ... args) {
    template = String.valueOf(template); // null -> "null"

    if (args == null) {
      args = new Object[] {"(Object[])null"};
    }

    };
  }

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

  @Override
  public K firstKey() {
    return delegate.firstKey();
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable Entry<K, V> floorEntry(K key) {
    return delegate.floorEntry(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable K floorKey(K key) {

            Cell::getValue,
            () -> {
              Table<String, String, @Nullable Integer> table =
                  ArrayTable.create(ImmutableList.of("one"), ImmutableList.of("uno"));
              return (Table<String, String, Integer>) table;
            });
    Cell<String, String, @Nullable Integer> cell = immutableCell("one", "uno", null);
    assertThrows(
        NullPointerException.class,

      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate.removeLast();
    }

    @Override
    public @Nullable E pollFirst() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate.pollFirst();
    }

    @Override
    public @Nullable E pollLast() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate.pollLast();
    }

    @Override

        Object writeReplace() {
      return super.writeReplace();
    }
  }

  static <R, C, V> RegularImmutableTable<R, C, V> forCells(
      List<Cell<R, C, V>> cells,
      @Nullable Comparator<? super R> rowComparator,
      @Nullable Comparator<? super C> columnComparator) {
    checkNotNull(cells);
    if (rowComparator != null || columnComparator != null) {
      /*

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Set;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A skeleton {@code Multimap} implementation, not necessarily in terms of a {@code Map}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
abstract class AbstractMultimap<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
    implements Multimap<K, V> {
  @Override
  public boolean isEmpty() {

import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Objects;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Implementation of the {@code equals}, {@code hashCode}, and {@code toString} methods of {@code
 * Entry}.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@GwtCompatible
abstract class AbstractMapEntry<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
    implements Entry<K, V> {

  @Override
  @ParametricNullness

  @Override
  public <T extends @NonNull B> @Nullable T getInstance(Class<T> type) {
    return trustedGet(TypeToken.of(type));
  }

  @Override
  public <T extends @NonNull B> @Nullable T getInstance(TypeToken<T> type) {
    return trustedGet(type.rejectTypeVariables());
  }

  @Override
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public <T extends B> @Nullable T putInstance(

 * <p>This testing utility is not thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class MinimalIterable<E extends @Nullable Object> implements Iterable<E> {
  /** Returns an iterable whose iterator returns the given elements in order. */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> MinimalIterable<E> of(E... elements) {
    // Make sure to get an unmodifiable iterator