* method. Publicly-accessible subclasses must override this method and should return a subclass
   * of SerializedForm whose readResolve() method returns objects of the subclass type.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new SerializedForm<>(this);
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream

   * particular implementation type is an implementation detail.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static final class SerializedForm implements Serializable {
    final Object[] elements;

    SerializedForm(Object[] elements) {
      this.elements = elements;
    }

    Object readResolve() {
      return copyOf(elements);
    }

   * implementation type is an implementation detail.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static final class SerializedForm<E> implements Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super E> comparator;
    final Object[] elements;

    SerializedForm(Comparator<? super E> comparator, Object[] elements) {
      this.comparator = comparator;
      this.elements = elements;
    }

    }
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static final class SerializedForm<E> implements Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super E> comparator;
    final E[] elements;
    final int[] counts;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    SerializedForm(SortedMultiset<E> multiset) {
      this.comparator = multiset.comparator();
      int n = multiset.entrySet().size();

   * method. Publicly-accessible subclasses must override this method and should return a subclass
   * of SerializedForm whose readResolve() method returns objects of the subclass type.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new SerializedForm<>(this);
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream

   * remain as implementation details.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static final class SerializedForm<K, V> extends ImmutableMap.SerializedForm<K, V> {
    private final Comparator<? super K> comparator;

    SerializedForm(ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> sortedMap) {
      super(sortedMap);
      comparator = sortedMap.comparator();
    }

    @Override

   * remain as implementation details.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private static final class SerializedForm<K, V> extends ImmutableMap.SerializedForm<K, V> {
    private final Comparator<? super K> comparator;

    SerializedForm(ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> sortedMap) {
      super(sortedMap);
      comparator = sortedMap.comparator();
    }

    @Override

    // We serialize by default to ImmutableList, the simplest thing that works.
    return new ImmutableList.SerializedForm(toArray());
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws InvalidObjectException {
    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Abstract base class for builders of {@link ImmutableCollection} types.
   *

    // We serialize by default to ImmutableList, the simplest thing that works.
    return new ImmutableList.SerializedForm(toArray());
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws InvalidObjectException {
    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Abstract base class for builders of {@link ImmutableCollection} types.
   *

    abstract Object writeReplace();

  @GwtIncompatible
  @J2ktIncompatible
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws InvalidObjectException {
    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link
   * Builder} constructor.
   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {