this(name, chars, decodabetFor(chars), /* ignoreCase= */ false);
    }

    private Alphabet(String name, char[] chars, byte[] decodabet, boolean ignoreCase) {
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.chars = checkNotNull(chars);
      try {
        this.bitsPerChar = log2(chars.length, UNNECESSARY);
      } catch (ArithmeticException e) {

   *     the thread's interrupt status is set
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Futures
  public ListenableFuture<V> reload(K key, V oldValue) throws Exception {
    checkNotNull(key);
    checkNotNull(oldValue);
    return Futures.immediateFuture(load(key));
  }

  /**
   * Computes or retrieves the values corresponding to {@code keys}. This method is called by {@link
   * LoadingCache#getAll}.

    checkNotClosed();
    target.append((char) c);
  }

  @Override
  public void write(String str) throws IOException {
    checkNotNull(str);
    checkNotClosed();
    target.append(str);
  }

  @Override
  public void write(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException {
    checkNotNull(str);
    checkNotClosed();
    // tricky: append takes start, end pair...
    target.append(str, off, off + len);
  }

          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction,
          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return Collectors.collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, LinkedHashMap::new),
        ImmutableMap::copyOf);
  }

    UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> future = new UncheckedThrowingFuture<V>();
    future.complete(checkNotNull(error));
    return future;
  }

  public static <V> ListenableFuture<V> throwingRuntimeException(RuntimeException e) {
    UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> future = new UncheckedThrowingFuture<V>();
    future.complete(checkNotNull(e));
    return future;
  }

  public static <V> UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> incomplete() {

      Iterator<? extends T> a,
      Iterator<? extends T> b,
      Iterator<? extends T> c,
      Iterator<? extends T> d) {
    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);
    checkNotNull(c);
    checkNotNull(d);
    return concat(consumingForArray(a, b, c, d));
  }

  /**
   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the

    return headSetImpl(checkNotNull(toElement), false);
  }

  /** @since 12.0 */
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  @Override
  public ContiguousSet<C> headSet(C toElement, boolean inclusive) {
    return headSetImpl(checkNotNull(toElement), inclusive);
  }

  @Override
  public ContiguousSet<C> subSet(C fromElement, C toElement) {
    checkNotNull(fromElement);
    checkNotNull(toElement);

      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   * @since 10.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static <E> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset) {
    return checkNotNull(multiset);
  }

  SingletonImmutableBiMap(K key, V value) {
    super(Collections.singletonMap(checkNotNull(key), checkNotNull(value)));
    this.singleKey = key;
    this.singleValue = value;
  }

  private SingletonImmutableBiMap(K key, V value, SingletonImmutableBiMap<V, K> inverse) {
    super(Collections.singletonMap(checkNotNull(key), checkNotNull(value)));
    this.singleKey = key;
    this.singleValue = value;
    this.inverse = inverse;

    return fromIntBits(this.value + checkNotNull(val).value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the result of subtracting this and {@code val}. If the result would be negative,
   * returns the low 32 bits of the result.
   *
   * @since 14.0
   */
  public UnsignedInteger minus(UnsignedInteger val) {
    return fromIntBits(value - checkNotNull(val).value);
  }

  /**