public @Nullable Collection<V> get(@Nullable Object key) {
      Collection<V> result = unfiltered.asMap().get(key);
      if (result == null) {
        return null;
      }
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // key is equal to a K, if not a K itself
      K k = (K) key;
      result = filterCollection(result, new ValuePredicate(k));
      return result.isEmpty() ? null : result;
    }

    @Override

      // `key` was in the cache, so it's a K.
      // (Or it's a weird case like a LinkedList in a Cache<ArrayList, ...>, but *shrug*.)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      K castKey = (K) key;
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // similar to the above
      V castValue = (V) value;

      alertListenerIfPresent(castKey, castValue, RemovalCause.EXPLICIT);
      remove(key);
      return true;
    }

   * @return {@code Optional.of(onlyElement)} if the stream has exactly one element (must not be
   *     {@code null}) and returns {@code Optional.empty()} if it has none.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> toOptional() {
    return (Collector) TO_OPTIONAL;
  }

  private static final Object NULL_PLACEHOLDER = new Object();

    // We assume that all defaults are generics-safe, even if they aren't,
    // we take the risk.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    T defaultValue = (T) defaults.getInstance(type.getRawType());
    if (defaultValue != null) {
      return defaultValue;
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // All arbitrary instances are generics-safe
    T arbitrary = (T) ArbitraryInstances.get(type.getRawType());

 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public final class SafeTreeSet<E> implements Serializable, NavigableSet<E> {
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
      new Comparator<Object>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
          return ((Comparable<Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);

   * @return {@code Optional.of(onlyElement)} if the stream has exactly one element (must not be
   *     {@code null}) and returns {@code Optional.empty()} if it has none.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> toOptional() {
    return (Collector) TO_OPTIONAL;
  }

  private static final Object NULL_PLACEHOLDER = new Object();

   * - https://github.com/jspecify/jdk/commit/71d826792b8c7ef95d492c50a274deab938f2552
   */
  /*
   * TODO(cpovirk): Is the unchecked cast avoidable? Would System.arraycopy be similarly fast (if
   * likewise not type-checked)? Could our single caller do something different?
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"nullness", "unchecked"})
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] copy(Object[] source, int from, int to, T[] arrayOfType) {

    return backingMap;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // value could not get in if not a T
  private <T extends B> @Nullable T trustedPut(
      TypeToken<@NonNull T> type, @ParametricNullness T value) {
    return (T) backingMap.put(type, value);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // value could not get in if not a T

    /** Gets the weak value reference held by entry. */
    WeakValueReference<K, V, E> getValueReference();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // impl never uses a parameter or returns any non-null value
  static <K, V, E extends InternalEntry<K, V, E>>
      WeakValueReference<K, V, E> unsetWeakValueReference() {

    return backingMap;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // value could not get in if not a T
  private <T extends B> @Nullable T trustedPut(
      TypeToken<@NonNull T> type, @ParametricNullness T value) {
    return (T) backingMap.put(type, value);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // value could not get in if not a T