But at some point, there was no other option than creating something that provided all these features, taking the best ideas from previous tools, and combining them in the best way possible, using language features that weren't even available before (Python 3.6+ type hints).

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.FeatureUtil.addImpliedFeatures;
import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.Feature;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.Feature;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.TesterAnnotation;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Optional features of classes derived from {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */

package com.google.common.collect.testing.testers;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.KNOWN_ORDER;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ONE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;

package com.google.common.collect.testing.testers;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.KNOWN_ORDER;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ONE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

  private final Set<Feature<? super List>> implied;

  ListFeature(Feature<? super List>... implied) {
    this.implied = copyToSet(implied);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<Feature<? super List>> getImpliedFeatures() {
    return implied;
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Inherited
  @TesterAnnotation
  public @interface Require {

    List<Feature<?>> features = new ArrayList<>();
    features.add(NoRecurse.DESCENDING);
    features.addAll(parentBuilder.getFeatures());

    return subSuiteUsing(new DescendingTestMapGenerator<K, V>(delegate))
        .named(parentBuilder.getName() + " descending")
        .withFeatures(features)
        .suppressing(parentBuilder.getSuppressedTests())

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.FAILS_FAST_ON_CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_ITERATOR_REMOVE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_KEY_QUERIES;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_VALUES;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_VALUE_QUERIES;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.SUPPORTS_PUT;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.FAILS_FAST_ON_CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ONE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.ListFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE_WITH_INDEX;