* <i>if and only if</i> {@code a.equals(b)}. If this advice is not followed, the resulting
 * collection will not correctly obey its specification.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableSet} since 12.0)

 * retain all the configuration properties of the original cache. Note that the serialized form does
 * <i>not</i> include cache contents, but only configuration.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CachesExplained">caching</a> for a higher-level
 * explanation.
 *
 * @param <K> the most general key type this builder will be able to create caches for. This is

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@link List} instances. Also see this class's counterparts
 * {@link Sets}, {@link Maps} and {@link Queues}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#lists">{@code Lists}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link Map} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed at
 * {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */

 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that their iterators only advance the backing iteration when
 * absolutely necessary.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#iterables">{@code
 * Iterables}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link Map} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed at
 * {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to the {@link Future} interface.
 *
 * <p>Many of these methods use the {@link ListenableFuture} API; consult the Guava User Guide
 * article on <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ListenableFutureExplained">{@code
 * ListenableFuture}</a>.
 *
 * <p>The main purpose of {@code ListenableFuture} is to help you chain together a graph of

 * <pre>
 *   String trimmed = {@link #whitespace() whitespace()}.{@link #trimFrom trimFrom}(userInput);
 *   if ({@link #ascii() ascii()}.{@link #matchesAllOf matchesAllOf}(s)) { ... }</pre>
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/StringsExplained#charmatcher">{@code CharMatcher}
 * </a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

import java.util.stream.Collector;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Provides static methods acting on or generating a {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#multimaps">{@code
 * Multimaps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Robert Konigsberg
 * @author Mike Bostock

import java.util.stream.Collector;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Provides static methods acting on or generating a {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#multimaps">{@code
 * Multimaps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Robert Konigsberg
 * @author Mike Bostock