* The {@link Iterators} analog to this method is {@link Iterators#getNext}.
   *
   * <p>If no default value is desired (and the caller instead wants a {@link
   * NoSuchElementException} to be thrown), it is recommended that {@code
   * iterable.iterator().next()} is used instead.
   *

 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>so that a hypothetical bad caller of this method, such as:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * void exampleBadCaller() {
 *   double d = sqrt(-1.0);
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>would be flagged as having called {@code sqrt()} with an illegal argument.
 *
 * <h3>Performance</h3>
 *

   * most-significant bytes.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 11.0 as {@code Hashing.padToLong(HashCode)})
   */
  public abstract long padToLong();

  /**
   * Returns the value of this hash code as a byte array. The caller may modify the byte array;
   * changes to it will <i>not</i> be reflected in this {@code HashCode} object or any other arrays
   * returned by this method.
   */
  // TODO(user): consider ByteString here, when that is available

   * convenient. It is invoked exactly once on service shutdown, even when {@link #stopAsync} is
   * called multiple times.
   *
   * <p>When this method is called {@link #state()} will return {@link State#STOPPING}, which is the
   * external state observable by the caller of {@link #stopAsync}.
   *
   * @since 27.0
   */
  @ForOverride
  protected void doCancelStart() {}

    return warmUp(cache, WARMUP_MIN, WARMUP_MAX);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the entries that were added to the map, so they won't fall out of a map with weak or
   * soft references until the caller drops the reference to the returned entries.
   */
  private List<Entry<Object, Object>> warmUp(
      LoadingCache<Object, Object> cache, int minimum, int maximum) {

            Serialization.getFieldSetter(ImmutableSetMultimap.class, "emptySet");
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // java.io.ObjectInputStream
  @J2ktIncompatible
  // Serialization type safety is at the caller's mercy.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    stream.defaultReadObject();

   * method blocks until {@code len} bytes of input data have been read into the array, or end of
   * file is detected. The number of bytes read is returned, possibly zero. Does not close the
   * stream.
   *
   * <p>A caller can detect EOF if the number of bytes read is less than {@code len}. All subsequent
   * calls on the same stream will return zero.
   *

    }
  }

  /**
   * Views the array as an immutable list. The array must have only {@code E} elements.
   *
   * <p>The array must be internally created.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // caller is reponsible for getting this right
  static <E> ImmutableList<E> asImmutableList(Object[] elements) {
    return unsafeDelegateList((List) Arrays.asList(elements));
  }

 * which approach to use, <b>don't worry</b> too much about it; just pick something that seems
 * reasonable and it will be fine.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>If checking whether the <i>caller</i> has violated your method or constructor's contract
 *       (such as by passing an invalid argument), use the utilities of the {@link Preconditions}
 *       class instead.

       * requireNonNull is safe because we don't null out `sequencer` except:
       *
       * - after the requireNonNull call below. (And this object has its Runnable.run override
       *   called only once, just as it has its Executor.execute override called only once.)
       *
       * - if we return immediately from `execute` (in which case we never get here)
       *