// exception for a later buildOrThrow(). If builder is null that means that a duplicate
  // key will lead to an immediate exception. If it is not null then a duplicate key will instead be
  // stored in the builder, which may use it to throw an exception later.
  static <K, V> RegularImmutableMap<K, V> create(
      int n, @Nullable Object[] alternatingKeysAndValues, @Nullable Builder<K, V> builder) {
    if (n == 0) {

      Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType) throws X {
    checkNotNull(throwable);
    if (declaredType.isInstance(throwable)) {
      throw declaredType.cast(throwable);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an instance of {@code
   * declaredType}. Example usage:
   *
   * <pre>
   * try {
   *   someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();

      Throwable throwable, Class<X> declaredType) throws X {
    checkNotNull(throwable);
    if (declaredType.isInstance(throwable)) {
      throw declaredType.cast(throwable);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Propagates {@code throwable} exactly as-is, if and only if it is an instance of {@code
   * declaredType}. Example usage:
   *
   * <pre>
   * try {
   *   someMethodThatCouldThrowAnything();

        bucketEntry = bucketEntry.nextInVToKBucket) {
      if (bucketEntry == entry) {
        if (prevBucketEntry == null) {
          hashTableVToK[valueBucket] = entry.nextInVToKBucket;
        } else {
          prevBucketEntry.nextInVToKBucket = entry.nextInVToKBucket;
        }
        break;
      }
      prevBucketEntry = bucketEntry;
    }

    if (entry.prevInKeyInsertionOrder == null) {

   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if it's not possible to make an empty instance of the
   *     class under test.
   */
  protected abstract Map<K, V> makeEmptyMap() throws UnsupportedOperationException;

  /**
   * Creates a new, non-empty instance of the class under test.
   *
   * @return a new, non-empty map instance.
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if it's not possible to make a non-empty instance of the

   * @return {@code true} if any elements were removed from the iterable
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the iterable does not support {@code remove()}.
   * @since 2.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean removeIf(
      Iterable<T> removeFrom, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
    if (removeFrom instanceof RandomAccess && removeFrom instanceof List) {

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is non-null; the empty string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null
   */
  public static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return Platform.nullToEmpty(string);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
   *

   * can be granted. Tells the amount of time slept, if any.
   *
   * @param permits the number of permits to acquire
   * @return time spent sleeping to enforce rate, in seconds; 0.0 if not rate-limited
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the requested number of permits is negative or zero
   * @since 16.0 (present in 13.0 with {@code void} return type})
   */

    checkNotNull(type);
    if (type instanceof TypeVariable) {
      return typeTable.resolve((TypeVariable<?>) type);
    } else if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
      return resolveParameterizedType((ParameterizedType) type);
    } else if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
      return resolveGenericArrayType((GenericArrayType) type);
    } else if (type instanceof WildcardType) {

    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
    if (it.hasNext()) {
      T prev = it.next();
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        T next = it.next();
        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) > 0) {
          return false;
        }
        prev = next;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is <i>strictly</i>