this.separator = prototype.separator;
  }

  /*
   * In this file, we use <? extends @Nullable Object> instead of <?> to work around a Kotlin bug
   * (see b/189937072 until we file a bug against Kotlin itself). (The two should be equivalent, so
   * we normally prefer the shorter one.)
   */

  /**
   * Appends the string representation of each of {@code parts}, using the previously configured

    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable array containing the same values as {@code this} array. This is logically
   * a no-op, and in some circumstances {@code this} itself is returned. However, if this instance
   * is a {@link #subArray} view of a larger array, this method will copy only the appropriate range
   * of values, resulting in an equivalent array with a smaller memory footprint.
   */

 *   rateLimiter.acquire(packet.length);
 *   networkService.send(packet);
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>It is important to note that the number of permits requested <i>never</i> affects the
 * throttling of the request itself (an invocation to {@code acquire(1)} and an invocation to {@code
 * acquire(1000)} will result in exactly the same throttling, if any), but it affects the throttling

 * ...
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <h3>Views</h3>
 *
 * <p>Much of the power of the multimap API comes from the <i>view collections</i> it provides.
 * These always reflect the latest state of the multimap itself. When they support modification, the
 * changes are <i>write-through</i> (they automatically update the backing multimap). These view
 * collections are:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link #asMap}, mentioned above

    return builder.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable array containing the same values as {@code this} array. This is logically
   * a no-op, and in some circumstances {@code this} itself is returned. However, if this instance
   * is a {@link #subArray} view of a larger array, this method will copy only the appropriate range
   * of values, resulting in an equivalent array with a smaller memory footprint.
   */

     */

    @ParametricNullness private final K key;
    @VisibleForTesting @Nullable ValueEntry<K, V>[] hashTable;
    private int size = 0;
    private int modCount = 0;

    // We use the set object itself as the end of the linked list, avoiding an unnecessary
    // entry object per key.
    private ValueSetLink<K, V> firstEntry;
    private ValueSetLink<K, V> lastEntry;

   * returns an {@code ImmutableList<String>} containing each of the strings in {@code list}, while
   * {@code ImmutableList.of(list)} returns an {@code ImmutableList<List<String>>} containing one
   * element (the given list itself).
   *
   * <p>This method is safe to use even when {@code elements} is a synchronized or concurrent
   * collection that is currently being modified by another thread.
   *

 * well as a simple framework for helping to make sure that assertions failing in generated threads
 * cause the associated test that generated them to itself fail (which JUnit does not otherwise
 * arrange). The rules for creating such tests are:
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>All assertions in code running in generated threads must use the forms {@link #threadFail},

  }

  /**
   * Creates an empty multiset containing the given initial elements, sorted according to the
   * elements' natural order.
   *
   * <p>This implementation is highly efficient when {@code elements} is itself a {@link Multiset}.
   *
   * <p>The type specification is {@code <E extends Comparable>}, instead of the more specific
   * {@code <E extends Comparable<? super E>>}, to support classes defined without generics.
   */

 * <p>The implementation detects cycles by constructing a directed graph in which each lock
 * represents a node and each edge represents an acquisition ordering between two locks.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each lock adds (and removes) itself to/from a ThreadLocal Set of acquired locks when the
 *       Thread acquires its first hold (and releases its last remaining hold).
 *   <li>Before the lock is acquired, the lock is checked against the current set of acquired