* equivalently, if this inverse view contains a key that is equal to {@code value}).
   *
   * <p>Due to the property that values in a BiMap are unique, this will tend to execute in
   * faster-than-linear time.
   *
   * @param value the object to search for in the values of this BiMap
   * @return true if a mapping exists from a key to the specified value
   */
  @Override

   * equal, ignoring the case of any ASCII alphabetic characters between {@code 'a'} and {@code 'z'}
   * or {@code 'A'} and {@code 'Z'} inclusive.
   *
   * <p>This method is significantly faster than {@link String#equalsIgnoreCase} and should be used
   * in preference if at least one of the parameters is known to contain only ASCII characters.
   *

            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();

    return CollectSpliterators.indexed(size(), SPLITERATOR_CHARACTERISTICS, this::get);
  }

  @Override
  int copyIntoArray(@Nullable Object[] dst, int offset) {
    // this loop is faster for RandomAccess instances, which ImmutableLists are
    int size = size();
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
      dst[offset + i] = get(i);
    }
    return offset + size;
  }

  /**

   * equivalently, if this inverse view contains a key that is equal to {@code value}).
   *
   * <p>Due to the property that values in a BiMap are unique, this will tend to execute in
   * faster-than-linear time.
   *
   * @param value the object to search for in the values of this BiMap
   * @return true if a mapping exists from a key to the specified value
   */
  @Override

 * worst case time complexity of O(N^2). You are extremely unlikely to hit this quadratic case on
 * randomly ordered data (the probability decreases faster than exponentially in N), but if you are
 * passing in unsanitized user data then a malicious user could force it. A light shuffle of the
 * data using an unpredictable seed should normally be enough to thwart this attack.
 *

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableSortedMap(
        comparator, keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): Confirm that ImmutableSortedMap is faster to construct and
   * uses less memory than TreeMap; then say so in the class Javadoc.
   */
  private static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

  `Take off your hat,' the King said to the Hatter.

  `It isn't mine,' said the Hatter.

  `Stolen!' the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, who
instantly made a memorandum of the fact.

  `I keep them to sell,' the Hatter added as an explanation;
`I've none of my own.  I'm a hatter.'

  Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the
Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.

   * of the function in [7.0, 10.0] is equivalent to the sum of the integrals of [7.0, 8.0], [8.0,
   * 9.0], [9.0, 10.0] (and so on), no matter what the function is. This guarantees that we handle
   * correctly requests of varying weight (permits), /no matter/ what the actual function is - so we
   * can tweak the latter freely. (The only requirement, obviously, is that we can compute its
   * integrals).
   *

   * the given class. If the object being tested is {@code null} this predicate evaluates to {@code
   * false}.
   *
   * <p>If you want to filter an {@code Iterable} to narrow its type, consider using {@link
   * com.google.common.collect.Iterables#filter(Iterable, Class)} in preference.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> contrary to the typical assumptions about predicates (as documented at