Iterable<? extends @Nullable Object> iterable, @CheckForNull Object element) {
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) iterable;
      return Collections2.safeContains(collection, element);
    }
    return Iterators.contains(iterable.iterator(), element);
  }

  /**
   * Removes, from an iterable, every element that belongs to the provided collection.
   *

    public boolean containsKey(@CheckForNull Object key) {
      return backingSet().contains(key);
    }

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public V get(@CheckForNull Object key) {
      if (Collections2.safeContains(backingSet(), key)) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // unsafe, but Javadoc warns about it
        K k = (K) key;
        return function.apply(k);
      } else {
        return null;
      }
    }