*     neither fast nor secure. As of January 2017, we suggest:
   *     <ul>
   *       <li>For security:
   *           {@link Hashing#sha256} or a higher-level API.
   *       <li>For speed: {@link Hashing#goodFastHash}, though see its docs for caveats.
   *     </ul>
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static HashFunction md5() {
    return Md5Holder.MD5;
  }

  private static class Md5Holder {

  }

  /**
   * Creates an ImmutableMap from the first n entries in entryArray. This implementation may replace
   * the entries in entryArray with its own entry objects (though they will have the same key/value
   * contents), and may take ownership of entryArray.
   */
  static <K, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> fromEntryArray(
      int n, @Nullable Entry<K, V>[] entryArray, boolean throwIfDuplicateKeys) {

  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@code ImmutableRangeSet} containing each of the specified disjoint ranges.
   * Overlapping ranges and empty ranges are forbidden, though adjacent ranges are permitted and
   * will be merged.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any ranges overlap or are empty
   * @since 21.0
   */

         */
        return uncheckedCastNullableTToT(delegate.get(key));
      }
      updateLastKnownIndex();
      /*
       * If the entry has been removed from the map, we return null, even though that might not be a
       * valid value. That's the best we can do, short of holding a reference to the most recently
       * seen value. And while we *could* do that, we aren't required to: Map.Entry explicitly says

   * remaining 32 bits interpreted as an IPv4 address. These are conventionally represented in
   * string literals as {@code "::192.168.0.1"}, though {@code "::c0a8:1"} is also considered an
   * IPv4 compatible address (and equivalent to {@code "::192.168.0.1"}).
   *
   * <p>For more on IPv4 compatible addresses see section 2.5.5.1 of <a target="_parent"

   * values are merged using the specified merging function. If the merging function returns {@code
   * null}, then the collector removes the value that has been computed for the key thus far (though
   * future occurrences of the key would reinsert it).
   *
   * <p>Entries will appear in the encounter order of the first occurrence of the key.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */

   * comparator only as a comparator. It does NOT assume empty contents. (It requires an
   * implementation of iterator() to define its contents, and methods like contains() are
   * implemented in terms of that method (though they will likely be overridden by subclasses for
   * performance reasons).) This means that a call to this method have can different behavior in GWT

  private static final class AvlNode<E extends @Nullable Object> {
    /*
     * For "normal" nodes, the type of this field is `E`, not `@Nullable E` (though note that E is a
     * type that can include null, as in a TreeMultiset<@Nullable String>).
     *
     * For the header node, though, this field contains `null`, regardless of the type of the
     * multiset.
     *

         * the type parameter is <E>, since otherwise the
         * MultiExceptionListIterator wouldn't be an Iterator<E>. The cast is
         * safe, even though javac can't tell.
         *
         * Sun bug 6665356 is an additional complication. Until OpenJDK 7, javac
         * doesn't recognize this kind of cast as unchecked cast. Neither does

     * The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.
     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.
     * In this case though, the result contains simply the (parsed) input version, regardless of the
     * repositories and their contents.
     *
     * @param artifact the artifact for which to resolve the versions