*/

  /**
   * Ensures that an object reference passed as a parameter to the calling method is not null.
   *
   * @param reference an object reference
   * @return the non-null reference that was validated
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
   * @see Verify#verifyNotNull Verify.verifyNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T checkNotNull(@CheckForNull T reference) {

      Map<R, Map<C, V>> backingMap, Supplier<? extends Map<C, V>> factory) {
    checkArgument(backingMap.isEmpty());
    checkNotNull(factory);
    // TODO(jlevy): Wrap factory to validate that the supplied maps are empty?
    return new StandardTable<>(backingMap, factory);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a view of a table where each value is transformed by a function. All other properties

              return nameComparison;
            } else {
              return Ints.compare(m1.getParameterTypes().length, m2.getParameterTypes().length);
            }
          }
        });
  }

  /** Validates that the given method's signature meets all of our assumptions. */
  private static void validateMethod(Method method) {
    String desc = method.toString();

    assertTrue(desc, isAnyEnter(method) || isWaitFor(method));

   *   <li>{@code safeMax == Character.MAX_VALUE}
   *   <li>{@code unsafeReplacement == null}
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>For performance reasons escapers created by this builder are not Unicode aware and will not
   * validate the well-formedness of their input.
   */
  public static Builder builder() {
    return new Builder();
  }

  /**
   * A builder for simple, fast escapers.
   *

  /** Magic value indicating the absence of a port number. */
  private static final int NO_PORT = -1;

  /** Hostname, IPv4/IPv6 literal, or unvalidated nonsense. */
  private final String host;

  /** Validated port number in the range [0..65535], or NO_PORT */
  private final int port;

  /** True if the parsed host has colons, but no surrounding brackets. */
  private final boolean hasBracketlessColons;

   */

  /**
   * Ensures that an object reference passed as a parameter to the calling method is not null.
   *
   * @param reference an object reference
   * @return the non-null reference that was validated
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
   * @see Verify#verifyNotNull Verify.verifyNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T checkNotNull(@CheckForNull T reference) {

              return nameComparison;
            } else {
              return Ints.compare(m1.getParameterTypes().length, m2.getParameterTypes().length);
            }
          }
        });
  }

  /** Validates that the given method's signature meets all of our assumptions. */
  private static void validateMethod(Method method) {
    String desc = method.toString();

    assertTrue(desc, isAnyEnter(method) || isWaitFor(method));

  }

  static class FilteredEntryMap<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      extends AbstractFilteredMap<K, V> {
    /**
     * Entries in this set satisfy the predicate, but they don't validate the input to {@code
     * Entry.setValue()}.
     */
    final Set<Entry<K, V>> filteredEntrySet;

    FilteredEntryMap(Map<K, V> unfiltered, Predicate<? super Entry<K, V>> entryPredicate) {

      return toStringHelper(this)
          .add("aString", aString)
          .add("anInt", anInt)
          .add("anEnum", anEnum)
          .toString();
    }
  }

  /** Validates that the Comparator equivalent we document is correct. */
  @J2ktIncompatible // TODO b/315311435 - J2kt cannot emulate Comparator<C>.<U>thenComparing()
  public void testComparatorEquivalent() {

    /**
     * If the delegate collection is empty, but the multimap has values for the key, replace the
     * delegate with the new collection for the key.
     *
     * <p>For a subcollection, refresh its ancestor and validate that the ancestor delegate hasn't
     * changed.
     */
    void refreshIfEmpty() {
      if (ancestor != null) {
        ancestor.refreshIfEmpty();
        if (ancestor.getDelegate() != ancestorDelegate) {