}
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(causes);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code throwable}'s cause, cast to {@code expectedCauseType}.
   *
   * <p>Prefer this method instead of manually casting an exception's cause. For example, {@code
   * (IOException) e.getCause()} throws a {@link ClassCastException} that discards the original

  private final List<E> expectedElements;
  private final int startIndex;
  private final KnownOrder knownOrder;

  /**
   * Meta-exception thrown by {@link AbstractIteratorTester.MultiExceptionListIterator} instead of
   * throwing any particular exception type.
   */
  private abstract static class PermittedMetaException extends RuntimeException {
    static final PermittedMetaException UOE_OR_ISE =

    }
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(causes);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code throwable}'s cause, cast to {@code expectedCauseType}.
   *
   * <p>Prefer this method instead of manually casting an exception's cause. For example, {@code
   * (IOException) e.getCause()} throws a {@link ClassCastException} that discards the original

 * removeAll} methods, which contain values that have just been removed from the multimap, are
 * naturally <i>not</i> views.
 *
 * <h3>Subinterfaces</h3>
 *
 * <p>Instead of using the {@code Multimap} interface directly, prefer the subinterfaces {@link
 * ListMultimap} and {@link SetMultimap}. These take their names from the fact that the collections

   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty {@code ArrayList} instance (for Java 6 and earlier).
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableList#of()} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated. Instead,
   * use the {@code ArrayList} {@linkplain ArrayList#ArrayList() constructor} directly, taking
   * advantage of <a href="http://goo.gl/iz2Wi">"diamond" syntax</a>.
   */

 * override {@code offer} as well.
 *
 * <p><b>{@code default} method warning:</b> This class does <i>not</i> forward calls to {@code
 * default} methods. Instead, it inherits their default implementations. When those implementations
 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingDeque}.
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @since 12.0
 */
@J2ktIncompatible

 * ComparisonChain}</a>.
 *
 * <h4 id="java8">Java 8+ equivalents</h4>
 *
 * If you are using Java version 8 or greater, you should generally use the static methods in {@link
 * Comparator} instead of {@code ComparisonChain}. The example above can be implemented like this:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * import static java.util.Comparator.comparing;
 * import static java.util.Comparator.nullsLast;

   * ParametricNullness parametric nullness}. If a type parameter instead ranges over only non-null
   * types (or if the type is a non-variable type, like {@code String}), then code should almost
   * never use this method, preferring instead to call {@code requireNonNull} so as to benefit from
   * its runtime check.
   *

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 * provided {@code standardOffer} method.
 *
 * <p><b>{@code default} method warning:</b> This class does <i>not</i> forward calls to {@code
 * default} methods. Instead, it inherits their default implementations. When those implementations
 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingQueue}.
 *