* multimap. Keys and values appear in the same order as in this multimap.
   */
  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // a widening cast
  public ImmutableMap<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return (ImmutableMap) map;
  }

  @Override
  Map<K, Collection<V>> createAsMap() {
    throw new AssertionError("should never be called");
  }

    if (generated != null) {
      freshness.incrementAndGet();
    }
    return generated;
  }

  final <T> @Nullable T generateFresh(Class<T> type) {
    return Primitives.wrap(type).cast(generateFresh(TypeToken.of(type)));
  }

  final <T> T newFreshProxy(Class<T> interfaceType) {
    T proxy = newProxy(interfaceType);
    freshness.incrementAndGet();
    return proxy;
  }

  /**

    assertThat(Shorts.saturatedCast(Long.MIN_VALUE)).isEqualTo(LEAST);
  }

  private static void assertCastFails(long value) {
    try {
      Shorts.checkedCast(value);
      fail("Cast to short should have failed: " + value);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
      assertWithMessage("%s not found in exception text: %s", value, ex.getMessage())

   * nulls in the stream. This means that the method can safely be used with a stream that contains
   * nulls as long as the *last* element is *not* null.
   *
   * (To "go out of its way," the method tracks a `set` bit so that it can distinguish "the final
   * split has a last element of null, so throw NPE" from "the final split was empty, so look for an
   * element in the prior one.")
   */

    if (generated != null) {
      freshness.incrementAndGet();
    }
    return generated;
  }

  final <T> @Nullable T generateFresh(Class<T> type) {
    return Primitives.wrap(type).cast(generateFresh(TypeToken.of(type)));
  }

  final <T> T newFreshProxy(Class<T> interfaceType) {
    T proxy = newProxy(interfaceType);
    freshness.incrementAndGet();
    return proxy;
  }

  /**

 *   <li>least-recently-used eviction when a maximum size is exceeded (note that the cache is
 *       divided into segments, each of which does LRU internally)
 *   <li>time-based expiration of entries, measured since last access or last write
 *   <li>keys automatically wrapped in {@linkplain WeakReference weak} references
 *   <li>values automatically wrapped in {@linkplain WeakReference weak} or {@linkplain
 *       SoftReference soft} references

  }

  private static <E> ImmutableSet<E> fromArrayWithExpectedSize(E[] elements, int expectedSize) {
    switch (elements.length) {
      case 0:
        return of();
      case 1:
        return of(elements[0]);
      default:
        SetBuilderImpl<E> builder = new RegularSetBuilderImpl<>(expectedSize);
        for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {

    int srcIndex = size() - 1;
    if (dstIndex < srcIndex) {
      // move last entry to deleted spot
      Object key = keys[srcIndex];
      keys[dstIndex] = key;
      values[dstIndex] = values[srcIndex];
      keys[srcIndex] = null;
      values[srcIndex] = null;

      // move the last entry to the removed spot, just like we moved the element
      entries[dstIndex] = entries[srcIndex];

    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code char} if it is in the range of the {@code char} type,
   *     {@link Character#MAX_VALUE} if it is too large, or {@link Character#MIN_VALUE} if it is too
   *     small
   */

      Multiset<? extends E> multiset) {
    if (multiset instanceof UnmodifiableMultiset || multiset instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Multiset<E> result = (Multiset<E>) multiset;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *