EntryComparator(@Nullable Comparator<? super K> keyComparator) {
      this.keyComparator = keyComparator;
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // no less safe than putting it in the map!
    public int compare(Entry<K, V> a, Entry<K, V> b) {
      return (keyComparator == null)
          ? ((Comparable) a.getKey()).compareTo(b.getKey())

  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable table.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <R, C, V> ImmutableTable<R, C, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableTable<R, C, V>) SparseImmutableTable.EMPTY;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable table containing a single cell. */

    Class<? super T> rawType = type.getRawType();
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Assume all default values are generics safe.
    T defaultValue = (T) defaultValues.getInstance(rawType);
    if (defaultValue != null) {
      return defaultValue;
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // ArbitraryInstances always returns generics-safe dummies.
    T value = (T) ArbitraryInstances.get(rawType);

        },
        finishToValueAndCloserExecutor);
    assertWithMessage("valueAndCloser was set")
        .that(awaitUninterruptibly(valueAndCloserSet, 10, SECONDS))
        .isTrue();
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    ValueAndCloser<V> valueAndCloserWithType = (ValueAndCloser<V>) valueAndCloser;
    return valueAndCloserWithType;
  }

      return this;
    }

    private void add(@Nullable Object[] elements, int n) {
      ensureRoomFor(n);
      /*
       * The following call is not statically checked, since arraycopy accepts plain Object for its
       * parameters. If it were statically checked, the checker would still be OK with it, since
       * we're copying into a `contents` array whose type allows it to contain nulls. Still, it's

            interfaceClasses.iterator().next().getClassLoader(),
            interfaceClasses.toArray(new Class<?>[interfaceClasses.size()]),
            new DummyHandler(interfaceType));
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // interfaceType is T
    T result = (T) dummy;
    return result;
  }

  /** Returns the dummy return value for {@code returnType}. */
  abstract <R> @Nullable R dummyReturnValue(TypeToken<R> returnType);

        s.writeInt(size);
        for (Entry e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
            s.writeObject(e.element);
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public void readExternal(final ObjectInput s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        final int size = s.readInt();
        header = new Entry(null, null, null);

            return true;
        }
        if (obj == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        final Pair<T1, T2> other = (Pair<T1, T2>) obj;
        if (first == null) {
            if (other.first != null) {
                return false;
            }

   * @since 16.0
   */
  public static <K0 extends Enum<K0>> MultimapBuilderWithKeys<K0> enumKeys(Class<K0> keyClass) {
    checkNotNull(keyClass);
    return new MultimapBuilderWithKeys<K0>() {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      @Override
      <K extends K0, V extends @Nullable Object> Map<K, Collection<V>> createMap() {
        // K must actually be K0, since enums are effectively final
        // (their subclasses are inaccessible)

    EntryComparator(@Nullable Comparator<? super K> keyComparator) {
      this.keyComparator = keyComparator;
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // no less safe than putting it in the map!
    public int compare(Entry<K, V> a, Entry<K, V> b) {
      return (keyComparator == null)
          ? ((Comparable) a.getKey()).compareTo(b.getKey())