*       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},

 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},

 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},

 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * This is the same behavior as type-variable usages have to Kotlin and to the Checker Framework.
 * Contrast the method above to:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can never return {@code null},

    return Multisets.iteratorImpl(this);
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable Object[] toArray() {
    return standardToArray();
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // b/192354773 in our checker affects toArray declarations
  public <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(T[] array) {
    return standardToArray(array);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return entrySet().toString();

  }

  @GwtIncompatible
  private static class SerializedForm implements Serializable {
    final Object[] elements;
    final int[] counts;

    // "extends Object" works around https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework/issues/3013
    SerializedForm(Multiset<? extends Object> multiset) {
      int distinct = multiset.entrySet().size();
      elements = new Object[distinct];
      counts = new int[distinct];
      int i = 0;

          @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
          Object[] result = standardToArray();
          return result;
        }

        @Override
        @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // b/192354773 in our checker affects toArray declarations
        public <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArray(T[] array) {
          return standardToArray(array);
        }
      };
    }

    }
    this.firstEntry = ENDPOINT;
    this.lastEntry = ENDPOINT;
    // Either both arrays are null or neither is, but we check both to satisfy the nullness checker.
    if (predecessor != null && successor != null) {
      Arrays.fill(predecessor, 0, size(), 0);
      Arrays.fill(successor, 0, size(), 0);
    }
    super.clear();
  }

  /*

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public final <A extends Appendable> A appendTo(A appendable, @Nullable Object[] parts)
      throws IOException {
    @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // TODO: b/316358623 - Remove suppression after fixing checker
    List<?> partsList = Arrays.<@Nullable Object>asList(parts);
    return appendTo(appendable, partsList);
  }

  /** Appends to {@code appendable} the string representation of each of the remaining arguments. */

   *
   * <p>The returned array has all its elements set to their initial null values. However, we don't
   * declare it as {@code @Nullable ImmutableMapEntry[]} because our checker doesn't require newly
   * created arrays to have a {@code @Nullable} element type even when they're created directly with
   * {@code new ImmutableMapEntry[...]}, so it seems silly to insist on that only here.
   */