for (T element : initialContents) {
        queue.offer(element);
      }
      return queue;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe "contravariant cast"
    private <T extends B> Ordering<T> ordering() {
      return Ordering.from((Comparator<T>) comparator);
    }
  }

  private final Heap minHeap;
  private final Heap maxHeap;

                if ( ex != null ) {
                    throw ex;
                }

                if ( ctx.isEstablished() ) {
                    setSessionSetup(response);
                    @SuppressWarnings ( "cast" )
                    CommonServerMessageBlockResponse cresp = (CommonServerMessageBlockResponse) ( response != null ? response.getNextResponse()
                            : null );

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

  /**

   * the provided key, an empty immutable set is returned. The values are in the same order as the
   * parameters used to build this multimap.
   */
  @Override
  public ImmutableSet<V> get(K key) {
    // This cast is safe as its type is known in constructor.
    ImmutableSet<V> set = (ImmutableSet<V>) map.get(key);
    return MoreObjects.firstNonNull(set, emptySet);
  }

    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code int} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code int} if it is in the range of the {@code int} type,
   *     {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} if it is too large, or {@link Integer#MIN_VALUE} if it is too
   *     small
   */
  public static int saturatedCast(long value) {

        this.holder = t;
      }

      @Override
      public boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super R> action) {
        if (fromSpliterator.tryAdvance(this)) {
          try {
            // The cast is safe because tryAdvance puts a T into `holder`.
            action.accept(function.apply(uncheckedCastNullableTToT(holder), index++));
            return true;
          } finally {
            holder = null;

   */
  public static byte[] toByteArray(long value) {
    // Note that this code needs to stay compatible with GWT, which has known
    // bugs when narrowing byte casts of long values occur.
    byte[] result = new byte[8];
    for (int i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
      result[i] = (byte) (value & 0xffL);
      value >>= 8;
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**

   */
  public static byte[] toByteArray(long value) {
    // Note that this code needs to stay compatible with GWT, which has known
    // bugs when narrowing byte casts of long values occur.
    byte[] result = new byte[8];
    for (int i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
      result[i] = (byte) (value & 0xffL);
      value >>= 8;
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableSortedMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // immutable collections are always safe for covariant casts
      ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> multiset = (ImmutableSortedMultiset<E>) elements;
      if (comparator.equals(multiset.comparator())) {
        if (multiset.isPartialView()) {

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

  /**