Multiset<N> successors = getReference(successorsReference);
    if (successors != null) {
      checkState(successors.add(node));
    }
  }

  private static <T> @Nullable T getReference(@Nullable Reference<T> reference) {
    return (reference == null) ? null : reference.get();
  }

   * equal to any other equality groups added to this tester.
   *
   * <p>The {@code @Nullable} annotations on the {@code equalityGroup} parameter imply that the
   * objects, and the array itself, can be null. That is for programmer convenience, when the
   * objects come from factory methods that are themselves {@code @Nullable}. In reality neither the
   * array nor its contents can be null, but it is not useful to force the use of {@code

            MultimapBuilder.linkedHashKeys().linkedHashSetValues()::<K, V>build),
        ImmutableSetMultimap::copyOf);
  }

  static <
          T extends @Nullable Object,
          K extends @Nullable Object,
          V extends @Nullable Object,
          M extends Multimap<K, V>>
      Collector<T, ?, M> toMultimap(
          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,

            MultimapBuilder.linkedHashKeys().linkedHashSetValues()::<K, V>build),
        ImmutableSetMultimap::copyOf);
  }

  static <
          T extends @Nullable Object,
          K extends @Nullable Object,
          V extends @Nullable Object,
          M extends Multimap<K, V>>
      Collector<T, ?, M> toMultimap(
          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,

  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable T orNull() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public Set<T> asSet() {
    return Collections.emptySet();
  }

  @Override
  public <V> Optional<V> transform(Function<? super T, V> function) {
    checkNotNull(function);
    return Optional.absent();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
    return this == obj;
  }

    return super.toString();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object o) {
    assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
    return super.equals(o);
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
    return super.hashCode();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean add(@Nullable E o) {
    assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
    return super.add(o);
  }

      new IteratorOperation() {
        @Override
        public @Nullable Object execute(Iterator<?> iterator) {
          iterator.remove();
          return null;
        }
      };

  private static final IteratorOperation NEXT_METHOD =
      new IteratorOperation() {
        @Override
        public @Nullable Object execute(Iterator<?> iterator) {
          return iterator.next();
        }

        }
      }
    };

    abstract <E extends @Nullable Object> void forEach(
        GeneralSpliterator<E> spliterator, Consumer<? super E> consumer);

    static final Set<SpliteratorDecompositionStrategy> ALL_STRATEGIES =
        unmodifiableSet(new LinkedHashSet<>(asList(values())));
  }

  private static <E extends @Nullable Object> @Nullable GeneralSpliterator<E> trySplitTestingSize(

        }
      }
    };

    abstract <E extends @Nullable Object> void forEach(
        GeneralSpliterator<E> spliterator, Consumer<? super E> consumer);

    static final Set<SpliteratorDecompositionStrategy> ALL_STRATEGIES =
        unmodifiableSet(new LinkedHashSet<>(asList(values())));
  }

  private static <E extends @Nullable Object> @Nullable GeneralSpliterator<E> trySplitTestingSize(

   *
   * <p>The serialized output consists of the number of entries, first key, first value, second key,
   * second value, and so on.
   */
  static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> void writeMap(
      Map<K, V> map, ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {
    stream.writeInt(map.size());
    for (Map.Entry<K, V> entry : map.entrySet()) {