*/
  static final int SPLITERATOR_CHARACTERISTICS =
      Spliterator.IMMUTABLE | Spliterator.NONNULL | Spliterator.ORDERED;

  ImmutableCollection() {}

  /** Returns an unmodifiable iterator across the elements in this collection. */
  @Override
  public abstract UnmodifiableIterator<E> iterator();

  @Override
  public Spliterator<E> spliterator() {

  static final int SPLITERATOR_CHARACTERISTICS =
      Spliterator.IMMUTABLE | Spliterator.NONNULL | Spliterator.ORDERED;

  ImmutableCollection() {}

  /** Returns an unmodifiable iterator across the elements in this collection. */
  @Override
  public abstract UnmodifiableIterator<E> iterator();

  @Override
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // used only from APIs with Java 8 types in them

    assertEquals(Hashing.consistentHash(equivLong, 5555), Hashing.consistentHash(hashCode, 5555));
  }

  /**
   * Check a few "golden" values to see that implementations across languages are equivalent.
   *
   */
  public void testConsistentHash_linearCongruentialGeneratorCompatibility() {
    int[] golden100 = {
      0, 55, 62, 8, 45, 59, 86, 97, 82, 59,

 * removeAll}, and {@code replaceValues} return collections that iterate through the values in the
 * order they were added. The collections generated by {@code entries} and {@code values} iterate
 * across the key-value mappings in the order they were added to the multimap.
 *
 * <p>The iteration ordering of the collections generated by {@code keySet}, {@code keys}, and

 *   <li>The total entry count is available as {@link #size}.
 *   <li>Many complex operations become easier; for example, {@code
 *       Collections.min(multimap.values())} finds the smallest value across all keys.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Implementations</h3>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link ImmutableListMultimap}
 *   <li>{@link ImmutableSetMultimap}

declaratively. It handles versioning, multiple simultaneous rollouts,
aggregating status across all pods, maintaining application availability, and
rollback.
  * <strong>Automated cluster management: </strong>
     * Kubernetes clusters can now span zones within a cloud provider. Pods from a
service will be automatically spread across zones, enabling applications to
tolerate zone failure.

but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-
POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to
her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never
before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to
take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the
field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop
down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

Federated Jobs that are automatically deployed to multiple clusters
are now supported. Cluster selection and weighting determine how Job
parallelism and completions are spread across clusters. Federated Job
status reflects the aggregate status across all underlying cluster
jobs.

#### [alpha] Federated Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA)

Federated HPAs are similar to the traditional Kubernetes HPAs, except

 * quickly, since the row key is provided. However, {@code column(columnKey).size()} takes longer,
 * since an iteration across all row keys occurs.
 *
 * <p>Note that this implementation is not synchronized. If multiple threads access this table
 * concurrently and one of the threads modifies the table, it must be synchronized externally.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@GwtCompatible

   * will not be de-duplicated.
   *
   * <p>Callers must ensure that the source {@code iterables} are in non-descending order as this
   * method does not sort its input.
   *
   * <p>For any equivalent elements across all {@code iterables}, it is undefined which element is
   * returned first.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterable<T> mergeSorted(