@CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(kak): consider removing this
  @Override
  public <T> T newProxy(
      T target, Class<T> interfaceType, long timeoutDuration, TimeUnit timeoutUnit) {
    checkNotNull(target);
    checkNotNull(interfaceType);
    checkNotNull(timeoutUnit);
    return target; // ha ha
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(kak): consider removing this
  @Override
  @ParametricNullness

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, E... elements) {
    checkNotNull(elements);
    switch (elements.length) {
      case 0:
        return emptySet(comparator);
      default:
        SortedSet<E> delegate = new TreeSet<E>(comparator);
        for (E element : elements) {
          checkNotNull(element);
          delegate.add(element);
        }

      Iterator<? extends T> a,
      Iterator<? extends T> b,
      Iterator<? extends T> c,
      Iterator<? extends T> d) {
    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);
    checkNotNull(c);
    checkNotNull(d);
    return concat(consumingForArray(a, b, c, d));
  }

  /**
   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the

    return connections;
  }

  @Override
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public boolean addEdge(N nodeU, N nodeV, E edge) {
    checkNotNull(nodeU, "nodeU");
    checkNotNull(nodeV, "nodeV");
    checkNotNull(edge, "edge");

    if (containsEdge(edge)) {
      EndpointPair<N> existingIncidentNodes = incidentNodes(edge);

      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   * @since 10.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static <E> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset) {
    return checkNotNull(multiset);
  }

      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   * @since 10.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static <E> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset) {
    return checkNotNull(multiset);
  }

    UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> future = new UncheckedThrowingFuture<V>();
    future.complete(checkNotNull(error));
    return future;
  }

  public static <V> ListenableFuture<V> throwingRuntimeException(RuntimeException e) {
    UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> future = new UncheckedThrowingFuture<V>();
    future.complete(checkNotNull(e));
    return future;
  }

  public static <V> UncheckedThrowingFuture<V> incomplete() {

        return new String(factoryExpectedForNothing, UTF_8) + checkNotNull(data);
      }

      @Override
      public void tearDown() throws IOException {
        factory.tearDown();
      }
    };
  }

  public static ByteSourceFactory asSlicedByteSourceFactory(
      final ByteSourceFactory factory, final long off, final long len) {
    checkNotNull(factory);
    return new ByteSourceFactory() {
      @Override

   * @since 14.0
   */
  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> range(
      C lower, BoundType lowerType, C upper, BoundType upperType) {
    checkNotNull(lowerType);
    checkNotNull(upperType);

    Cut<C> lowerBound =
        (lowerType == BoundType.OPEN) ? Cut.aboveValue(lower) : Cut.belowValue(lower);
    Cut<C> upperBound =

   * message otherwise.
   *
   * @return {@code reference}, guaranteed to be non-null, for convenience
   * @throws VerifyException if {@code reference} is {@code null}
   * @see Preconditions#checkNotNull Preconditions.checkNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T verifyNotNull(@CheckForNull T reference) {
    return verifyNotNull(reference, "expected a non-null reference");
  }

  /**