clearCache();
    backingMap.clear();
  }

  @Nullable V get(Object key) {
    checkNotNull(key);
    V value = getIfCached(key);
    // TODO(b/192579700): Use a ternary once it no longer confuses our nullness checker.
    if (value == null) {
      return getWithoutCaching(key);
    } else {
      return value;
    }
  }

  final @Nullable V getWithoutCaching(Object key) {
    checkNotNull(key);

   *
   * <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.
   */

    protected long crawlerWaitMillis = 10000;

    /** List of interval rules for controlling crawler timing */
    protected List<IntervalRule> ruleList = new ArrayList<>();

    /**
     * Checks the crawler status and waits if the crawler is not running.
     * This method blocks until the crawler is running again.
     */
    public void checkCrawlerStatus() {
        while (!crawlerRunning) {

 *       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},

 *       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},

      @ParametricNullness E fromElement,
      BoundType fromBoundType,
      @ParametricNullness E toElement,
      BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);
    checkNotNull(toBoundType);
    return tailMultiset(fromElement, fromBoundType).headMultiset(toElement, toBoundType);
  }