* lists are sublist views of the original list, produced on demand using {@link List#subList(int,
   * int)}, and are subject to all the usual caveats about modification as explained in that API.
   *
   * @param list the list to return consecutive sublists of
   * @param size the desired size of each sublist (the last may be smaller)
   * @return a list of consecutive sublists

   *
   * <p>Note: this method is idempotent and safe to call from any thread
   */
  public void dispatch() {
    // iterate by index to avoid concurrent modification exceptions
    for (int i = 0; i < listeners.size(); i++) {
      listeners.get(i).dispatch();
    }
  }

  /**
   * A special purpose queue/executor that dispatches listener events serially on a configured

  static final byte UNSET = 0;

  /** Number of bits used to store the numbers of hash table bits (max 30). */
  private static final int HASH_TABLE_BITS_MAX_BITS = 5;

  /** Use high bits of metadata for modification count. */
  static final int MODIFICATION_COUNT_INCREMENT = (1 << HASH_TABLE_BITS_MAX_BITS);

  /** Bitmask that selects the low bits of metadata to get hashTableBits. */

   * allocated, the value of {@code metadata} combines the number of bits in the "short hash", in
   * its bottom {@value CompactHashing#HASH_TABLE_BITS_MAX_BITS} bits, with a modification count in
   * the remaining bits that is used to detect concurrent modification during iteration.
   */
  private transient int metadata;

  /** The number of elements contained in the set. */
  private transient int size;

   *
   * <p>Note: this method is idempotent and safe to call from any thread
   */
  public void dispatch() {
    // iterate by index to avoid concurrent modification exceptions
    for (int i = 0; i < listeners.size(); i++) {
      listeners.get(i).dispatch();
    }
  }

  /**
   * A special purpose queue/executor that dispatches listener events serially on a configured

   * #add(Range) add} any range not {@linkplain Range#encloses(Range) enclosed} by {@code view}.
   */
  RangeSet<C> subRangeSet(Range<C> view);

  // Modification

  /**
   * Adds the specified range to this {@code RangeSet} (optional operation). That is, for equal
   * range sets a and b, the result of {@code a.add(range)} is that {@code a} will be the minimal

     * They may be subsequently nulled out by TreeMultiset.clear(). I think that the only place that
     * we can reference a node whose fields have been cleared is inside the iterator (and presumably
     * only under concurrent modification).
     *
     * To access these fields when you know that they are not null, call the pred() and succ()
     * methods, which perform null checks before returning the fields.
     */

  @Override
  public int count(@CheckForNull Object element) {
    Count frequency = Maps.safeGet(backingMap, element);
    return (frequency == null) ? 0 : frequency.get();
  }

  // Optional Operations - Modification Operations

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the call would result in more than {@link
   *     Integer#MAX_VALUE} occurrences of {@code element} in this multiset.
   */

   * allocated, the value of {@code metadata} combines the number of bits in the "short hash", in
   * its bottom {@value CompactHashing#HASH_TABLE_BITS_MAX_BITS} bits, with a modification count in
   * the remaining bits that is used to detect concurrent modification during iteration.
   */
  private transient int metadata;

  /** The number of elements contained in the set. */
  private transient int size;

  public static void touch(File file) throws IOException {
    checkNotNull(file);
    if (!file.createNewFile() && !file.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis())) {
      throw new IOException("Unable to update modification time of " + file);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Creates any necessary but nonexistent parent directories of the specified file. Note that if