*
   * <p>Two {@code SetMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values.
   * Equality does not depend on the ordering of keys or values.
   *
   * <p>An empty {@code SetMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code Multimap}, including an
   * empty {@code ListMultimap}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj);

   *
   * <p>Two {@code SetMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values.
   * Equality does not depend on the ordering of keys or values.
   *
   * <p>An empty {@code SetMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code Multimap}, including an
   * empty {@code ListMultimap}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj);

  public static Equivalence<Object> identity() {
    return Identity.INSTANCE;
  }

  static final class Equals extends Equivalence<Object> implements Serializable {

    static final Equals INSTANCE = new Equals();

    @Override
    protected boolean doEquivalent(Object a, Object b) {
      return a.equals(b);
    }

    @Override
    protected int doHash(Object o) {
      return o.hashCode();
    }

   * {@code C}:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>If {@code C} explicitly implements {@link Object#equals}, the deserialized instance will
   *       be checked to be equal to the instance before serialization.
   *   <li>If {@code C} doesn't explicitly implement {@code equals} but instead inherits it from a
   *       superclass, no equality check is done on the deserialized instance because it's not clear

     * 
     * Two <tt>NtlmPasswordAuthentication</tt> objects are equal if their caseless domain and username fields are equal
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals ( Object obj ) {
        if ( obj instanceof NtlmPasswordAuthenticator ) {

  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj) {
    if (obj instanceof GeneralRange) {
      GeneralRange<?> r = (GeneralRange<?>) obj;
      return comparator.equals(r.comparator)
          && hasLowerBound == r.hasLowerBound
          && hasUpperBound == r.hasUpperBound
          && getLowerBoundType().equals(r.getLowerBoundType())
          && getUpperBoundType().equals(r.getUpperBoundType())

   *
   * <p>Two {@code ListMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values
   * in the same order. If the value orderings disagree, the multimaps will not be considered equal.
   *
   * <p>An empty {@code ListMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code Multimap}, including an
   * empty {@code SetMultimap}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj);

   *
   * <p>Two {@code ListMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values
   * in the same order. If the value orderings disagree, the multimaps will not be considered equal.
   *
   * <p>An empty {@code ListMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code Multimap}, including an
   * empty {@code SetMultimap}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj);

   */
  protected boolean standardIsEmpty() {
    return !entrySet().iterator().hasNext();
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #equals} in terms of the {@code equals} method of {@link
   * #entrySet}. If you override {@link #entrySet}, you may wish to override {@link #equals} to
   * forward to this implementation.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  protected boolean standardEquals(@CheckForNull Object object) {

   * array as the lesser. For example, {@code [] < ['a'] < ['a', 'b'] < ['b']}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays
   * support only identity equality), but it is consistent with {@link Arrays#equals(char[],
   * char[])}.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static Comparator<char[]> lexicographicalComparator() {