* @return a {@literal Maps} for constructing a {@link ConcurrentHashMap} with the specified key and value
     */
    public static <KEY, VALUE> Maps<KEY, VALUE> concurrentHashMap(final KEY key, final VALUE value) {
        return new Maps<>(new ConcurrentHashMap<KEY, VALUE>()).$(key, value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@literal Maps} for constructing a {@link HashMap} with the specified key and value.

 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#maps">{@code Maps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Isaac Shum
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Maps {
  private Maps() {}

  static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> Iterator<K> keyIterator(

 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#maps">{@code Maps}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Isaac Shum
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Maps {
  private Maps() {}

  static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> Iterator<K> keyIterator(

  @Override
  public @Nullable K lowerKey(@ParametricNullness K key) {
    return Maps.keyOrNull(lowerEntry(key));
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable K floorKey(@ParametricNullness K key) {
    return Maps.keyOrNull(floorEntry(key));
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable K ceilingKey(@ParametricNullness K key) {
    return Maps.keyOrNull(ceilingEntry(key));
  }

  @Override

    assertTrue(entries.contains(Maps.<String, @Nullable Boolean>immutableEntry("b", null)));
    assertTrue(
        entries.contains(Maps.<@Nullable String, @Nullable Boolean>immutableEntry(null, null)));

    assertFalse(entries.contains(Maps.<String, @Nullable Boolean>immutableEntry("c", null)));
    assertFalse(entries.contains(Maps.<@Nullable String, Boolean>immutableEntry(null, true)));
  }

    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(2, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(0, 4)));
    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(4, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(2, 6)));
    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(4, 0, 6, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(3, 7)));
    assertEquals(empty, Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(20, 30)));

    assertEquals(map, Maps.subMap(map, Range.openClosed(0, 12)));

   * to this implementation.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  protected void standardPutAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    Maps.putAllImpl(this, map);
  }

  /**
   * A sensible, albeit inefficient, definition of {@link #remove} in terms of the {@code iterator}

                    putEntries(map, entries);
                    map.putAll(ENTRIES_TO_FILTER);
                    map = Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_1);
                    return Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_2);
                  }
                })
            .named("Maps.filterEntries[Maps.filterEntries[Map, Predicate], Predicate]")
            .withFeatures(
                MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_KEYS,

    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(2, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(0, 4)));
    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(4, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(2, 6)));
    assertEquals(ImmutableSortedMap.of(4, 0, 6, 0), Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(3, 7)));
    assertEquals(empty, Maps.subMap(map, Range.open(20, 30)));

    assertEquals(map, Maps.subMap(map, Range.openClosed(0, 12)));

                    putEntries(map, entries);
                    map.putAll(ENTRIES_TO_FILTER);
                    map = Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_1);
                    return Maps.filterEntries(map, FILTER_ENTRIES_2);
                  }
                })
            .named("Maps.filterEntries[Maps.filterEntries[Map, Predicate], Predicate]")
            .withFeatures(
                MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_KEYS,