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   *       hash(x}} consistently return the same value provided {@code x} remains unchanged
   *       according to the definition of the equivalence. The hash need not remain consistent from
   *       one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
   *   <li>It is <i>distributable across equivalence</i>: for any references {@code x} and {@code

  /**
   * Returns an encoding that behaves equivalently to this encoding, but encodes and decodes with
   * uppercase letters. Padding and separator characters remain in their original case.
   *
   * @throws IllegalStateException if the alphabet used by this encoding contains mixed upper- and
   *     lower-case characters
   */
  public abstract BaseEncoding upperCase();

  }

  /**
   * Serialized type for all ImmutableBiMap instances. It captures the logical contents and they are
   * reconstructed using public factory methods. This ensures that the implementation types remain
   * as implementation details.
   *
   * <p>Since the bimap is immutable, ImmutableBiMap doesn't require special logic for keeping the
   * bimap and its inverse in sync during serialization, the way AbstractBiMap does.

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