@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // value could not get in if not a T
  public <T extends B> @Nullable T getInstance(Class<T> type) {
    return (T) delegate.get(checkNotNull(type));
  }

  /**
   * Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the map unmodified.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Unsupported operation.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Deprecated
  @Override

 * result, if the comparator is not consistent with equals, some of the standard implementations may
 * violate the {@code Set} contract.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods and the collection views they return are not guaranteed to be
 * thread-safe, even when all of the methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
/*

   *   <li>{@link CharEscaper} handles Java characters independently and does not verify the input
   *       for well formed characters. A {@code CharEscaper} should not be used in situations where
   *       input is not guaranteed to be restricted to the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP).
   * </ul>
   *
   * @param string the literal string to be escaped
   * @return the escaped form of {@code string}

        if (sneaky == null) {
          return sample;
        } else {
          /* Someone beat us to it! Trying again...
           *
           * Technically this loop not guaranteed to terminate, so theoretically (extremely
           * unlikely) this thread might starve, but even then, there is always going to be another
           * thread doing progress here.
           */
        }
      }

 * equality for both keys and values, unlike {@code ForwardingMap}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods and the collection views they return are not guaranteed to be
 * thread-safe, even when all of the methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
/*

        assertNotNull(compressed);
        assertTrue(compressed.length > 0);
        // Compressed size should typically be smaller (though not guaranteed for all data)

        byte[] decompressed = compressionService.decompress(compressed, CompressionService.COMPRESSION_LZ77);
        assertArrayEquals(testData, decompressed);
    }

    @Test

 * default} methods. Instead, it inherits their default implementations. When those implementations
 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingQueue}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods are not guaranteed to be thread-safe, even when all of the
 * methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 *   <li>does not allow self-loops
 *   <li>orders {@link ValueGraph#nodes()} in the order in which the elements were added (insertion
 *       order)
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>{@code ValueGraph}s built by this class also guarantee that each collection-returning accessor
 * returns a <b>(live) unmodifiable view</b>; see <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#accessor-behavior">the external
 * documentation</a> for details.
 *

   * place....)
   */

  /**
   * Ensures that {@code reference} is non-null, throwing a {@code VerifyException} with a default
   * message otherwise.
   *
   * @return {@code reference}, guaranteed to be non-null, for convenience
   * @throws VerifyException if {@code reference} is {@code null}
   * @see Preconditions#checkNotNull Preconditions.checkNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingList}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods and any collection views they return are not guaranteed to be
 * thread-safe, even when all of the methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible