* it is returned directly. Otherwise, a new array of size {@code minLength + padding} is
   * returned, containing the values of {@code array}, and zeroes in the remaining places.
   *
   * @param array the source array
   * @param minLength the minimum length the returned array must guarantee
   * @param padding an extra amount to "grow" the array by if growth is necessary

   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> LinkedHashMultiset<E> create(int distinctElements) {
    return new LinkedHashMultiset<>(distinctElements);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@code LinkedHashMultiset} containing the specified elements.
   *
   * <p>This implementation is highly efficient when {@code elements} is itself a {@link Multiset}.
   *

 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

* They are not synced with the code to reflect the eventual solution that is committed
* Google Docs is not a "code-oriented" tool, like asciidoc can be
* Review in Google Docs is not as simple as a PR code review in GitHub

## Decision

The *Build Tool Team* has decided to use Architectural Decision Records (aka ADR) to track decisions we want to follow.

The main logic with ADRs is to describe (architectural) decisions made:

 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

/*
 * © 2017 AgNO3 Gmbh & Co. KG
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

// Copyright (c) 2015-2021 MinIO, Inc.
//
// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful

   * comparator is not <i>consistent with equals</i>), the results of this method are undefined.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> Despite what the method name suggests, if {@code map} is an {@code
   * ImmutableClassToInstanceMap}, no copy will actually be performed.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any key or value in {@code map} is null

 *
 * <p>This class is usually preferable to {@link AtomicLong} when multiple threads update a common
 * sum that is used for purposes such as collecting statistics, not for fine-grained synchronization
 * control. Under low update contention, the two classes have similar characteristics. But under
 * high contention, expected throughput of this class is significantly higher, at the expense of
 * higher space consumption.

 *
 * <p>This class is usually preferable to {@link AtomicLong} when multiple threads update a common
 * sum that is used for purposes such as collecting statistics, not for fine-grained synchronization
 * control. Under low update contention, the two classes have similar characteristics. But under
 * high contention, expected throughput of this class is significantly higher, at the expense of
 * higher space consumption.