@Override
  public abstract int hashCode();

  /*
   * The implementation neither produces nor consumes any non-null instance of type C, so
   * casting the type parameter is safe.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <C extends Comparable> Cut<C> belowAll() {
    return (Cut<C>) BelowAll.INSTANCE;
  }

          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction) {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableBiMap<K, V>) RegularImmutableBiMap.EMPTY;
  }

  ImmutableSet() {}

  public static <E> Collector<E, ?, ImmutableSet<E>> toImmutableSet() {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableSet();
  }

  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

    assertValue("b", "bb", "bbbb")
    assertValue("c", "c", "c")

    // Causing the size to grow to 10 should evict nothing.
    set("d", "d", "d")
    cache.flush()
    assertThat(cache.size()).isEqualTo(10)
    assertAbsent("a")
    assertValue("b", "bb", "bbbb")
    assertValue("c", "c", "c")
    assertValue("d", "d", "d")

    // Causing the size to grow to 18 should evict 'B' and 'C'.
    set("e", "eeee", "eeee")

 * {@link PriorityQueue} and supplies blocking retrieval operations. While this queue is logically
 * unbounded, attempted additions may fail due to resource exhaustion (causing {@code
 * OutOfMemoryError}). This class does not permit {@code null} elements. A priority queue relying on
 * {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} also does not permit insertion of non-comparable objects

    // This will be caught by getAll(), causing it to fall back to multiple calls to
    // LoadingCache.get
    throw new UnsupportedLoadingOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a cache loader that uses {@code function} to load keys, without supporting either
   * reloading or bulk loading. This allows creating a cache loader using a lambda expression.
   *

 *     class (such as {@link #named}) return this type, so that Builder methods of more derived
 *     classes can be chained onto them without casting.
 * @param <G> The type of the generator to be passed to testers in the generated test suite. An
 *     instance of G should somehow provide an instance of the class under test, plus any other

 * translating code from using an event bus to using a reactive-streams framework, see these two
 * guides: <a href="https://blog.jkl.gg/implementing-an-event-bus-with-rxjava-rxbus/">1</a>, <a
 * href="https://lorentzos.com/rxjava-as-event-bus-the-right-way-10a36bdd49ba">2</a>.) Some usages
 * of EventBus may be better written using <a

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty bimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableBiMap<K, V>) RegularImmutableBiMap.EMPTY;
  }

   *
   * @since 8.0
   */
  public static final byte NUL = 0;

  /**
   * Start of Heading: A communication control character used at the beginning of a sequence of
   * characters which constitute a machine-sensible address or routing information. Such a sequence
   * is referred to as the "heading." An STX character has the effect of terminating a heading.
   *
   * @since 8.0
   */
  public static final byte SOH = 1;

  /**