* read operations will work correctly. To allow concurrent update operations, wrap your multimap
 * with a call to {@link Multimaps#synchronizedListMultimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multimap">{@code Multimap}</a>.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code short} primitives, that are not already found in
 * either {@link Short} or {@link Arrays}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link List} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed at
 * {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @see ImmutableMap
 * @see ImmutableSet
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */

 *
 * <p>All the operations in this class treat {@code char} values strictly numerically; they are
 * neither Unicode-aware nor locale-dependent.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Chars {
  private Chars() {}

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code short} primitives, that are not already found in
 * either {@link Short} or {@link Arrays}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 * implementations, synchronization is unnecessary between a thread that writes to one cell and a
 * thread that reads from another.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#table">{@code Table}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 10.0
 */

 * {@link com.google.common.util.concurrent.AtomicLongMap} instead. Note, however, that unlike
 * {@code Multiset}, {@code AtomicLongMap} does not automatically remove zeros.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multiset">{@code Multiset}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 *   <li>A {@code Range} is serializable if it has no bounds, or if each bound is serializable.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Further reading</h3>
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/RangesExplained">{@code Range}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@code Predicate} instances.
 *
 * <p>All methods return serializable predicates as long as they're given serializable parameters.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code Predicate}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Predicates {

 * {@code HashBiMap} and its inverse are both serializable.
 *
 * <p>This implementation guarantees insertion-based iteration order of its keys.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#bimap">{@code BiMap} </a>.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible