* nor do its entries support {@link Entry#setValue setValue}.
   */
  Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap();

  // Comparison and hashing

  /**
   * Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps are equal when
   * their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap}, are also equal.
   *
   * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not be equal,

  }

  @LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Map<K, Long> asMap;

  /** Returns a live, read-only view of the map backing this {@code AtomicLongMap}. */
  public Map<K, Long> asMap() {
    Map<K, Long> result = asMap;
    return (result == null) ? asMap = createAsMap() : result;
  }

  private Map<K, Long> createAsMap() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableMap(map);

  public long size() {
    return delegate().size();
  }

  @Override
  public CacheStats stats() {
    return delegate().stats();
  }

  @Override
  public ConcurrentMap<K, V> asMap() {
    return delegate().asMap();
  }

  @Override
  public void cleanUp() {
    delegate().cleanUp();
  }

  /**
   * A simplified version of {@link ForwardingCache} where subclasses can pass in an already

    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      resetContainer(mapEntry(k0(), v0()), mapEntry(k0(), v1()), mapEntry(k0(), v0()));
      List<V> expectedValues = copyToList(values);

      List<V> asMapValue = (List<V>) multimap().asMap().get(k0());
      asMapValue.remove(i);
      expectedValues.remove(i);

      assertGet(k0(), expectedValues);
    }
  }

  @MapFeature.Require(SUPPORTS_REMOVE)
  @CollectionSize.Require(SEVERAL)

   * just back this out once we stop doing that (which we'll do after our internal GWT setup
   * changes).
   */
  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<Object, Collection<Object>> asMap() {
    return super.asMap();
  }

  private Object readResolve() {
    return INSTANCE; // preserve singleton property
  }

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

   * just back this out once we stop doing that (which we'll do after our internal GWT setup
   * changes).
   */
  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<Object, Collection<Object>> asMap() {
    return super.asMap();
  }

  private Object readResolve() {
    return INSTANCE; // preserve singleton property
  }

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

    extends AbstractSortedSetMultimap<K, V> {

  AbstractSortedKeySortedSetMultimap(SortedMap<K, Collection<V>> map) {
    super(map);
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMap<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return (SortedMap<K, Collection<V>>) super.asMap();
  }

  @Override
  SortedMap<K, Collection<V>> backingMap() {
    return (SortedMap<K, Collection<V>>) super.backingMap();
  }

  @Override
  public SortedSet<K> keySet() {

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected ForwardingMultimap() {}

  @Override
  protected abstract Multimap<K, V> delegate();

  @Override
  public Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return delegate().asMap();
  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    delegate().clear();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsEntry(@CheckForNull Object key, @CheckForNull Object value) {

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected ForwardingMultimap() {}

  @Override
  protected abstract Multimap<K, V> delegate();

  @Override
  public Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap() {
    return delegate().asMap();
  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    delegate().clear();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsEntry(@CheckForNull Object key, @CheckForNull Object value) {

    assertEqualInOrder(values, multimap().get(key));

    if (!values.isEmpty()) {
      assertEqualInOrder(values, multimap().asMap().get(key));
      assertFalse(multimap().isEmpty());
    } else {
      assertNull(multimap().asMap().get(key));
    }

    assertEquals(values.size(), multimap().get(key).size());
    assertEquals(values.size() > 0, multimap().containsKey(key));