}

  /**
   * Constructs an {@code ImmutableSortedSet} from the first {@code n} elements of {@code contents}.
   * If {@code k} is the size of the returned {@code ImmutableSortedSet}, then the sorted unique
   * elements are in the first {@code k} positions of {@code contents}, and {@code contents[i] ==
   * null} for {@code k <= i < n}.
   *
   * <p>This method takes ownership of {@code contents}; do not modify {@code contents} after this

   * the members of the element set of {@code multiset2} that are not contained in {@code
   * multiset1}, with repeated occurrences of the same element appearing consecutively.
   *
   * <p>Results are undefined if {@code multiset1} and {@code multiset2} are based on different
   * equivalence relations (as {@code HashMultiset} and {@code TreeMultiset} are).
   *
   * @since 14.0

 * comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8+), or {@code
 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is

  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} accumulating entries into an {@code ImmutableSetMultimap}. Each
   * input element is mapped to a key and a stream of values, each of which are put into the
   * resulting {@code Multimap}, in the encounter order of the stream and the encounter order of the
   * streams of values.
   *
   * <p>Example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> {@code a.asSet(d).equals(b.asSet(d))} does not imply {@code a.equals(b)}! For
   * example, {@code a} and {@code b} could be {@code [2..4]} and {@code (1..5)}, or the empty
   * ranges {@code [3..3)} and {@code [4..4)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> Be extremely careful what you do with the {@code asSet} view of a large

   * }</pre>
   *
   * <p>For <i>small</i> immutable maps, the {@code ImmutableMap.of()} methods are even more
   * convenient.
   *
   * <p>By default, a {@code Builder} will generate maps that iterate over entries in the order they
   * were inserted into the builder, equivalently to {@code LinkedHashMap}. For example, in the
   * above example, {@code WORD_TO_INT.entrySet()} is guaranteed to iterate over the entries in the

  private static final ImmutableRangeMap<Comparable<?>, Object> EMPTY =
      new ImmutableRangeMap<>(ImmutableList.<Range<Comparable<?>>>of(), ImmutableList.of());

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates the input elements into a new {@code
   * ImmutableRangeMap}. As in {@link Builder}, overlapping ranges are not permitted.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 23.1 in guava-jre)
   */

    implements Serializable {

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableTable}. Each
   * input element is mapped to one cell in the returned table, with the rows, columns, and values
   * generated by applying the specified functions.
   *
   * <p>The returned {@code Collector} will throw a {@code NullPointerException} at collection time

  /**
   * Returns an immutable bimap containing the same entries as {@code map}. If {@code map} somehow
   * contains entries with duplicate keys (for example, if it is a {@code SortedMap} whose
   * comparator is not <i>consistent with equals</i>), the results of this method are undefined.
   *
   * <p>The returned {@code BiMap} iterates over entries in the same order as the {@code entrySet}
   * of the original map.
   *

   *
   * <p>Note that if {@code list} is a {@code List<String>}, then {@code ImmutableList.copyOf(list)}
   * returns an {@code ImmutableList<String>} containing each of the strings in {@code list}, while
   * {@code ImmutableList.of(list)} returns an {@code ImmutableList<List<String>>} containing one
   * element (the given list itself).
   *
   * <p>This method is safe to use even when {@code elements} is a synchronized or concurrent