// Per class spec, we are allowed to throw CCE if necessary
      empty = Range.compareOrThrow(afterLower, beforeUpper) > 0;
    }

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}

  }

  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester
  public void testSerialization() {
    ContiguousSet<Integer> empty = ContiguousSet.create(Range.closedOpen(1, 1), integers());
    assertTrue(empty instanceof EmptyContiguousSet);
    reserializeAndAssert(empty);

    ContiguousSet<Integer> regular = ContiguousSet.create(Range.closed(1, 3), integers());
    assertTrue(regular instanceof RegularContiguousSet);

      // Per class spec, we are allowed to throw CCE if necessary
      empty = Range.compareOrThrow(afterLower, beforeUpper) > 0;
    }

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}

  }

  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester
  public void testSerialization() {
    ContiguousSet<Integer> empty = ContiguousSet.create(Range.closedOpen(1, 1), integers());
    assertTrue(empty instanceof EmptyContiguousSet);
    reserializeAndAssert(empty);

    ContiguousSet<Integer> regular = ContiguousSet.create(Range.closed(1, 3), integers());
    assertTrue(regular instanceof RegularContiguousSet);