// All collections are immutable empty. So safe for any type parameter.
          .put(Iterator.class, ImmutableSet.of().iterator())
          .put(PeekingIterator.class, Iterators.peekingIterator(ImmutableSet.of().iterator()))
          .put(ListIterator.class, ImmutableList.of().listIterator())
          .put(Iterable.class, ImmutableSet.of())
          .put(Collection.class, ImmutableList.of())

          // All collections are immutable empty. So safe for any type parameter.
          .put(Iterator.class, ImmutableSet.of().iterator())
          .put(PeekingIterator.class, Iterators.peekingIterator(ImmutableSet.of().iterator()))
          .put(ListIterator.class, ImmutableList.of().listIterator())
          .put(Iterable.class, ImmutableSet.of())
          .put(Collection.class, ImmutableList.of())

      ImmutableList.Builder<Range<C>> mergedRangesBuilder =
          new ImmutableList.Builder<>(ranges.size());
      sort(ranges, Range.<C>rangeLexOrdering());
      PeekingIterator<Range<C>> peekingItr = Iterators.peekingIterator(ranges.iterator());
      while (peekingItr.hasNext()) {
        Range<C> range = peekingItr.next();
        while (peekingItr.hasNext()) {
          Range<C> nextRange = peekingItr.peek();

import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.MapDifference;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multiset;
import com.google.common.collect.PeekingIterator;
import com.google.common.collect.Range;
import com.google.common.collect.RowSortedTable;
import com.google.common.collect.SetMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.SortedMapDifference;