* natural ordering.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableSortedSet#copyOf(Iterable)}
   * instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> If {@code elements} is a {@code SortedSet} with an explicit comparator, this
   * method has different behavior than {@link TreeSet#TreeSet(SortedSet)}, which returns a {@code
   * TreeSet} with that comparator.
   *

   * 1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
   *
   * <p>Note that {@code Collections.reverseOrder(lexicographical(comparator))} is not equivalent to
   * {@code lexicographical(Collections.reverseOrder(comparator))} (consider how each would order
   * {@code [1]} and {@code [1, 1]}).
   */
  // Note: 90% of the time we don't add type parameters or wildcards that serve only to "tweak" the

   *
   * <p>Note that if {@code s} is a {@code Set<String>}, then {@code ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(s)}
   * returns an {@code ImmutableSortedSet<String>} containing each of the strings in {@code s},
   * while {@code ImmutableSortedSet.of(s)} returns an {@code ImmutableSortedSet<Set<String>>}
   * containing one element (the given set itself).
   *

    return CollectCollectors.flatteningToImmutableSetMultimap(keyFunction, valuesFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> of() {

      return new ImmutableSortedMap<>(
          ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(comparator), ImmutableList.<V>of());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty sorted map.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  // unsafe, comparator() returns a comparator on the specified type

   *
   * <p>If the mapped elements contain duplicates (according to {@link Object#equals}), the element
   * will be added more than once, with the count summed over all appearances of the element.
   *
   * <p>Note that {@code stream.collect(toMultiset(function, e -> 1, supplier))} is equivalent to
   * {@code stream.map(function).collect(Collectors.toCollection(supplier))}.
   *
   * <p>To collect to an {@link ImmutableMultiset}, use {@link

    return TableCollectors.toImmutableTable(
        rowFunction, columnFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable table.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <R, C, V> ImmutableTable<R, C, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableTable<R, C, V>) SparseImmutableTable.EMPTY;
  }

          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction) {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty bimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of() {

      Collector<Range<E>, ?, ImmutableRangeSet<E>> toImmutableRangeSet() {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableRangeSet();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable range set.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <C extends Comparable> ImmutableRangeSet<C> of() {
    return (ImmutableRangeSet<C>) EMPTY;
  }

  /**

          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction) {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableRangeMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable range map.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> ImmutableRangeMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableRangeMap<K, V>) EMPTY;
  }