*/
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Collector<T, ?, T> onlyElement() {
    return (Collector) ONLY_ELEMENT;
  }

  /**
   * This atrocity is here to let us report several of the elements in the stream if there were more
   * than one, not just two.
   */
  private static final class ToOptionalState {
    static final int MAX_EXTRAS = 4;

    @CheckForNull Object element;

   * Creates an {@code ImmutableMap<String, String>} from a {@code Properties} instance. Properties
   * normally derive from {@code Map<Object, Object>}, but they typically contain strings, which is
   * awkward. This method lets you get a plain-old-{@code Map} out of a {@code Properties}.
   *
   * @param properties a {@code Properties} object to be converted
   * @return an immutable map containing all the entries in {@code properties}