}
      return newCapacity;
    }

    Builder() {}

    /**
     * Adds {@code element} to the {@code ImmutableCollection} being built.
     *
     * <p>Note that each builder class covariantly returns its own type from this method.
     *
     * @param element the element to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} instance
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code element} is null
     */

      }
      return newCapacity;
    }

    Builder() {}

    /**
     * Adds {@code element} to the {@code ImmutableCollection} being built.
     *
     * <p>Note that each builder class covariantly returns its own type from this method.
     *
     * @param element the element to add
     * @return this {@code Builder} instance
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code element} is null
     */

    if (resolver == null) {
      resolver = (covariantTypeResolver = TypeResolver.covariantly(runtimeType));
    }
    return resolver;
  }

  private TypeResolver getInvariantTypeResolver() {
    TypeResolver resolver = invariantTypeResolver;
    if (resolver == null) {
      resolver = (invariantTypeResolver = TypeResolver.invariantly(runtimeType));
    }
    return resolver;
  }

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // trying to test raw type
    Parameterized<?, ?, ?> parameterized =
        new Parameterized<TypeTokenResolutionTest, Bar, String>() {};
    TypeResolver typeResolver = TypeResolver.covariantly(parameterized.getClass());
    ParameterizedType resolved =
        (ParameterizedType) typeResolver.resolveType(parameterized.parameterizedType());
    assertEquals(TypeTokenResolutionTest.class, resolved.getOwnerType());

      Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
    if (iterator instanceof PeekingImpl) {
      // Safe to cast <? extends T> to <T> because PeekingImpl only uses T
      // covariantly (and cannot be subclassed to add non-covariant uses).
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      PeekingImpl<T> peeking = (PeekingImpl<T>) iterator;
      return peeking;
    }
    return new PeekingImpl<>(iterator);
  }

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // trying to test raw type
    Parameterized<?, ?, ?> parameterized =
        new Parameterized<TypeTokenResolutionTest, Bar, String>() {};
    TypeResolver typeResolver = TypeResolver.covariantly(parameterized.getClass());
    ParameterizedType resolved =
        (ParameterizedType) typeResolver.resolveType(parameterized.parameterizedType());
    assertEquals(TypeTokenResolutionTest.class, resolved.getOwnerType());

      if (entry instanceof ImmutableEntry) {
        checkNotNull(entry.getKey());
        checkNotNull(entry.getValue());
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
        Entry<K, V> immutableEntry = (Entry<K, V>) entry;
        entries.add(immutableEntry);
      } else {
        entries.add(entryOf((K) entry.getKey(), (V) entry.getValue()));
      }
      return this;

  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableMultiset<E>) RegularImmutableMultiset.EMPTY;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multiset containing a single element.
   *

    FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();

    // Sadly, the following is what users will have to do in some circumstances.

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
    Optional<Number> first = (Optional<Number>) numbers.first();
    Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // NullPointerTester

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableList<E> list = ((ImmutableCollection<E>) elements).asList();
      return list.isPartialView() ? ImmutableList.<E>asImmutableList(list.toArray()) : list;
    }
    return construct(elements.toArray());