return construct(array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order. If {@code elements} is a
   * {@link Collection}, this method behaves exactly as {@link #copyOf(Collection)}; otherwise, it
   * behaves exactly as {@code copyOf(elements.iterator()}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} contains a null element
   */

   * first permutation will be in ascending order, and the last will be in descending order.
   *
   * <p>Duplicate elements are considered equal. For example, the list [1, 1] will have only one
   * permutation, instead of two. This is why the elements have to implement {@link Comparable}.
   *
   * <p>An empty iterable has only one permutation, which is an empty list.
   *

    List<Integer> list = asList(1, 2);
    Iterator<List<Integer>> partitions = Iterators.partition(list.iterator(), 1);

    // Changes before the partition is retrieved are reflected
    list.set(0, 3);
    List<Integer> first = partitions.next();

    // Changes after are not
    list.set(0, 4);

    assertEquals(ImmutableList.of(3), first);
  }

   * Gets a {@code Throwable} cause chain as a list. The first entry in the list will be {@code
   * throwable} followed by its cause hierarchy. Note that this is a snapshot of the cause chain and
   * will not reflect any subsequent changes to the cause chain.
   *
   * <p>Here's an example of how it can be used to find specific types of exceptions in the cause
   * chain:
   *
   * <pre>

   * Gets a {@code Throwable} cause chain as a list. The first entry in the list will be {@code
   * throwable} followed by its cause hierarchy. Note that this is a snapshot of the cause chain and
   * will not reflect any subsequent changes to the cause chain.
   *
   * <p>Here's an example of how it can be used to find specific types of exceptions in the cause
   * chain:
   *
   * <pre>

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a view of the elements of {@code unfiltered} that satisfy a predicate. The returned
   * multiset is a live view of {@code unfiltered}; changes to one affect the other.
   *
   * <p>The resulting multiset's iterators, and those of its {@code entrySet()} and {@code
   * elementSet()}, do not support {@code remove()}. However, all other multiset methods supported

   * appear in either that iterator or any other iterator created from the same source iterable.
   * That is, this method behaves exactly as {@code Iterables.cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements))}.
   * The iterator's {@code hasNext} method returns {@code true} until all of the original elements
   * have been removed.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an infinite loop. You

        }
      }
      return chars.subSequence(0, l + 1);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canDecode(CharSequence chars) {
      checkNotNull(chars);
      chars = trimTrailingPadding(chars);
      if (!alphabet.isValidPaddingStartPosition(chars.length())) {
        return false;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length(); i++) {
        if (!alphabet.canDecode(chars.charAt(i))) {
          return false;

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("abc");
    List<Character> chars = Lists.charactersOf(builder);
    assertEquals(asList('a', 'b', 'c'), chars);
    builder.append("def");
    assertEquals(asList('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'), chars);
    builder.deleteCharAt(5);
    assertEquals(asList('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'), chars);
  }

  public void testNewArrayListEmpty() {

          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty map. This map behaves and performs comparably to {@link
   * Collections#emptyMap}, and is preferable mainly for consistency and maintainability of your
   * code.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.