@Override
  ImmutableCollection<E> delegateCollection() {
    return delegate;
  }

  ImmutableList<? extends E> delegateList() {
    return delegateList;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast!
  @Override
  public UnmodifiableListIterator<E> listIterator(int index) {
    return (UnmodifiableListIterator<E>) delegateList.listIterator(index);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // not present in emulated superclass

  @Override
  ImmutableCollection<E> delegateCollection() {
    return delegate;
  }

  ImmutableList<? extends E> delegateList() {
    return delegateList;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast!
  @Override
  public UnmodifiableListIterator<E> listIterator(int index) {
    return (UnmodifiableListIterator<E>) delegateList.listIterator(index);
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // not present in emulated superclass

       * TODO: When given an ImmutableList that's a sublist, copy the referenced
       * portion of the array into a new array to save space?
       */
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableCollection<E> list = (ImmutableCollection<E>) elements;
      return list.asList();
    }
    return copyFromCollection(elements);
  }

  @JsMethod

    if (map instanceof ImmutableClassToInstanceMap) {
      @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // JDT-based J2KT Java frontend does not permit the direct cast
      Map rawMap = map;
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // covariant casts safe (unmodifiable)
      ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B> cast = (ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B>) rawMap;
      return cast;
    }
    return new Builder<B>().putAll(map).build();
  }

    if (map instanceof ImmutableClassToInstanceMap) {
      @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // JDT-based J2KT Java frontend does not permit the direct cast
      Map rawMap = map;
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // covariant casts safe (unmodifiable)
      ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B> cast = (ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B>) rawMap;
      return cast;
    }
    return new Builder<B>().putAll(map).build();
  }

    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

    UnmodifiableTable(Table<? extends R, ? extends C, ? extends V> delegate) {
      this.delegate = checkNotNull(delegate);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe, covariant cast
    @Override
    protected Table<R, C, V> delegate() {
      return (Table<R, C, V>) delegate;
    }

    @Override
    public Set<Cell<R, C, V>> cellSet() {

   */
  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());

 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/UsingAndAvoidingNullExplained#optional">using {@code
 * Optional}</a>.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of instance that can be contained. {@code Optional} is naturally covariant on
 *     this type, so it is safe to cast an {@code Optional<T>} to {@code Optional<S>} for any
 *     supertype {@code S} of {@code T}.
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 10.0
 */

   * array with a nullable element type. But probably they usually want an array with a non-nullable
   * type. That said, we could *accept* a `@Nullable T[]` (which, given that we treat arrays as
   * covariant, would still permit a plain `T[]`) and return a plain `T[]`. But of course that would
   * require its own suppression, since it is also unsound. toArray(T[]) is just a mess from a