}

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}
   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *

  // should be unequal to empty.
  public void testEquals() {
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> empty = TreeRangeMap.create();
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> nonEmpty = TreeRangeMap.create();
    nonEmpty.put(Range.all(), 1);
    TreeRangeMap<Integer, Integer> coalesced = TreeRangeMap.create();
    coalesced.put(Range.atLeast(1), 1);
    coalesced.putCoalescing(Range.atMost(1), 1);

   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return Byte.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code byte} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */

    }

    return empty
        ? new EmptyContiguousSet<C>(domain)
        : new RegularContiguousSet<C>(effectiveRange, domain);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a nonempty contiguous set containing all {@code int} values from {@code lower}
   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *

  public static int compare(long a, long b) {
    return Longs.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of unsigned {@code long} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array according to {@link #compare}

      return -1;
    } else {
      return (int) value;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of unsigned {@code int} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array according to {@link #compare}

      return -1;
    } else {
      return (int) value;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}, treating values as unsigned.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of unsigned {@code int} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array according to {@link #compare}

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * A mapping from disjoint nonempty ranges to non-null values. Queries look up the value associated
 * with the range (if any) that contains a specified key.
 *
 * <p>In contrast to {@link RangeSet}, no "coalescing" is done of {@linkplain

  public ImmutableRangeSet<C> difference(RangeSet<C> other) {
    RangeSet<C> copy = TreeRangeSet.create(this);
    copy.removeAll(other);
    return copyOf(copy);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list containing the nonempty intersections of {@code range} with the ranges in this
   * range set.
   */
  private ImmutableList<Range<C>> intersectRanges(final Range<C> range) {
    if (ranges.isEmpty() || range.isEmpty()) {

      if (array[i] == target) {
        return i;
      }
    }
    return -1;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code char} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */