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

    // Don't refer to ImmutableSortedSet by name so it won't pull in all that code
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableSet && !(elements instanceof SortedSet)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableSet<E> set = (ImmutableSet<E>) elements;
      if (!set.isPartialView()) {
        return set;
      }
    } else if (elements instanceof EnumSet) {

   */
  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() ? asImmutableList(list.toArray()) : list;
    }
    return construct(elements.toArray());
  }

      Iterable<? extends T> iterable) {
    checkNotNull(iterable);
    if (iterable instanceof UnmodifiableIterable || iterable instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Iterable<T> result = (Iterable<T>) iterable;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableIterable<>(iterable);
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *

   * @since 14.0
   */
  public static <K extends Enum<K>, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> immutableEnumMap(
      Map<K, ? extends V> map) {
    if (map instanceof ImmutableEnumMap) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
      ImmutableEnumMap<K, V> result = (ImmutableEnumMap<K, V>) map;
      return result;
    }
    Iterator<? extends Entry<K, ? extends V>> entryItr = map.entrySet().iterator();
    if (!entryItr.hasNext()) {