* Reader#skip(long) skip} to the end of the stream, and return the total number of chars that
   * were skipped.
   *
   * <p>Note that for sources that implement {@link #lengthIfKnown} to provide a more efficient
   * implementation, it is <i>possible</i> that this method will return a different number of chars
   * than would be returned by reading all of the chars.
   *

    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));
      return charactersOf(String.copyValueOf(chars));
    }
  }

  public static class CharactersOfCharSequenceGenerator extends TestCharacterListGenerator {
    @Override
    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));

    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));
      return charactersOf(String.copyValueOf(chars));
    }
  }

  public static class CharactersOfCharSequenceGenerator extends TestCharacterListGenerator {
    @Override
    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));

    public static final String MIN_ELEMENT = "a";
    public static final String AFTER_LAST = "z";
    public static final String AFTER_LAST_2 = "zz";
  }

  public static class Chars extends SampleElements<Character> {
    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {

    public static final String MIN_ELEMENT = "a";
    public static final String AFTER_LAST = "z";
    public static final String AFTER_LAST_2 = "zz";
  }

  public static class Chars extends SampleElements<Character> {
    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {

  }

  public void testFlatteningToImmutableListMultimap() {
    Collector<String, ?, ImmutableListMultimap<Character, Character>> collector =
        flatteningToImmutableListMultimap(
            str -> str.charAt(0), str -> Chars.asList(str.substring(1).toCharArray()).stream());
    BiPredicate<Multimap<?, ?>, Multimap<?, ?>> equivalence =
        Equivalence.equals()

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      new Function<@Nullable String, @Nullable Character>() {
        @Override
        public @Nullable Character apply(@Nullable String input) {
          return input == null ? null : input.charAt(0);
        }
      };

  @Override
  protected Table<String, Integer, Character> create(@Nullable Object... data) {
    Table<String, Integer, String> table = HashBasedTable.create();

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("abc");
    List<Character> chars = 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() {

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("abc");
    List<Character> chars = 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() {