return Collections.emptyList();
      }
      return new CharArrayAsList(array, start + fromIndex, start + toIndex);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object == this) {
        return true;
      }
      if (object instanceof CharArrayAsList) {
        CharArrayAsList that = (CharArrayAsList) object;
        int size = size();
        if (that.size() != size) {

        return Collections.emptyList();
      }
      return new CharArrayAsList(array, start + fromIndex, start + toIndex);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object == this) {
        return true;
      }
      if (object instanceof CharArrayAsList) {
        CharArrayAsList that = (CharArrayAsList) object;
        int size = size();
        if (that.size() != size) {