protected Set<String> create(String[] elements) {
                    int size = elements.length;
                    // Remove last element, if size > 1
                    Set<String> set1 =
                        (size > 1)
                            ? Sets.newHashSet(Arrays.asList(elements).subList(0, size - 1))
                            : Sets.newHashSet(elements);
                    // Remove first element, if size > 0

  private static final class PickyIterable<E> implements Iterable<E> {
    final List<E> elements;
    int modCount = 0;

    PickyIterable(E... elements) {
      this.elements = new ArrayList<E>(asList(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
      return new PickyIterator();
    }

   * is fine with that.
   */

  /**
   * Ensures that {@code index} specifies a valid <i>element</i> in an array, list or string of size
   * {@code size}. An element index may range from zero, inclusive, to {@code size}, exclusive.
   *
   * @param index a user-supplied index identifying an element of an array, list or string
   * @param size the size of that array, list or string

    implements NavigableMap<K, V> {
  /**
   * Returns a {@link Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableSortedMap} whose
   * keys and values are the result of applying the provided mapping functions to the input
   * elements. The generated map is sorted by the specified comparator.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to the specified comparator), an {@code

    @Override
    public int setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int count) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, count);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean setCount(@ParametricNullness E element, int oldCount, int newCount) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().setCount(element, oldCount, newCount);
      }
    }

    @Override

    implements NavigableMap<K, V> {
  /**
   * Returns a {@link Collector} that accumulates elements into an {@code ImmutableSortedMap} whose
   * keys and values are the result of applying the provided mapping functions to the input
   * elements. The generated map is sorted by the specified comparator.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped keys contain duplicates (according to the specified comparator), an {@code

      throws Exception {
    // Only start measuring table size after the first element inserted, to
    // deal with empty-map optimization.
    map1.put(0, null);

    int initialBuckets = bucketsOf(map1);

    for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
      map1.put(i, null);
    }
    assertWithMessage("table size after adding " + size + " elements")
        .that(bucketsOf(map1))
        .isEqualTo(initialBuckets);

      throws Exception {
    // Only start measuring table size after the first element inserted, to
    // deal with empty-map optimization.
    map1.put(0, null);

    int initialBuckets = bucketsOf(map1);

    for (int i = 1; i < size; i++) {
      map1.put(i, null);
    }
    assertWithMessage("table size after adding " + size + " elements")
        .that(bucketsOf(map1))
        .isEqualTo(initialBuckets);

   *
   * <p>Unlike {@code HashSet}, this class does NOT allow {@code null} to be used as an element. The
   * set is serializable.
   *
   * @param elements the elements that the set should contain
   * @return a new thread-safe set containing those elements (minus duplicates)
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} or any of its contents is null
   * @since 15.0
   */

  private static final class PickyIterable<E> implements Iterable<E> {
    final List<E> elements;
    int modCount = 0;

    PickyIterable(E... elements) {
      this.elements = new ArrayList<E>(asList(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
      return new PickyIterator();
    }