* element.</b> Proper calls will resolve to the version in {@code ImmutableSortedSet}, not this
   * dummy version.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass the parameters of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link
   *     ImmutableSortedSet#of(Comparable, Comparable, Comparable, Comparable, Comparable,
   *     Comparable, Comparable...)}. </b>
   */

   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass keys of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link
   *     ImmutableSortedMap#of(Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object,
   *     Comparable, Object, Comparable, Object)}.</b>
   */
  @DoNotCall("Pass keys of type Comparable")
  @Deprecated
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> of(

 * @since 14.0
 */
@GwtIncompatible // NavigableMap
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public class ImmutableRangeMap<K extends Comparable<?>, V> implements RangeMap<K, V>, Serializable {

  private static final ImmutableRangeMap<Comparable<?>, Object> EMPTY =
      new ImmutableRangeMap<>(ImmutableList.<Range<Comparable<?>>>of(), ImmutableList.of());

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates the input elements into a new {@code

public final class ImmutableRangeSet<C extends Comparable> extends AbstractRangeSet<C>
    implements Serializable {

  private static final ImmutableRangeSet<Comparable<?>> EMPTY =
      new ImmutableRangeSet<>(ImmutableList.<Range<Comparable<?>>>of());

  private static final ImmutableRangeSet<Comparable<?>> ALL =
      new ImmutableRangeSet<>(ImmutableList.of(Range.<Comparable<?>>all()));

  /**

   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.
   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i>.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T min(T a, T b) {
    return (a.compareTo(b) <= 0) ? a : b;
  }

  /**

   * a {@link NullPointerException} when passed a null parameter.
   *
   * <p>The type specification is {@code <C extends Comparable>}, instead of the technically correct
   * {@code <C extends Comparable<? super C>>}, to support legacy types from before Java 5.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@link Comparator#naturalOrder} instead.
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)

            @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
            Comparator<? super E> naturalOrder =
                (Comparator<? super E>) Comparator.<Comparable>naturalOrder();
            comparator = naturalOrder;
          }
          assertTrue(Ordering.from(comparator).isOrdered(resultsForStrategy));
        }
        if ((characteristics & Spliterator.SIZED) != 0) {

   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass the parameters of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link
   *     ImmutableSortedMultiset#of(Comparable, Comparable, Comparable, Comparable, Comparable,
   *     Comparable, Comparable...)} . </b>
   */
  @DoNotCall("Elements must be Comparable. (Or, pass a Comparator to orderedBy or copyOf.)")
  @Deprecated
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> of(

   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element in the input is null
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableList<E> sortedCopyOf(
      Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    Comparable<?>[] array = Iterables.toArray(elements, new Comparable<?>[0]);
    checkElementsNotNull((Object[]) array);
    Arrays.sort(array);
    return asImmutableList(array);
  }

  /**

   * href="http://goo.gl/iz2Wi">"diamond" syntax</a>.
   *
   * @return a new, empty {@code TreeSet}
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <E extends Comparable> TreeSet<E> newTreeSet() {
    return new TreeSet<>();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i> {@code TreeSet} instance containing the given elements sorted by their
   * natural ordering.
   *