*
   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableMultiset<E> result = (ImmutableMultiset<E>) elements;
      if (!result.isPartialView()) {
        return result;
      }
    }

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableMultiset<E> result = (ImmutableMultiset<E>) elements;
      if (!result.isPartialView()) {
        return result;
      }
    }
    ImmutableMultiset.Builder<E> builder =

    assertSame(c, ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(c));
  }

  public void testCopyOf_shortcut_immutableMultiset() {
    Collection<String> c = ImmutableMultiset.of("a", "b", "c");
    assertSame(c, ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(c));
  }

  public void testBuilderAdd() {
    ImmutableMultiset<String> multiset =
        new ImmutableMultiset.Builder<String>().add("a").add("b").add("a").add("c").build();

  }

  /** All the ways to create an ImmutableMultiset. */
  enum ConstructionPathway implements Construction<Multiset<Object>> {
    COPY_OF_COLLECTION {
      @Override
      public ImmutableMultiset<Object> create(List<?> keys) {
        return ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(keys);
      }
    },
    COPY_OF_ITERATOR {
      @Override
      public ImmutableMultiset<Object> create(List<?> keys) {

    assertSame(c, ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(c));
  }

  public void testCopyOf_shortcut_immutableMultiset() {
    Collection<String> c = ImmutableMultiset.of("a", "b", "c");
    assertSame(c, ImmutableMultiset.copyOf(c));
  }

  public void testBuilderAdd() {
    ImmutableMultiset<String> multiset =
        new ImmutableMultiset.Builder<String>().add("a").add("b").add("a").add("c").build();

    Multiset<String> unmod = Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(mod);
    assertNotSame(mod, unmod);
    assertSame(unmod, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(unmod));
    ImmutableMultiset<String> immutable = ImmutableMultiset.of("a", "a", "b", "a");
    assertSame(immutable, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(immutable));
    assertSame(immutable, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset((Multiset<String>) immutable));
  }

 * ImmutableMultiset}. The GWT supersource for this class contains a field of type {@code E}.
 *
 * <p>For details about this hack, see {@code GwtSerializationDependencies}, which takes the same
 * approach but with a subclass rather than a superclass.
 *
 * <p>TODO(cpovirk): Consider applying this subclass approach to our other types.
 *

      }
    };
  }

  private static <T> ImmutableMultiset<T> multiset(T value, int count) {
    return multiset(ImmutableMap.of(value, count));
  }

  private static <T> ImmutableMultiset<T> multiset(T value1, int count1, T value2, int count2) {
    return multiset(ImmutableMap.of(value1, count1, value2, count2));
  }

  private static <T> ImmutableMultiset<T> multiset(Map<T, Integer> counts) {

    Multiset<String> unmod = Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(mod);
    assertNotSame(mod, unmod);
    assertSame(unmod, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(unmod));
    ImmutableMultiset<String> immutable = ImmutableMultiset.of("a", "a", "b", "a");
    assertSame(immutable, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset(immutable));
    assertSame(immutable, Multisets.unmodifiableMultiset((Multiset<String>) immutable));
  }

/**
 * Implementation of {@link ImmutableMultiset} with zero or more elements.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true, serializable = true)
@SuppressWarnings("serial") // uses writeReplace(), not default serialization
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
class RegularImmutableMultiset<E> extends ImmutableMultiset<E> {
  static final RegularImmutableMultiset<Object> EMPTY =