*/
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3) {
    return construct(e1, e2, e3);
  }

  /**

   * one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(Ordering.natural(), 2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.

    return construct(2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable set containing the given elements, minus duplicates, in the order each was
   * first specified. That is, if multiple elements are {@linkplain Object#equals equal}, all except
   * the first are ignored.
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3) {
    return construct(3, e1, e2, e3);
  }

  /**

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E element) {
    return construct(element);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(e1, e2);
  }

  /**

   * one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(Ordering.natural(), 2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.

     * lying about the fields below on the grounds that we always initialize them just after the
     * constructor -- an example of the kind of lying that our hypothetical bytecode rewriter would
     * already have to deal with, thanks to DI frameworks that perform field and method injection,
     * frameworks like Android that define post-construct hooks like Activity.onCreate, etc.
     */

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableSortedMap(
        comparator, keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): Confirm that ImmutableSortedMap is faster to construct and
   * uses less memory than TreeMap; then say so in the class Javadoc.
   */
  private static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

    Constructor<ArrayList> constructor = ArrayList.class.getConstructor();
    assertEquals(
        TypeToken.of(ArrayList.class),
        TypeToken.of(ArrayList.class).constructor(constructor).getOwnerType());
    assertEquals(
        new TypeToken<ArrayList<String>>() {},
        new TypeToken<ArrayList<String>>() {}.constructor(constructor).getOwnerType());
  }

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *