public ImmutableSet<Range<C>> asRanges() {
    if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableSet.of();
    }
    return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ranges, Range.<C>rangeLexOrdering());
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableSet<Range<C>> asDescendingSetOfRanges() {
    if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableSet.of();
    }
    return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ranges.reverse(), Range.<C>rangeLexOrdering().reverse());

    if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableMap.of();
    }
    RegularImmutableSortedSet<Range<K>> rangeSet =
        new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ranges, Range.<K>rangeLexOrdering());
    return new ImmutableSortedMap<>(rangeSet, values);
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<Range<K>, V> asDescendingMapOfRanges() {
    if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableMap.of();
    }

        @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
        @GwtIncompatible // serialization
        Object writeReplace() {
          return super.writeReplace();
        }
      }
      return new EntrySetImpl();
    }

    @Override
    ImmutableCollection<V> createValues() {
      return new ImmutableMapValues<>(this);
    }

    // redeclare to help optimizers with b/310253115

      return super.get();
    }

    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public final V get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
        throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
      return super.get(timeout, unit);
    }

    @Override
    public final boolean isDone() {
      return super.isDone();
    }

    @Override

    @Override
    public String apply(String from) {
      return (from.length() == 0) ? from : from.substring(1);
    }
  }

  private static class SomeIterable implements Iterable<Integer>, Serializable {
    @Override
    public Iterator<Integer> iterator() {
      return SOME_COLLECTION.iterator();
    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

    // yet started execution.
    synchronized (this) {
      if (!executed) {
        runnables = new RunnableExecutorPair(runnable, executor, runnables);
        return;
      }
    }
    // Execute the runnable immediately. Because of scheduling this may end up getting called before
    // some of the previously added runnables, but we're OK with that. If we want to change the

          uid = alreadySet;
        }
      }
      return uid;
    }

    @Override
    public int compare(@CheckForNull Object left, @CheckForNull Object right) {
      if (left == right) {
        return 0;
      } else if (left == null) {
        return -1;
      } else if (right == null) {
        return 1;
      }
      int leftCode = identityHashCode(left);

        return Sets.unmodifiableNavigableSet((NavigableSet<E>) collection);
      } else if (collection instanceof SortedSet) {
        return Collections.unmodifiableSortedSet((SortedSet<E>) collection);
      } else if (collection instanceof Set) {
        return Collections.unmodifiableSet((Set<E>) collection);
      } else if (collection instanceof List) {

   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} if it is not null; {@code ""} otherwise
   */
  static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return (string == null) ? "" : string;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string if it is not empty, or a null string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return

   * @throws NullPointerException if any element in the stream is {@code null}.
   * @return {@code Optional.of(onlyElement)} if the stream has exactly one element (must not be
   *     {@code null}) and returns {@code Optional.empty()} if it has none.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> toOptional() {
    return (Collector) TO_OPTIONAL;
  }