* parameters. If it were statically checked, the checker would still be OK with it, since
       * we're copying into a `contents` array whose type allows it to contain nulls. Still, it's
       * worth noting that we promise not to put nulls into the array in the first `size` elements.
       * We uphold that promise here because our callers promise that `elements` will not contain

    if (elements instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      /*
       * TODO: When given an ImmutableList that's a sublist, copy the referenced
       * portion of the array into a new array to save space?
       */
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableCollection<E> list = (ImmutableCollection<E>) elements;
      return list.asList();
    }

@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class ImmutableList<E> extends ImmutableCollection<E>
    implements List<E>, RandomAccess {

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates the input elements into a new {@code
   * ImmutableList}, in encounter order.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})