if (hasSameComparator && (elements instanceof ImmutableSortedSet)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      ImmutableSortedSet<E> original = (ImmutableSortedSet<E>) elements;
      if (!original.isPartialView()) {
        return original;
      }
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // elements only contains E's; it's safe.
    E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);

      Multiset<? extends E> multiset) {
    if (multiset instanceof UnmodifiableMultiset || multiset instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Multiset<E> result = (Multiset<E>) multiset;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty sorted map.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  // unsafe, comparator() returns a comparator on the specified type
  // TODO(kevinb): evaluate whether or not of().comparator() should return null
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> of() {

      @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
      Entry<Object, V>[] entries = new Entry[size];
      for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        // requireNonNull is safe because the first `2*size` elements have been filled in.
        Object key = requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[2 * i]);
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        V value = (V) requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[2 * i + 1]);

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V>) EmptyImmutableSetMultimap.INSTANCE;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable multimap containing a single entry. */

      }
      try {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we catch CCE's
        C c = (C) o;
        return ImmutableRangeSet.this.contains(c);
      } catch (ClassCastException e) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    @Override
    int indexOf(@CheckForNull Object target) {
      if (contains(target)) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // if it's contained, it's definitely a C

  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable range map.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> ImmutableRangeMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableRangeMap<K, V>) EMPTY;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable range map mapping a single range to a single value. */

   * @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;
  }

  private static final Object NULL_PLACEHOLDER = new Object();

  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable table.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <R, C, V> ImmutableTable<R, C, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableTable<R, C, V>) SparseImmutableTable.EMPTY;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable table containing a single cell. */

   * unchecked cast at some later point:
   *
   * <pre>
   * {@code @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe because of ::isInstance check
   * ImmutableList<NewType> result =
   *     (ImmutableList) stream.filter(NewType.class::isInstance).collect(toImmutableList());}
   * </pre>
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @GwtIncompatible // Class.isInstance