* Optional<Number>} (where {@code Number} is the desired output type) solves the problem:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Optional<Number> optionalInt = (Optional) getSomeOptionalInt();
   * Number value = optionalInt.or(0.5); // fine
   *
   * FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();
   * Optional<Number> first = (Optional) numbers.first();
   * Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
   * }</pre>

    return ImmutableList.copyOf(SORTED_NUMBER_NAMES.subList(i, j));
  }

  private static final ImmutableList<String> NUMBER_NAMES =
      ImmutableList.of("one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven");

  private static final ImmutableList<String> SORTED_NUMBER_NAMES =
      Ordering.<String>natural().immutableSortedCopy(NUMBER_NAMES);

    return create(ObjectCountHashMap.DEFAULT_SIZE);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new, empty {@code LinkedHashMultiset} with the specified expected number of distinct
   * elements.
   *
   * @param distinctElements the expected number of distinct elements
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code distinctElements} is negative
   */

   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder, expecting the specified number of distinct elements to be added.
   *
   * <p>If {@code expectedSize} is exactly the number of distinct elements added to the builder
   * before {@link Builder#build} is called, the builder is likely to perform better than an unsized
   * {@link #builder()} would have.

   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder, expecting the specified number of elements to be added.
   *
   * <p>If {@code expectedSize} is exactly the number of elements added to the builder before {@link
   * Builder#build} is called, the builder is likely to perform better than an unsized {@link
   * #builder()} would have.
   *

 * errors for using {@code get(Comparator.class)} as a {@code Comparator<Foo>}, for example.
 * Immutable empty instances are returned for collection types; {@code ""} for string; {@code 0} for
 * number types; reasonable default instance for other stateless types. For mutable types, a fresh
 * instance is created each time {@code get()} is called.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 12.0
 */

 * errors for using {@code get(Comparator.class)} as a {@code Comparator<Foo>}, for example.
 * Immutable empty instances are returned for collection types; {@code ""} for string; {@code 0} for
 * number types; reasonable default instance for other stateless types. For mutable types, a fresh
 * instance is created each time {@code get()} is called.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 12.0
 */

  public final ImmutableList<V> replaceValues(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * @serialData number of distinct keys, and then for each distinct key: the key, the number of
   *     values for that key, and the key's values
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // java.io.ObjectOutputStream
  @J2ktIncompatible

    public Builder<E> add(E... elements) {
      super.add(elements);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a number of occurrences of an element to this {@code ImmutableSortedMultiset}.
     *
     * @param element the element to add
     * @param occurrences the number of occurrences of the element to add. May be zero, in which
     *     case no change will be made.
     * @return this {@code Builder} object

    public Builder<E> add(E... elements) {
      super.add(elements);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a number of occurrences of an element to this {@code ImmutableMultiset}.
     *
     * @param element the element to add
     * @param occurrences the number of occurrences of the element to add. May be zero, in which
     *     case no change will be made.
     * @return this {@code Builder} object