ImmutableList() {}

  public static <E> Collector<E, ?, ImmutableList<E>> toImmutableList() {
    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableList();
  }

  // Casting to any type is safe because the list will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableList<E>) RegularImmutableList.EMPTY;
  }

  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E element) {

      Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    return new HashMap<>(map);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@code HashMap} instance, with a high enough "initial capacity" that it <i>should</i>
   * hold {@code expectedSize} elements without growth. This behavior cannot be broadly guaranteed,
   * but it is observed to be true for OpenJDK 1.7. It also can't be guaranteed that the method

      return copyOf((Collection<Long>) values);
    }
    return builder().addAll(values).build();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new, empty builder for {@link ImmutableLongArray} instances, sized to hold up to
   * {@code initialCapacity} values without resizing. The returned builder is not thread-safe.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> When feasible, {@code initialCapacity} should be the exact number

  }

  /**
   * 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> ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableListMultimap<K, V>) EmptyImmutableListMultimap.INSTANCE;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array size suitable for the backing array of a hash table that uses open addressing
   * with linear probing in its implementation. The returned size is the smallest power of two that
   * can hold setSize elements with the desired load factor. Always returns at least setSize + 2.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting
  static int chooseTableSize(int setSize) {
    setSize = Math.max(setSize, 2);

   * 'a'/'A' returns 0 and 'z'/'Z' returns 25. Non-alpha characters return a value of 26 or greater.
   */
  private static int getAlphaIndex(char c) {
    // Fold upper-case ASCII to lower-case and make zero-indexed and unsigned (by casting to char).
    return (char) ((c | CASE_MASK) - 'a');
  }

   * weak, or phantom references.
   *
   * @param backingMap place to store the mapping from each row key to its corresponding column key
   *     / value map
   * @param factory supplier of new, empty maps that will each hold all column key / value mappings
   *     for a given row key
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code backingMap} is not empty
   * @since 10.0
   */
  public static <R, C, V> Table<R, C, V> newCustomTable(

 * it requires that the complete universe of rows and columns be specified at construction time.
 * Second, it is always backed by an array large enough to hold a value for every possible
 * combination of row and column keys. (This is rarely optimal unless the table is extremely dense.)
 * Finally, every possible combination of row and column keys is always considered to have a value

   * code.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting to any type is safe because the list will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableList<E>) EMPTY;
  }

  /**

      ArrayListMultimap<K, V> create() {
    return new ArrayListMultimap<>();
  }

  /**
   * Constructs an empty {@code ArrayListMultimap} with enough capacity to hold the specified
   * numbers of keys and values without resizing.
   *
   * <p>This method will soon be deprecated in favor of {@code
   * MultimapBuilder.hashKeys(expectedKeys).arrayListValues(expectedValuesPerKey).build()}.