return CollectCollectors.flatteningToImmutableSetMultimap(keyFunction, valuesFunction);
  }

  /**
   * 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() {

    multiset.add(checkNotNull(elementFunction.apply(t)), countFunction.applyAsInt(t));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable sorted multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSortedMultiset) RegularImmutableSortedMultiset.NATURAL_EMPTY_MULTISET;
  }

      return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ImmutableList.of(), comparator);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable sorted set.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The natural-ordered empty set supports all types.
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSortedSet<E>) RegularImmutableSortedSet.NATURAL_EMPTY_SET;

   * Collections#emptyMap}, and is preferable mainly for consistency and maintainability of your
   * code.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableMap<K, V>) RegularImmutableMap.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

          ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(comparator), ImmutableList.<V>of());
    }
  }

  /**
   * 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