* consistency, and because the return type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableBiMap<K, V>) RegularImmutableBiMap.EMPTY;
  }

  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of(K k1, V v1) {
    checkEntryNotNull(k1, v1);

   * 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;
  }

  /**

 * This implementation passes the navigable map test suites.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public final class SafeTreeMap<K, V> implements Serializable, NavigableMap<K, V> {
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
      (o1, o2) -> ((Comparable<Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);

  private final NavigableMap<K, V> delegate;

  public SafeTreeMap() {

   * false} for {@code boolean} and {@code '\0'} for {@code char}. For non-primitive types and
   * {@code void}, {@code null} is returned.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({
    "unchecked",
    "BooleanLiteral" // `(T) false` would produce an error
  })
  public static <T> @Nullable T defaultValue(Class<T> type) {
    checkNotNull(type);
    if (type.isPrimitive()) {
      if (type == boolean.class) {

    }
    return hash;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
    if (obj instanceof PairwiseEquivalence) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      PairwiseEquivalence<Object, Object> that = (PairwiseEquivalence<Object, Object>) obj;
      return this.elementEquivalence.equals(that.elementEquivalence);
    }

    return false;
  }

  @Override

    /* nothing */
  }

  /**
   * This Iterator claims to have more elements than the underlying iterable, but when you try to
   * fetch the extra elements, it throws an unchecked exception.
   */
  static class ThrowsAtEndIterator<E> implements Iterator<E> {
    Iterator<E> iterator;

    public ThrowsAtEndIterator(Iterable<E> iterable) {
      this.iterator = iterable.iterator();

   *
   * (The above explains when these methods are safe from a `nullness` perspective. From an
   * `unchecked` perspective, they're safe because we put only K/V elements into each array.)
   */

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private K key(int i) {
    return (K) requireKeys()[i];
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private V value(int i) {
    return (V) requireValues()[i];
  }

              @Override
              public SortedMultiset<E> create(Object... entries) {
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // we dangerously assume E is a string
                List<E> extremeValues = (List<E>) getExtremeValues();
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // map generators must past entry objects
                List<E> normalValues = (List<E>) asList(entries);

        // Clear the protocol handlers cache
        Field handlersField = Handler.class.getDeclaredField("PROTOCOL_HANDLERS");
        handlersField.setAccessible(true);
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map<String, URLStreamHandler> handlers = (Map<String, URLStreamHandler>) handlersField.get(null);
        handlers.clear();
    }

    /**