}
    // same value. below comes before above
    return Boolean.compare(this instanceof AboveValue, that instanceof AboveValue);
  }

  C endpoint() {
    return endpoint;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // catching CCE
  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
    if (obj instanceof Cut) {
      // It might not really be a Cut<C>, but we'll catch a CCE if it's not
      Cut<C> that = (Cut<C>) obj;

  when {
    this.isNullOrEmpty() -> emptyList()
    this.size == 1 -> Collections.singletonList(this[0])
    else -> this.clone().asList().unmodifiable()
  }

/** Closes this, ignoring any checked exceptions. */
internal fun Socket.closeQuietly() {
  try {
    close()
  } catch (e: AssertionError) {
    throw e
  } catch (rethrown: RuntimeException) {
    if (rethrown.message == "bio == null") {

    public @Nullable Collection<V> get(@Nullable Object key) {
      Collection<V> result = unfiltered.asMap().get(key);
      if (result == null) {
        return null;
      }
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // key is equal to a K, if not a K itself
      K k = (K) key;
      result = filterCollection(result, new ValuePredicate(k));
      return result.isEmpty() ? null : result;
    }

    @Override

    public StandardKeySet() {
      super(ForwardingSortedMap.this);
    }
  }

  // unsafe, but worst case is a CCE or NPE is thrown, which callers will be expecting
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
  static int unsafeCompare(
      @Nullable Comparator<?> comparator, @Nullable Object o1, @Nullable Object o2) {
    if (comparator == null) {
      return ((Comparable<@Nullable Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);

   * @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();

    }
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // C can only be @Nullable Character or Character
  protected @NonNull C cellValue(Character character) {
    return (C) character;
  }

  // Only safe wrt. ClassCastException. Not null-safe (can be used to test expected Table NPEs)
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  protected C nullableCellValue(@Nullable Character character) {

   * @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();

   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  @Override
  protected boolean standardContains(@Nullable Object object) {
    try {
      // any ClassCastExceptions and NullPointerExceptions are caught
      @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
      SortedSet<@Nullable Object> self = (SortedSet<@Nullable Object>) this;
      Object ceiling = self.tailSet(object).first();
      return unsafeCompare(comparator(), ceiling, object) == 0;

    }
    // same value. below comes before above
    return Boolean.compare(this instanceof AboveValue, that instanceof AboveValue);
  }

  C endpoint() {
    return endpoint;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // catching CCE
  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {
    if (obj instanceof Cut) {
      // It might not really be a Cut<C>, but we'll catch a CCE if it's not
      Cut<C> that = (Cut<C>) obj;

  }

  /**
   * 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;
  }