@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // empty Object[] as E[]
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> MinimalSet<E> of(E... contents) {
    return ofClassAndContents(Object.class, (E[]) new Object[0], asList(contents));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // empty Object[] as E[]

           * requireNonNull is safe because the first `2*(size+keyOffset)` elements have been filled
           * in.
           */
          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
          K key = (K) requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[2 * index + keyOffset]);
          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
          V value = (V) requireNonNull(alternatingKeysAndValues[2 * index + (keyOffset ^ 1)]);

/** Implementation of an {@link Optional} not containing a reference. */
@GwtCompatible
final class Absent<T> extends Optional<T> {
  static final Absent<Object> INSTANCE = new Absent<>();

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // implementation is "fully variant"
  static <T> Optional<T> withType() {
    return (Optional<T>) INSTANCE;
  }

  private Absent() {}

  @Override
  public boolean isPresent() {
    return false;
  }

            final Object readingObj = source.get(FieldNames.READING_PREFIX + i);
            if (!(readingObj instanceof List)) {
                break;
            }
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            final List<String> list = (List<String>) readingObj;
            readings.add(list.toArray(new String[list.size()]));
        }

        // Test ArrayList
        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
        list.add("item1");
        list.add("item2");
        binary = SerializeUtil.fromObjectToBinary(list);
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        final List<String> resultList = (List<String>) SerializeUtil.fromBinaryToObject(binary);
        assertEquals(list.size(), resultList.size());
        assertEquals(list.get(0), resultList.get(0));

         * the AbstractIteratorTester<E> part, so it's an unchecked cast. We know, however, that the
         * only possible value for the type parameter is <E>, since otherwise the
         * MultiExceptionListIterator wouldn't be an Iterator<E>. The cast is safe, even though
         * javac can't tell.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        MultiExceptionListIterator multiExceptionListIterator =

  // but types are typically only Comparable to themselves).
  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
  private static MultimapBuilderWithKeys<Comparable<?>> rawtypeToWildcard(
      MultimapBuilderWithKeys<Comparable> treeKeys) {
    return (MultimapBuilderWithKeys) treeKeys;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
  private static <K extends @Nullable Object>

    private final CountDownLatch returned = new CountDownLatch(1);
    private Object proxy;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // proxy for a generic class
    <V> Callable<V> waitFor(Callable<V> callable) {
      return waitFor(callable, Callable.class);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // proxy for a generic class
    <V> ClosingCallable<V> waitFor(ClosingCallable<V> closingCallable) {

  /**
   * Returns an empty {@code ImmutableClassToInstanceMap}.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <B> ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B> of() {
    return (ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B>) EMPTY;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@code ImmutableClassToInstanceMap} containing a single entry.
   *

 * around a {@link java.util.TreeMap}.
 *
 * @author Hayward Chan
 */
public final class ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> extends ForwardingImmutableMap<K, V>
    implements SortedMap<K, V> {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

  private final transient SortedMap<K, V> sortedDelegate;

  // The comparator used by this map.  It's the same as that of sortedDelegate,