}
    RegularImmutableSortedSet<Range<K>> rangeSet =
        new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ranges, Range.<K>rangeLexOrdering());
    return new ImmutableSortedMap<>(rangeSet, values);
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<Range<K>, V> asDescendingMapOfRanges() {
    if (ranges.isEmpty()) {
      return ImmutableMap.of();
    }
    RegularImmutableSortedSet<Range<K>> rangeSet =

 *       type.
 * </dl>
 *
 * <h2>Ranges</h2>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link Range}
 *   <li>{@link RangeMap}
 *   <li>{@link RangeSet}
 *   <li>{@link DiscreteDomain}
 *   <li>{@link ContiguousSet}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h2>Classes of static utility methods</h2>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link Collections2}
 *   <li>{@link Comparators}

 *       type.
 * </dl>
 *
 * <h2>Ranges</h2>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link Range}
 *   <li>{@link RangeMap}
 *   <li>{@link RangeSet}
 *   <li>{@link DiscreteDomain}
 *   <li>{@link ContiguousSet}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h2>Classes of static utility methods</h2>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link Collections2}
 *   <li>{@link Comparators}

/**
 * A mapping from disjoint nonempty ranges to non-null values. Queries look up the value associated
 * with the range (if any) that contains a specified key.
 *
 * <p>In contrast to {@link RangeSet}, no "coalescing" is done of {@linkplain
 * Range#isConnected(Range) connected} ranges, even if they are mapped to the same value.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 14.0
 */