@Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??
  public int compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right) {
    checkNotNull(left); // for GWT
    checkNotNull(right);
    return ((Comparable<Object>) left).compareTo(right);
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??

  }

  @Override
  public final Map<AnEnum, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<AnEnum, String>[] array = (Entry<AnEnum, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<AnEnum, String> e = (Entry<AnEnum, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public C first() {
    // requireNonNull is safe because we checked the range is not empty in ContiguousSet.create.
    return requireNonNull(range.lowerBound.leastValueAbove(domain));
  }

  @Override
  public C last() {
    // requireNonNull is safe because we checked the range is not empty in ContiguousSet.create.
    return requireNonNull(range.upperBound.greatestValueBelow(domain));

                    return singletonMap(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
                default:
                    return new MapN<>(map);
            }
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    static <K, V> Map<K, V> emptyMap() {
        return (Map<K, V>) EMPTY_MAP;
    }

    static <K, V> Map<K, V> singletonMap(K key, V value) {
        return new Map1<>(key, value);
    }

  }

  @Override
  public Map<String, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<String, String>[] array = (Entry<String, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<String, String> e = (Entry<String, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

      default:
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        List<E> castedList = (List<E>) list;
        return new RegularImmutableList<E>(castedList);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Views the array as an immutable list. The array must have only {@code E} elements.
   *
   * <p>The array must be internally created.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // caller is reponsible for getting this right

  }

  @Override
  public final BiMap<String, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<String, String>[] array = (Entry<String, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<String, String> e = (Entry<String, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  }

  @Override
  public final BiMap<String, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<String, String>[] array = (Entry<String, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<String, String> e = (Entry<String, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  }

  @Override
  public final ListMultimap<String, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<String, String>[] array = (Entry<String, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<String, String> e = (Entry<String, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  }

  @Override
  public final SetMultimap<String, String> create(Object... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<String, String>[] array = (Entry<String, String>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[entries.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object o : entries) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<String, String> e = (Entry<String, String>) o;
      array[i++] = e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }