* @param backingArray the array to back the list
   * @return a list view of the array
   */
  public static List<Character> asList(char... backingArray) {
    if (backingArray.length == 0) {
      return Collections.emptyList();
    }
    return new CharArrayAsList(backingArray);
  }

  private static final class CharArrayAsList extends AbstractList<Character>
      implements RandomAccess, Serializable {
    final char[] array;

   * @param backingArray the array to back the list
   * @return a list view of the array
   */
  public static List<Short> asList(short... backingArray) {
    if (backingArray.length == 0) {
      return Collections.emptyList();
    }
    return new ShortArrayAsList(backingArray);
  }

  private static final class ShortArrayAsList extends AbstractList<Short>
      implements RandomAccess, Serializable {
    final short[] array;

  }

  // `primitives` can't depend on `collect`, so this is what the prod code has to return.
  @SuppressWarnings("EmptyList")
  public void testAsListEmpty() {
    assertThat(Ints.asList(EMPTY)).isSameInstanceAs(Collections.emptyList());
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // NullPointerTester
  public void testNulls() {

   * @param backingArray the array to back the list
   * @return a list view of the array
   */
  public static List<Short> asList(short... backingArray) {
    if (backingArray.length == 0) {
      return Collections.emptyList();
    }
    return new ShortArrayAsList(backingArray);
  }

  private static final class ShortArrayAsList extends AbstractList<Short>
      implements RandomAccess, Serializable {
    final short[] array;

        List<MavenProject> modules = requestPomProject.getCollectedProjects() != null
                ? requestPomProject.getCollectedProjects()
                : Collections.emptyList();

        List<MavenProject> result = new ArrayList<>(modules);
        result.add(requestPomProject);
        return result;
    }

    private String formatProjects(List<MavenProject> projects) {

        String excludes = ConfigUtils.getString(session, null, Constants.MAVEN_PLUGIN_VALIDATION_EXCLUDES);
        if (excludes == null || excludes.isEmpty()) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }
        return Arrays.stream(excludes.split(","))
                .map(String::trim)
                .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty())
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

        }

        @Override
        public List<AnalyzeToken> analyze(String text, String field, String lang) {
            if (text == null || text.trim().isEmpty()) {
                return Collections.emptyList();
            }

            List<AnalyzeToken> tokens = new ArrayList<>();
            String[] words = text.trim().split("[\\s@#$.,!?;:()\\[\\]{}\"']+");

            int position = 0;

   * @since 14.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("EmptyList") // ImmutableList doesn't support nullable element types
  public <E extends T> List<E> leastOf(Iterator<E> iterator, int k) {
    checkNotNull(iterator);
    checkNonnegative(k, "k");

    if (k == 0 || !iterator.hasNext()) {
      return emptyList();
    } else if (k >= Integer.MAX_VALUE / 2) {

        if (stopwordsItemList == null) {
            reload(null);
        }

        if (offset >= stopwordsItemList.size() || offset < 0) {
            return new PagingList<>(Collections.<StopwordsItem> emptyList(), offset, size, stopwordsItemList.size());
        }

        int toIndex = offset + size;
        if (toIndex > stopwordsItemList.size()) {
            toIndex = stopwordsItemList.size();
        }

  }

  // `primitives` can't depend on `collect`, so this is what the prod code has to return.
  @SuppressWarnings("EmptyList")
  public void testAsListEmpty() {
    assertThat(Shorts.asList(EMPTY)).isSameInstanceAs(Collections.emptyList());
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // NullPointerTester
  public void testNulls() {