@Empty
  static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> generateRange() {
    return Range.all();
  }

  @Generates
  static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> generateRange(C freshElement) {
    return Range.singleton(freshElement);
  }

  @Generates
  static <E> Iterable<E> generateIterable(@Nullable E freshElement) {
    return generateList(freshElement);
  }

  @Generates

    return CollectCollectors.flatteningToImmutableSetMultimap(keyFunction, valuesFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> of() {

    assertEvalsToFalse(nasty);

    Predicate<? super Integer> stillNasty = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(nasty);

    assertEvalsToFalse(stillNasty);
  }

  // enum singleton pattern
  private enum TrimStringFunction implements Function<String, String> {
    INSTANCE;

    @Override
    public String apply(String string) {
      return whitespace().trimFrom(string);
    }
  }

@GwtCompatible
public abstract class ImmutableMultimap<K, V> extends BaseImmutableMultimap<K, V>
    implements Serializable {

  /**
   * Returns an empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return ImmutableListMultimap.of();
  }

  /** Returns an immutable multimap containing a single entry. */

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> UnmodifiableListIterator<T> emptyListIterator() {
    return (UnmodifiableListIterator<T>) ArrayItr.EMPTY;
  }

  /**
   * This is an enum singleton rather than an anonymous class so ProGuard can figure out it's only
   * referenced by emptyModifiableIterator().
   */
  private enum EmptyModifiableIterator implements Iterator<Object> {
    INSTANCE;

    @Override

        (Multiset<E> multiset) -> copyOfSortedEntries(comparator, multiset.entrySet()));
  }

  /**
   * 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;
  }

  @Empty
  static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> generateRange() {
    return Range.all();
  }

  @Generates
  static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> generateRange(C freshElement) {
    return Range.singleton(freshElement);
  }

  @Generates
  static <E> Iterable<E> generateIterable(@Nullable E freshElement) {
    return generateList(freshElement);
  }

  @Generates

    return CollectCollectors.flatteningToImmutableSetMultimap(keyFunction, valuesFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> of() {

  /**
   * Returns an {@link OutputStream} that simply discards written bytes.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 11+ users:</b> use {@link OutputStream#nullOutputStream()} instead. Note that the
   * {@link ByteStreams} method returns a singleton stream whose {@code close} method has no effect,
   * while the {@link OutputStream} method returns a new instance whose {@code write} methods throw
   * if called on a closed stream.
   *

                CollectionFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_QUERIES)
            .createTestSuite());

    suite.addTestSuite(ImmutableSortedSetTest.class);

    return suite;
  }

  // enum singleton pattern
  private enum StringLengthComparator implements Comparator<String> {
    INSTANCE;

    @Override
    public int compare(String a, String b) {
      return a.length() - b.length();
    }
  }