@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe since multimap is not writable
      ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> kvMultimap = (ImmutableListMultimap<K, V>) multimap;
      if (!kvMultimap.isPartialView()) {
        return kvMultimap;
      }
    }

    return fromMapEntries(multimap.asMap().entrySet(), null);
  }

  /**

   * used to determine whether {@code copyOf} implementations should make an explicit copy to avoid
   * memory leaks.
   */
  abstract boolean isPartialView();

  /**
   * Copies the contents of this immutable collection into the specified array at the specified
   * offset. Returns {@code offset + size()}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

   * used to determine whether {@code copyOf} implementations should make an explicit copy to avoid
   * memory leaks.
   */
  abstract boolean isPartialView();

  /**
   * Copies the contents of this immutable collection into the specified array at the specified
   * offset. Returns {@code offset + size()}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe since multimap is not writable
      ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> kvMultimap = (ImmutableListMultimap<K, V>) multimap;
      if (!kvMultimap.isPartialView()) {
        return kvMultimap;
      }
    }

    return fromMapEntries(multimap.asMap().entrySet(), null);
  }

  /**

      ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> multiset = (ImmutableSortedMultiset<E>) elements;
      if (comparator.equals(multiset.comparator())) {
        if (multiset.isPartialView()) {
          return copyOfSortedEntries(comparator, multiset.entrySet().asList());
        } else {
          return multiset;
        }
      }
    }

    if (elements instanceof ImmutableSet && !(elements instanceof SortedSet)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableSet<E> set = (ImmutableSet<E>) elements;
      if (!set.isPartialView()) {
        return set;
      }
    } else if (elements instanceof EnumSet) {
      return copyOfEnumSet((EnumSet<?>) elements);
    }

    if (elements.isEmpty()) {

    if (hasSameComparator && (elements instanceof ImmutableSortedSet)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      ImmutableSortedSet<E> original = (ImmutableSortedSet<E>) elements;
      if (!original.isPartialView()) {
        return original;
      }
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // elements only contains E's; it's safe.
    E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);

      checkPositionIndexes(fromIndex, toIndex, size()); // for GWT
      return charactersOf(string.substring(fromIndex, toIndex));
    }

    @Override
    boolean isPartialView() {
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Character get(int index) {
      checkElementIndex(index, size()); // for GWT
      return string.charAt(index);
    }

    @Override

            }

            @Override
            public List<E> get(int index) {
              return axes.get(index).asList();
            }

            @Override
            boolean isPartialView() {
              return true;
            }

            // redeclare to help optimizers with b/310253115
            @SuppressWarnings("RedundantOverride")
            @Override