}
  }

  /*
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull is *intended* for performing eager null checks on parameters that a
   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *

    return headSetImpl(checkNotNull(toElement), false);
  }

  /** @since 12.0 */
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  @Override
  public ContiguousSet<C> headSet(C toElement, boolean inclusive) {
    return headSetImpl(checkNotNull(toElement), inclusive);
  }

  @Override
  public ContiguousSet<C> subSet(C fromElement, C toElement) {
    checkNotNull(fromElement);
    checkNotNull(toElement);

      // TODO: Remove "ImmutableSet.<E>" when eclipse bug is fixed.
      return ImmutableSet.<E>of(first);
    }

    Set<E> delegate = Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
    delegate.add(checkNotNull(first));
    do {
      delegate.add(checkNotNull(elements.next()));
    } while (elements.hasNext());

    return unsafeDelegate(delegate);
  }

  // Factory methods that skips the null checks on elements, only used when

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, E... elements) {
    checkNotNull(elements);
    switch (elements.length) {
      case 0:
        return emptySet(comparator);
      default:
        SortedSet<E> delegate = new TreeSet<E>(comparator);
        for (E element : elements) {
          checkNotNull(element);
          delegate.add(element);
        }

      this(name, chars, decodabetFor(chars), /* ignoreCase= */ false);
    }

    private Alphabet(String name, char[] chars, byte[] decodabet, boolean ignoreCase) {
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.chars = checkNotNull(chars);
      try {
        this.bitsPerChar = log2(chars.length, UNNECESSARY);
      } catch (ArithmeticException e) {

          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction,
          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return Collectors.collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, LinkedHashMap::new),
        ImmutableMap::copyOf);
  }

      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *
   * @deprecated no need to use this
   * @since 10.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  public static <E> Multiset<E> unmodifiableMultiset(ImmutableMultiset<E> multiset) {
    return checkNotNull(multiset);
  }

  SingletonImmutableBiMap(K key, V value) {
    super(Collections.singletonMap(checkNotNull(key), checkNotNull(value)));
    this.singleKey = key;
    this.singleValue = value;
  }

  private SingletonImmutableBiMap(K key, V value, SingletonImmutableBiMap<V, K> inverse) {
    super(Collections.singletonMap(checkNotNull(key), checkNotNull(value)));
    this.singleKey = key;
    this.singleValue = value;
    this.inverse = inverse;

    this.value = value;
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("CatchingUnchecked") // sneaky checked exception
  public void addListener(Runnable listener, Executor executor) {
    checkNotNull(listener, "Runnable was null.");
    checkNotNull(executor, "Executor was null.");
    try {
      executor.execute(listener);
    } catch (Exception e) { // sneaky checked exception

      Iterator<? extends T> a,
      Iterator<? extends T> b,
      Iterator<? extends T> c,
      Iterator<? extends T> d) {
    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);
    checkNotNull(c);
    checkNotNull(d);
    return concat(consumingForArray(a, b, c, d));
  }

  /**
   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the