* false} for {@code boolean} and {@code '\0'} for {@code char}. For non-primitive types and
   * {@code void}, {@code null} is returned.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> @Nullable T defaultValue(Class<T> type) {
    checkNotNull(type);
    if (type.isPrimitive()) {
      if (type == boolean.class) {
        return (T) Boolean.FALSE;

  private final ImmutableList<Entry<E>> entries;
  private final long size;

  static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> create(Collection<? extends Entry<? extends E>> entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<E>[] entriesArray = entries.toArray((Entry<E>[]) new Entry<?>[0]);
    Map<E, Integer> delegateMap = Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(entriesArray.length);
    long size = 0;

  @Param({"Array", "Priority"})
  String queueType;

  @Param boolean useMonitor;

  private BlockingQueue<String> queue;
  private String[] strings;

  @BeforeExperiment
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  void setUp() throws Exception {
    String prefix =
        useMonitor ? "com.google.common.util.concurrent.MonitorBased" : "java.util.concurrent.";
    String className = prefix + queueType + "BlockingQueue";

              @Override
              public SortedMultiset<E> create(Object... entries) {
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // we dangerously assume E is a string
                List<E> extremeValues = (List<E>) getExtremeValues();
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // map generators must past entry objects
                List<E> normalValues = (List<E>) asList(entries);

        s.writeInt(size);
        for (Entry e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
            s.writeObject(e.element);
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public void readExternal(final ObjectInput s) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        final int size = s.readInt();
        header = new Entry(null, null, null);

    EntryComparator(@Nullable Comparator<? super K> keyComparator) {
      this.keyComparator = keyComparator;
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // no less safe than putting it in the map!
    public int compare(Entry<K, V> a, Entry<K, V> b) {
      return (keyComparator == null)
          ? ((Comparable) a.getKey()).compareTo(b.getKey())

  }

  /**
   * Returns an empty immutable table.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <R, C, V> ImmutableTable<R, C, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableTable<R, C, V>) SparseImmutableTable.EMPTY;
  }

  /** Returns an immutable table containing a single cell. */

    checkNotNull(executor, "Executor was null.");
    try {
      executor.execute(listener);
    } catch (Exception e) { // sneaky checked exception
      // ListenableFuture's contract is that it will not throw unchecked exceptions, so log the bad
      // runnable and/or executor and swallow it.
      log.get()
          .log(
              Level.SEVERE,
              "RuntimeException while executing runnable "

   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using a lambda like {@code v -> v}, which is shorter and often
   * more readable.
   */
  // implementation is "fully variant"; E has become a "pass-through" type
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Function<E, E> identity() {
    return (Function<E, E>) IdentityFunction.INSTANCE;
  }

  // enum singleton pattern

      }
      try {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we catch CCE's
        C c = (C) o;
        return ImmutableRangeSet.this.contains(c);
      } catch (ClassCastException e) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    @Override
    int indexOf(@Nullable Object target) {
      if (contains(target)) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // if it's contained, it's definitely a C