* ObjectArrays, which is the main caller of this method.)
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {
    T[] empty = reference.length == 0 ? reference : Arrays.copyOf(reference, 0);
    return Arrays.copyOf(empty, length);
  }

  /** Equivalent to Arrays.copyOfRange(source, from, to, arrayOfType.getClass()). */
  /*

  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> ofEntries(Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>... entries) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we will only ever read these
    Entry<K, V>[] entries2 = (Entry<K, V>[]) entries;
    return copyOf(Arrays.asList(entries2));
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link
   * Builder} constructor.
   */

                    return 0;
                }
            };
        }
    };

    static <E1, E2 extends E1> List<E1> copy(Collection<E2> collection) {
        return collection == null ? List.of() : List.copyOf(collection);
    }

    static <K, V> Map<K, V> copy(Map<K, V> map) {
        if (map == null) {
            return emptyMap();
        } else if (map instanceof AbstractImmutableMap) {
            return map;

   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMap<K, V> copyOf(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    if ((map instanceof ImmutableMap) && !(map instanceof SortedMap)) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe since map is not writable
      ImmutableMap<K, V> kvMap = (ImmutableMap<K, V>) map;
      if (!kvMap.isPartialView()) {
        return kvMap;
      }
    }
    return copyOf(map.entrySet());
  }

  /**

     * @return edit body containing the entity data
     */
    protected EditBody createEditBody(final RelatedContent entity) {
        final EditBody body = new EditBody();
        copyBeanToBean(entity, body, copyOp -> {
            copyOp.excludeNull();
        });
        return body;
    }

    input = Arrays.copyOf(input, input.length);
    SignedBytes.sortDescending(input);
    assertThat(input).isEqualTo(expectedOutput);
  }

  private static void testSortDescending(
      byte[] input, int fromIndex, int toIndex, byte[] expectedOutput) {
    input = Arrays.copyOf(input, input.length);
    SignedBytes.sortDescending(input, fromIndex, toIndex);

  private static final QuantilesAlgorithm REFERENCE_ALGORITHM = QuantilesAlgorithm.SORTING;
  private static final ImmutableSet<QuantilesAlgorithm> NON_REFERENCE_ALGORITHMS =
      Sets.difference(
              ImmutableSet.copyOf(QuantilesAlgorithm.values()),
              ImmutableSet.of(REFERENCE_ALGORITHM))
          .immutableCopy();

  private double[] dataset;

  @Override
  protected void setUp() {

    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return collectingAndThen(
        toMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, LinkedHashMap::new), ImmutableMap::copyOf);
  }

  static <T extends @Nullable Object, K, V>
      Collector<T, ?, ImmutableSortedMap<K, V>> toImmutableSortedMap(
          Comparator<? super K> comparator,

    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return collectingAndThen(
        toMap(keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, LinkedHashMap::new), ImmutableMap::copyOf);
  }

  static <T extends @Nullable Object, K, V>
      Collector<T, ?, ImmutableSortedMap<K, V>> toImmutableSortedMap(
          Comparator<? super K> comparator,

          SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(asMap);
          SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(descendingMap);
          assertEquals(
              ImmutableList.copyOf(asMap.entrySet()).reverse(),
              ImmutableList.copyOf(descendingMap.entrySet()));

          for (Range<Integer> query : RANGES) {
            assertEquals(expectedAsMap.get(query), asMap.get(query));
          }
        }
      }