* <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable set containing the given element. Preferred over {@link

      implements Supplier<T> {
    private final Object lock = new Object();

    @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLambda") // Must be a fixed singleton object
    private static final Supplier<@Nullable Void> SUCCESSFULLY_COMPUTED =
        () -> {
          throw new IllegalStateException(); // Should never get called.
        };

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.model.building;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
import javax.inject.Singleton;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.project;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
import javax.inject.Singleton;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Path;

        rowFunction, columnFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /**
   * 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;
  }

   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.orElse(null)}.
   */
  public abstract @Nullable T orNull();

  /**
   * Returns an immutable singleton {@link Set} whose only element is the contained instance if it
   * is present; an empty immutable {@link Set} otherwise.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method has no equivalent in Java 8's

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableMultiset(elementFunction, countFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableMultiset<E>) RegularImmutableMultiset.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.model.validation;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
import javax.inject.Singleton;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty bimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<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);
    }
  }