FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();

    // Sadly, the following is what users will have to do in some circumstances.

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
    Optional<Number> first = (Optional<Number>) numbers.first();
    Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // NullPointerTester

internal fun <T> List<T>.toImmutableList(): List<T> =
  when {
    this.isEmpty() -> emptyList()

    this.size == 1 -> Collections.singletonList(this[0])

    // Collection.toArray returns Object[] (covariant).
    // It is faster than creating real T[] via reflection (Arrays.copyOf).
    else -> (this as java.util.Collection<*>).toArray().asList().unmodifiable() as List<T>
  }

    UnmodifiableTable(Table<? extends R, ? extends C, ? extends V> delegate) {
      this.delegate = checkNotNull(delegate);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe, covariant cast
    @Override
    protected Table<R, C, V> delegate() {
      return (Table<R, C, V>) delegate;
    }

    @Override
    public Set<Cell<R, C, V>> cellSet() {

    // Don't refer to ImmutableSortedSet by name so it won't pull in all that code
    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) {

        checkNotNull(cell.getRowKey(), "row");
        checkNotNull(cell.getColumnKey(), "column");
        checkNotNull(cell.getValue(), "value");
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
        Cell<R, C, V> immutableCell = (Cell<R, C, V>) cell;
        cells.add(immutableCell);
      } else {
        put(cell.getRowKey(), cell.getColumnKey(), cell.getValue());
      }
      return this;

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableList<E> list = ((ImmutableCollection<E>) elements).asList();
      return list.isPartialView() ? asImmutableList(list.toArray()) : list;
    }
    return construct(elements.toArray());
  }

 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/UsingAndAvoidingNullExplained#optional">using {@code
 * Optional}</a>.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of instance that can be contained. {@code Optional} is naturally covariant on
 *     this type, so it is safe to cast an {@code Optional<T>} to {@code Optional<S>} for any
 *     supertype {@code S} of {@code T}.
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 10.0
 */

 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/UsingAndAvoidingNullExplained#optional">using {@code
 * Optional}</a>.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of instance that can be contained. {@code Optional} is naturally covariant on
 *     this type, so it is safe to cast an {@code Optional<T>} to {@code Optional<S>} for any
 *     supertype {@code S} of {@code T}.
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 10.0
 */

       * ...> or ImmutableEnumMap<K, ...> along the way because our own <K> isn't <K extends
       * Enum<K>>.
       *
       * We are also performing a covariant cast, potentially from ImmutableMap<K, Sub> to
       * ImmutableMap<K, Super>. That is safe because no one can add elements to the map.
       */
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

    // Don't refer to ImmutableSortedSet by name so it won't pull in all that code
    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;
      }
    }
    Object[] array = elements.toArray();
    return construct(array.length, array);