case 1:
        return of(elements[0]);
      default:
        return construct(elements.clone());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, sorted according to their natural
   * order. The sorting algorithm used is stable, so elements that compare as equal will stay in the
   * order in which they appear in the input.
   *

	<li>
	Struct types are comparable if all their field types are comparable.
	Two struct values are equal if their corresponding
	non-<a href="#Blank_identifier">blank</a> field values are equal.
	The fields are compared in source order, and comparison stops as
	soon as two field values differ (or all fields have been compared).
	</li>

	<li>
	Array types are comparable if their array element types are comparable.

* A new `TaintNodesByCondition` admission plugin taints newly created Node objects as "not ready", to fix a race condition that could cause pods to be scheduled on new nodes before their taints were updated to accurately reflect their reported conditions. This admission plugin is enabled by default if the `TaintNodesByCondition` feature is enabled. ([#73097](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73097), [@bsalamat](https://github.com/bsalamat))

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    // ambiguous without the cast to Object because the boxed predicate prevents any overload from
    // being selected in phase 1
    checkState(boxedBoolean, "", (Object) boxedLong);

    // ternaries introduce their own problems. because of the ternary (which requires a boxing
    // operation) no overload can be selected in phase 1.  and in phase 2 it is ambiguous since it

-...

* Fix validation for HealthzBindAddress in kube-proxy when --healthz-port is set to 0 ([#66138](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/66138), [@wsong](https://github.com/wsong))
* Role, ClusterRole and their bindings for cloud-provider is put under system namespace. Their addonmanager mode switches to EnsureExists. ([#67224](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67224), [@grayluck](https://github.com/grayluck))

          .put(GenericDeclaration.class, Object.class)
          .put(Type.class, Object.class)
          .build();

  /**
   * type → implementation. Inherently mutable interfaces and abstract classes are mapped to their
   * default implementations and are "new"d upon get().
   */
  private static final ConcurrentMap<Class<?>, Class<?>> implementations = Maps.newConcurrentMap();

 * is thread safe.
 * <p>
 * Important: Given the instance of supplier memorizes the supplier {@link RepositorySystem} instance it supplies,
 * their lifecycle is shared as well: once supplied repository system is shut-down, this instance becomes closed as
 * well. Any subsequent {@code getXXX} method invocation attempt will fail with {@link IllegalStateException}.
 */

#### Other API changes:
- The beta feature `ServerSideApply` enables tracking and managing changed fields for all new objects, which means there will be `managedFields` in `metadata` with the list of managers and their owned fields.