    def clone_with_new_elements(
            self,
            new_elements,
            drop_keywords=set([]),
            rename_dict={},
            extra_kwargs={}):
        """
        Create another Collection of the same class and with same state but
        possibly different entries. Extra parameters to control which keyword
        arguments get passed to the initializer are necessary since derived
        classes have different constructors than the base class.
        """
        kwargs = dict(
            elements=new_elements,
            distinct=self.distinct,
            sort_key=self.sort_key,
            sources=self.sources)
        for name in drop_keywords:
            kwargs.pop(name)
        for old_name, new_name in rename_dict.items():
            kwargs[new_name] = kwargs.pop(old_name)
        kwargs.update(extra_kwargs)
        return self.__class__(**kwargs)