@GwtIncompatible("NavigableSet")
  public UnmodifiableIterator<E> descendingIterator() {
    return forward.iterator();
  }

  @Override
  @GwtIncompatible("NavigableSet")
  ImmutableSortedSet<E> createDescendingSet() {
    throw new AssertionError("should never be called");
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public E lower(E element) {
    return forward.higher(element);
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull

  @GwtIncompatible("NavigableSet")
  public UnmodifiableIterator<E> descendingIterator() {
    return forward.iterator();
  }

  @Override
  @GwtIncompatible("NavigableSet")
  ImmutableSortedSet<E> createDescendingSet() {
    throw new AssertionError("should never be called");
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public E lower(E element) {
    return forward.higher(element);
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull

  }

  @Override
  ImmutableList<E> createAsList() {
    return (size() <= 1) ? elements : new ImmutableSortedAsList<E>(this, elements);
  }

  @Override
  ImmutableSortedSet<E> createDescendingSet() {
    Comparator<? super E> reversedOrder = Collections.reverseOrder(comparator);
    return isEmpty()
        ? emptySet(reversedOrder)
        : new RegularImmutableSortedSet<E>(elements.reverse(), reversedOrder);