@Override
  protected SortedMap<String, String> makeEmptyMap() {
    return transformValues(Maps.<String, String>newTreeMap(), Functions.<String>identity());
  }

  @Override
  protected SortedMap<String, String> makePopulatedMap() {
    SortedMap<String, Integer> underlying = Maps.newTreeMap();
    underlying.put("a", 1);
    underlying.put("b", 2);
    underlying.put("c", 3);

    // Before JDK6 (including under GWT), the TreeMap keySet is a plain Set.
    if (Maps.newTreeMap().keySet() instanceof SortedSet) {
      assertTrue(SortedIterables.hasSameComparator(Ordering.natural(), Maps.newTreeMap().keySet()));
    }
    assertTrue(
        SortedIterables.hasSameComparator(

    // Before JDK6 (including under GWT), the TreeMap keySet is a plain Set.
    if (Maps.newTreeMap().keySet() instanceof SortedSet) {
      assertTrue(SortedIterables.hasSameComparator(Ordering.natural(), Maps.newTreeMap().keySet()));
    }
    assertTrue(
        SortedIterables.hasSameComparator(

    Supplier<TreeMap<Integer, Character>> factory =
        new Supplier<TreeMap<Integer, Character>>() {
          @Override
          public TreeMap<Integer, Character> get() {
            return Maps.newTreeMap();
          }
        };
    Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> backingMap = Maps.newLinkedHashMap();
    Table<String, Integer, Character> table = newCustomTable(backingMap, factory);
    populate(table, data);

        return Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedSize);
      case INSERTION:
      case STABLE:
        return Maps.newLinkedHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedSize);
      case SORTED:
        return Maps.newTreeMap(comparator());
    }
    throw new AssertionError();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  <T1 extends T> ElementOrder<T1> cast() {
    return (ElementOrder<T1>) this;
  }

        return Maps.newHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedSize);
      case INSERTION:
      case STABLE:
        return Maps.newLinkedHashMapWithExpectedSize(expectedSize);
      case SORTED:
        return Maps.newTreeMap(comparator());
    }
    throw new AssertionError();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  <T1 extends T> ElementOrder<T1> cast() {
    return (ElementOrder<T1>) this;
  }

    Map<String, Integer> expected = transformValues(underlying, Functions.<Integer>identity());

    assertMapsEqual(expected, expected);

    Map<String, Integer> equalToUnderlying = Maps.newTreeMap();
    equalToUnderlying.putAll(underlying);
    Map<String, Integer> map = transformValues(equalToUnderlying, Functions.<Integer>identity());
    assertMapsEqual(expected, map);

    map =