Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */

      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */

   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that defines the order
   * @return comparator itself if it is already an {@code Ordering}; otherwise an ordering that
   *     wraps that comparator
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator
        : new ComparatorOrdering<T>(comparator);

  private final Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

  private static final class Factory<C, V> implements Supplier<Map<C, V>>, Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super C> comparator;

    Factory(Comparator<? super C> comparator) {
      this.comparator = comparator;
    }

    @Override
    public Map<C, V> get() {
      return new TreeMap<>(comparator);
    }

   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that defines the order
   * @return comparator itself if it is already an {@code Ordering}; otherwise an ordering that
   *     wraps that comparator
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator
        : new ComparatorOrdering<T>(comparator);

  private final Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

  private static final class Factory<C, V> implements Supplier<Map<C, V>>, Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super C> comparator;

    Factory(Comparator<? super C> comparator) {
      this.comparator = comparator;
    }

    @Override
    public Map<C, V> get() {
      return new TreeMap<>(comparator);
    }

   * bufferSize ≥ k, then we can ignore any elements greater than this value.
   */
  private @Nullable T threshold;

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(cpovirk): Consider storing Object[] instead of T[].
  private TopKSelector(Comparator<? super T> comparator, int k) {
    this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
    this.k = k;
    checkArgument(k >= 0, "k (%s) must be >= 0", k);

   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @DoNotMock
  public static final class Builder<R, C, V> {
    private final List<Cell<R, C, V>> cells = new ArrayList<>();
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super R> rowComparator;
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

    /**
     * Creates a new builder. The returned builder is equivalent to the builder generated by {@link
     * ImmutableTable#builder}.
     */

    assertEquals(multimap, copy);
  }

  private static final Comparator<Double> KEY_COMPARATOR = Ordering.natural();

  private static final Comparator<Double> VALUE_COMPARATOR =
      Ordering.<Double>natural().reverse().nullsFirst();

  /**
   * Test that creating one TreeMultimap from another does not copy the comparators from the source
   * TreeMultimap.
   */
  public void testCreateFromTreeMultimap() {

    assertEquals(multimap, copy);
  }

  private static final Comparator<Double> KEY_COMPARATOR = Ordering.natural();

  private static final Comparator<Double> VALUE_COMPARATOR =
      Ordering.<Double>natural().reverse().nullsFirst();

  /**
   * Test that creating one TreeMultimap from another does not copy the comparators from the source
   * TreeMultimap.
   */
  public void testCreateFromTreeMultimap() {