throws IOException {
        final long firstKey = prepareRequests(request, response, params, timeout);
        doSend(request);
        return firstKey;
    }

    /**
     * @param request
     * @param response
     * @param params
     * @param timeout
     * @param firstKey
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */

    public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    public K firstKey() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate().firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public K lastKey() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate().lastKey();
    }

      return new TreeRow(rowKey, fromKey, upperBound);
    }

    @Override
    public C firstKey() {
      updateBackingRowMapField();
      if (backingRowMap == null) {
        throw new NoSuchElementException();
      }
      return ((SortedMap<C, V>) backingRowMap).firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public C lastKey() {
      updateBackingRowMapField();

    return Iterables.<@Nullable Entry<K, V>>getFirst(entrySet(), null);
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #firstKey} in terms of {@code firstEntry}. If you override
   * {@code firstEntry}, you may wish to override {@code firstKey} to forward to this
   * implementation.
   */
  protected K standardFirstKey() {
    Entry<K, V> entry = firstEntry();
    if (entry == null) {

    return Iterables.<@Nullable Entry<K, V>>getFirst(entrySet(), null);
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #firstKey} in terms of {@code firstEntry}. If you override
   * {@code firstEntry}, you may wish to override {@code firstKey} to forward to this
   * implementation.
   */
  protected K standardFirstKey() {
    Entry<K, V> entry = firstEntry();
    if (entry == null) {

      return new TreeRow(rowKey, fromKey, upperBound);
    }

    @Override
    public C firstKey() {
      updateBackingRowMapField();
      if (backingRowMap == null) {
        throw new NoSuchElementException();
      }
      return ((SortedMap<C, V>) backingRowMap).firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public C lastKey() {
      updateBackingRowMapField();

    @Override
    public @Nullable Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
      return sortedMap().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K firstKey() {
      return sortedMap().firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K lastKey() {
      return sortedMap().lastKey();
    }

    @Override

    @Override
    public @Nullable Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
      return sortedMap().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K firstKey() {
      return sortedMap().firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K lastKey() {
      return sortedMap().lastKey();
    }

    @Override

  }

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
    return comparator;
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable K firstKey() {
    return sortedDelegate.firstKey();
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable K lastKey() {
    return sortedDelegate.lastKey();
  }

  @Nullable K higher(K k) {

  }

  public void testRowMapFirstKey() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    assertThat(sortedTable.rowMap().firstKey()).isEqualTo("bar");
  }

  public void testRowMapLastKey() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    assertThat(sortedTable.rowMap().lastKey()).isEqualTo("foo");
  }