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 ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(comparator, sortedDelegate.keySet());
  }

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

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

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

  @CheckForNull
  K higher(K k) {

    TreeMultimap<String, Integer> multimap = createPopulate();
    SortedMap<String, Collection<Integer>> asMap = multimap.asMap();
    assertEquals(Ordering.natural(), asMap.comparator());
    assertEquals("foo", asMap.firstKey());
    assertEquals("tree", asMap.lastKey());
    Set<Integer> fooValues = ImmutableSet.of(1, 3, 7);
    Set<Integer> googleValues = ImmutableSet.of(2, 6);
    Set<Integer> treeValues = ImmutableSet.of(4, 0);

  }

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

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

      replica.put(newValue, new AtomicInteger(1));
    }
  }

  private static void removeMinFromReplica(
      SortedMap<Integer, AtomicInteger> replica, int minValue) {
    Integer replicatedMinValue = replica.firstKey();
    assertEquals(replicatedMinValue, (Integer) minValue);
    removeFromReplica(replica, replicatedMinValue);
  }

  private static void removeMaxFromReplica(

      replica.put(newValue, new AtomicInteger(1));
    }
  }

  private static void removeMinFromReplica(
      SortedMap<Integer, AtomicInteger> replica, int minValue) {
    Integer replicatedMinValue = replica.firstKey();
    assertEquals(replicatedMinValue, (Integer) minValue);
    removeFromReplica(replica, replicatedMinValue);
  }

  private static void removeMaxFromReplica(

        if ( prefixLen > 1 ) {
            prefixLen--;
            int firstSep = this.canon.indexOf('/', 1);
            if ( firstSep < 0 ) {
                this.share = this.canon.substring(1);
                this.unc = "\\";
            }
            else if ( firstSep == prefixLen ) {
                this.share = this.canon.substring(1, firstSep);
                this.unc = "\\";
            }
            else {

        URI dfsRoot = new URI(getDFSRootURL());
        String dfsRootPath = dfsRoot.getPath();
        int firstSep = dfsRootPath.indexOf('/', 1);
        String dfsShare;
        if ( firstSep > 0 ) {
            dfsShare = dfsRootPath.substring(1, firstSep);
        }
        else {
            dfsShare = dfsRootPath.substring(1, dfsRootPath.length() - 1);
        }
        return dfsShare;