* there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @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
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator

import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.emptiesFirst;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.emptiesLast;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.isInOrder;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.isInStrictOrder;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.max;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.min;

   * there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @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
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator

  private final Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

  private static 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);
    }

    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() {

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

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

    Comparator<Comparable<?>> comparator = Ordering.natural().reverse();
    SortedSet<String> set =
        new ImmutableSortedSet.Builder<String>(comparator).add("a", "b", "c").build();
    SortedSet<String> copy = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(set);
    assertTrue(elementsEqual(set, copy));
    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

  public void testReverseOrder() {

  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOfSorted(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = map.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      // If map has a null comparator, the keys should have a natural ordering,
      // even though K doesn't explicitly implement Comparable.
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    if (map instanceof ImmutableSortedMap) {

  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOfSorted(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = map.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      // If map has a null comparator, the keys should have a natural ordering,
      // even though K doesn't explicitly implement Comparable.
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    if (map instanceof ImmutableSortedMap) {

    @Override
    protected List<String> create(String[] elements) {
      Comparator<String> comparator = createExplicitComparator(elements);
      ImmutableSet<String> set = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(comparator, asList(elements));
      return set.asList();
    }
  }