protected TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> create(
      Comparator<? super String> rowComparator,
      Comparator<? super Integer> columnComparator,
      Object... data) {
    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table =
        TreeBasedTable.create(rowComparator, columnComparator);
    table.put("foo", 4, 'a');
    table.put("cat", 1, 'b');
    table.clear();
    populate(table, data);