// is masked in order to correspond to the current table size. For example, if the table size
  // is 128 then the mask is 127 == 0x7f, keeping the bottom 7 bits of the hash value.
  // If a key hashes to 0x89abcdef the mask reduces it to 0x89abcdef & 0x7f == 0x6f. We'll call this
  // the "short hash".
  //

      throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException, ExecutionException {
    // NOTE: if timeout < 0, remainingNanos will be < 0 and we will fall into the while(true) loop
    // at the bottom and throw a timeoutexception.
    long timeoutNanos = unit.toNanos(timeout); // we rely on the implicit null check on unit.
    long remainingNanos = timeoutNanos;
    if (Thread.interrupted()) {

  // is masked in order to correspond to the current table size. For example, if the table size
  // is 128 then the mask is 127 == 0x7f, keeping the bottom 7 bits of the hash value.
  // If a key hashes to 0x89abcdef the mask reduces it to 0x89abcdef & 0x7f == 0x6f. We'll call this
  // the "short hash".
  //

      throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException, ExecutionException {
    // NOTE: if timeout < 0, remainingNanos will be < 0 and we will fall into the while(true) loop
    // at the bottom and throw a timeoutexception.
    long timeoutNanos = unit.toNanos(timeout); // we rely on the implicit null check on unit.
    long remainingNanos = timeoutNanos;
    if (Thread.interrupted()) {

  // non-null instance of Ordering.natural().
  // (cpovirk: Is sortedDelegate's comparator really ever null?)
  // The comparator will likely also differ because of our nullAccepting hack.
  // See the bottom of the file for more information about it.
  private final transient Comparator<? super K> comparator;

  ImmutableSortedMap(SortedMap<K, V> delegate, Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    super(delegate);