if (expectedOldCount != 0) {
        return false;
      } else if (newCount == 0) {
        return true;
      } else {
        // if our write lost the race, it must have lost to a nonzero value, so we can stop
        return countMap.putIfAbsent(element, new AtomicInteger(newCount)) == null;
      }
    }
    int oldValue = existingCounter.get();
    if (oldValue == expectedOldCount) {

    return new CompoundOrdering<>(comparators);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new ordering which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise until
   * a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order". If the end of one iterable is reached,
   * but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one. For

    return new CompoundOrdering<>(comparators);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new ordering which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise until
   * a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order". If the end of one iterable is reached,
   * but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one. For