return rowCompare;
            }
            return (columnComparator == null)
                ? 0
                : columnComparator.compare(cell1.getColumnKey(), cell2.getColumnKey());
          };
      sort(cells, comparator);
    }
    return forCellsInternal(cells, rowComparator, columnComparator);
  }

        new TreeBasedTable<>(table.rowComparator(), table.columnComparator());
    result.putAll(table);
    return result;
  }

  TreeBasedTable(Comparator<? super R> rowComparator, Comparator<? super C> columnComparator) {
    super(new TreeMap<R, Map<C, V>>(rowComparator), new Factory<C, V>(columnComparator));
    this.columnComparator = columnComparator;
  }

  // TODO(jlevy): Move to StandardRowSortedTable?

    }

    /** Specifies the ordering of the generated table's columns. */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    public Builder<R, C, V> orderColumnsBy(Comparator<? super C> columnComparator) {
      this.columnComparator = checkNotNull(columnComparator, "columnComparator");
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Associates the ({@code rowKey}, {@code columnKey}) pair with {@code value} in the built

  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);
    return table;
  }