Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */

      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */

   *
   * @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
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator
        : new ComparatorOrdering<T>(comparator);

   *
   * @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
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator
        : new ComparatorOrdering<T>(comparator);

  private static final Comparator<@Nullable Integer> DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR =
      Ordering.<Integer>natural().reverse().<Integer>nullsFirst();

  private SetMultimap<String, Integer> create() {
    return TreeMultimap.create(StringLength.COMPARATOR, DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR);
  }

  /** Create and populate a {@code TreeMultimap} with explicit comparators. */

    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() {

    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() {

  /**
   * Creates a {@code MonitorBasedPriorityBlockingQueue} with the specified initial capacity that
   * orders its elements according to the specified comparator.
   *
   * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity for this priority queue
   * @param comparator the comparator that will be used to order this priority queue. If {@code
   *     null}, the {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} of the elements will be used.

  Iterator<C> createColumnKeyIterator() {
    return new ColumnKeyIterator();
  }

  private final class ColumnKeyIterator extends AbstractIterator<C> {
    // Use the same map type to support TreeMaps with comparators that aren't
    // consistent with equals().
    final Map<C, V> seen = factory.get();
    final Iterator<Map<C, V>> mapIterator = backingMap.values().iterator();
    Iterator<Entry<C, V>> entryIterator = emptyIterator();

    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() {