T[] castBuffer = (T[]) buffer;
    sort(castBuffer, 0, bufferSize, comparator);
    if (bufferSize > k) {
      Arrays.fill(buffer, k, buffer.length, null);
      bufferSize = k;
      threshold = buffer[k - 1];
    }
    // Up to bufferSize, all elements of buffer are real Ts (not null unless T includes null)

  /** The bit set of the BloomFilter (not necessarily power of 2!) */
  private final LockFreeBitArray bits;

  /** Number of hashes per element */
  private final int numHashFunctions;

  /** The funnel to translate Ts to bytes */
  private final Funnel<? super T> funnel;

  /** The strategy we employ to map an element T to {@code numHashFunctions} bit indexes. */
  private final Strategy strategy;