@Override
  public SortedSet<R> rowKeySet() {
    return (SortedSet<R>) rowMap().keySet();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>This method returns a {@link SortedMap}, instead of the {@code Map} specified in the {@link
   * Table} interface.
   */
  @Override
  public SortedMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    return (SortedMap<R, Map<C, V>>) super.rowMap();
  }

  @Override
  SortedMap<R, Map<C, V>> createRowMap() {

    return ImmutableMap.<C, Map<R, V>>copyOf(columnMap);
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    // Casts without copying.
    ImmutableMap<R, ImmutableMap<C, V>> rowMap = this.rowMap;
    return ImmutableMap.<R, Map<C, V>>copyOf(rowMap);
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return cellRowIndices.length;
  }

  @Override

    assertSame(Ordering.natural(), sortedTable.rowMap().comparator());

    sortedTable = TreeBasedTable.create(Collections.reverseOrder(), Ordering.usingToString());
    assertSame(Collections.reverseOrder(), sortedTable.rowMap().comparator());
  }

  public void testRowMapFirstKey() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    assertSame("bar", sortedTable.rowMap().firstKey());
  }

    return ImmutableMap.<C, Map<R, V>>copyOf(columnMap);
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    // Casts without copying.
    ImmutableMap<R, ImmutableMap<C, V>> rowMap = this.rowMap;
    return ImmutableMap.<R, Map<C, V>>copyOf(rowMap);
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public V get(@CheckForNull Object rowKey, @CheckForNull Object columnKey) {

  @Override
  public boolean containsRow(@CheckForNull Object rowKey) {
    return Maps.safeContainsKey(rowMap(), rowKey);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsColumn(@CheckForNull Object columnKey) {
    return Maps.safeContainsKey(columnMap(), columnKey);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<R> rowKeySet() {
    return rowMap().keySet();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<C> columnKeySet() {
    return columnMap().keySet();

    assertSame(Ordering.natural(), sortedTable.rowMap().comparator());

    sortedTable = TreeBasedTable.create(Collections.reverseOrder(), Ordering.usingToString());
    assertSame(Collections.reverseOrder(), sortedTable.rowMap().comparator());
  }

  public void testRowMapFirstKey() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    assertSame("bar", sortedTable.rowMap().firstKey());
  }

    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().headMap("x");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().headMap("x");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "z";
  }

    return ImmutableMap.<C, Map<R, V>>copyOf(columnMap);
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    // Casts without copying.
    ImmutableMap<R, ImmutableMap<C, V>> rowMap = this.rowMap;
    return ImmutableMap.<R, Map<C, V>>copyOf(rowMap);
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public V get(@CheckForNull Object rowKey, @CheckForNull Object columnKey) {

      return super.put(key, value);
    }
  }

  // rowKeySet() and rowMap() are defined here so they appear in the Javadoc.

  @Override
  public SortedSet<R> rowKeySet() {
    return super.rowKeySet();
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    return super.rowMap();
  }

  /** Overridden column iterator to return columns values in globally sorted order. */

  @Override
  public boolean containsRow(@CheckForNull Object rowKey) {
    return Maps.safeContainsKey(rowMap(), rowKey);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsColumn(@CheckForNull Object columnKey) {
    return Maps.safeContainsKey(columnMap(), columnKey);
  }

  @Override
  public Set<R> rowKeySet() {
    return rowMap().keySet();
  }

  @Override
  public Set<C> columnKeySet() {
    return columnMap().keySet();