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.
   */

import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.emptiesFirst;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.emptiesLast;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.isInOrder;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.isInStrictOrder;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.max;
import static com.google.common.collect.Comparators.min;

  }

  /**
   * Creates an empty {@code TreeMultimap} instance using explicit comparators. Neither comparator
   * may be null; use {@link Ordering#natural()} to specify natural order.
   *
   * @param keyComparator the comparator that determines the key ordering
   * @param valueComparator the comparator that determines the value ordering
   */

   *
   * @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. */

 *   <li>{@link RangeSet}
 *   <li>{@link DiscreteDomain}
 *   <li>{@link ContiguousSet}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h2>Classes of static utility methods</h2>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link Collections2}
 *   <li>{@link Comparators}
 *   <li>{@link Iterables}
 *   <li>{@link Iterators}
 *   <li>{@link Lists}
 *   <li>{@link Maps}
 *   <li>{@link MoreCollectors}
 *   <li>{@link Multimaps}
 *   <li>{@link Multisets}

   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @DoNotMock
  public static final class Builder<R, C, V> {
    private final List<Cell<R, C, V>> cells = new ArrayList<>();
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super R> rowComparator;
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

    /**
     * Creates a new builder. The returned builder is equivalent to the builder generated by {@link
     * ImmutableTable#builder}.
     */

   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @DoNotMock
  public static final class Builder<R, C, V> {
    private final List<Cell<R, C, V>> cells = new ArrayList<>();
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super R> rowComparator;
    private @Nullable Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

    /**
     * Creates a new builder. The returned builder is equivalent to the builder generated by {@link
     * ImmutableTable#builder}.
     */

  /**
   * 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.

      return toString;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Comparator<Boolean>} that sorts {@code true} before {@code false}.
   *
   * <p>This is particularly useful in Java 8+ in combination with {@code Comparator.comparing},
   * e.g. {@code Comparator.comparing(Foo::hasBar, trueFirst())}.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static Comparator<Boolean> trueFirst() {
    return BooleanComparator.TRUE_FIRST;
  }

  /**