Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction,
          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(
            keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, () -> new TreeMap<K, V>(comparator)),

    }
  }

  /*
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull is *intended* for performing eager null checks on parameters that a
   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, E... elements) {
    checkNotNull(elements);
    switch (elements.length) {
      case 0:
        return emptySet(comparator);
      default:
        SortedSet<E> delegate = new TreeSet<E>(comparator);
        for (E element : elements) {
          checkNotNull(element);
          delegate.add(element);
        }

          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction,
          java.util.function.Supplier<I> tableSupplier) {
    checkNotNull(rowFunction);
    checkNotNull(columnFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    checkNotNull(tableSupplier);
    return Collector.of(
        tableSupplier,
        (table, input) ->
            mergeTables(
                table,

          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction,
          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(
            keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, () -> new TreeMap<K, V>(comparator)),

      Iterator<? extends T> a,
      Iterator<? extends T> b,
      Iterator<? extends T> c,
      Iterator<? extends T> d) {
    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);
    checkNotNull(c);
    checkNotNull(d);
    return concat(consumingForArray(a, b, c, d));
  }

  /**
   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the

          Function<? super T, ? extends K> keyFunction,
          Function<? super T, ? extends V> valueFunction,
          BinaryOperator<V> mergeFunction) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return Collectors.collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(
            keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, () -> new TreeMap<K, V>(comparator)),

      this.stack = new ArrayDeque<>();
      stack.addLast(Iterators.singletonIterator(checkNotNull(root)));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
      return !stack.isEmpty();
    }

    @Override
    public T next() {
      Iterator<T> itr = stack.getLast(); // throws NSEE if empty
      T result = checkNotNull(itr.next());
      if (!itr.hasNext()) {
        stack.removeLast();
      }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<C, V> subMap(C fromKey, C toKey) {
      checkArgument(rangeContains(checkNotNull(fromKey)) && rangeContains(checkNotNull(toKey)));
      return new TreeRow(rowKey, fromKey, toKey);
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<C, V> headMap(C toKey) {
      checkArgument(rangeContains(checkNotNull(toKey)));
      return new TreeRow(rowKey, lowerBound, toKey);
    }

    @Override

      Spliterator<OutElementT> map(
          Spliterator<InElementT> fromSpliterator,
          Function<? super InElementT, ? extends OutElementT> function) {
    checkNotNull(fromSpliterator);
    checkNotNull(function);
    return new Spliterator<OutElementT>() {

      @Override
      public boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super OutElementT> action) {
        return fromSpliterator.tryAdvance(