public static <T extends @Nullable Object, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(
      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

  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(
      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

   * there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @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
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator

  private final Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

  private static class Factory<C, V> implements Supplier<TreeMap<C, V>>, Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super C> comparator;

    Factory(Comparator<? super C> comparator) {
      this.comparator = comparator;
    }

    @Override
    public TreeMap<C, V> get() {
      return new TreeMap<>(comparator);
    }

    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(Iterables.elementsEqual(set, copy));
    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

    assertEquals(comparator, elementSet.comparator());
  }

  private static final Comparator<String> DEGENERATE_COMPARATOR =
      new Comparator<String>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
          return o1.length() - o2.length();
        }
      };

  /** Test a TreeMultiset with a comparator that can return 0 when comparing unequal values. */

      Comparator<? super T> comparator, @ParametricNullness T endpoint, BoundType boundType) {
    return new GeneralRange<>(comparator, true, endpoint, boundType, false, null, OPEN);
  }

  /**
   * Returns everything below the endpoint relative to the specified comparator, with the specified
   * endpoint behavior.
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> GeneralRange<T> upTo(

          Comparator<? super E> comparator,
          @ParametricNullness E key,
          List<? extends E> list,
          int foundIndex) {
        return FIRST_PRESENT.resultIndex(comparator, key, list, foundIndex) - 1;
      }
    };

    abstract <E extends @Nullable Object> int resultIndex(
        Comparator<? super E> comparator,
        @ParametricNullness E key,

    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
    Comparator<@Nullable Object> unsafeComparator = (Comparator<@Nullable Object>) comparator;
    return unsafeComparator.compare(a, b);
  }

  final transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  ImmutableSortedSet(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    this.comparator = comparator;
  }

  /**

   * bufferSize ≥ k, then we can ignore any elements greater than this value.
   */
  @CheckForNull private T threshold;

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(cpovirk): Consider storing Object[] instead of T[].
  private TopKSelector(Comparator<? super T> comparator, int k) {
    this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
    this.k = k;
    checkArgument(k >= 0, "k (%s) must be >= 0", k);