public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOfSorted(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = map.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      // If map has a null comparator, the keys should have a natural ordering,
      // even though K doesn't explicitly implement Comparable.
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    if (map instanceof ImmutableSortedMap) {

  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOfSorted(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = map.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      // If map has a null comparator, the keys should have a natural ordering,
      // even though K doesn't explicitly implement Comparable.
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    if (map instanceof ImmutableSortedMap) {

   * should be identical to the one the user passed in. We touch only the
   * "secret" comparator used by the delegate implementation.
   */

  private static <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> newModifiableDelegate(Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    return newTreeMap(nullAccepting(comparator));
  }

  private static <E> Comparator<@Nullable E> nullAccepting(Comparator<E> comparator) {