@J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new SerializedForm<E>(comparator, toArray());
  }

  /**
   * Not supported. Use {@link #toImmutableSortedSet} instead. This method exists only to hide
   * {@link ImmutableSet#toImmutableSet} from consumers of {@code ImmutableSortedSet}.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Use {@link ImmutableSortedSet#toImmutableSortedSet}.