if (forwardComparator == null) {
        return (Comparator) Ordering.natural().reverse();
      } else {
        return reverse(forwardComparator);
      }
    }

    // If we inline this, we get a javac error.
    private static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> reverse(Comparator<T> forward) {
      return Ordering.from(forward).reverse();
    }

    @Override

            checkEntryNotNull(key, value);
            keys[i] = key;
            values[i] = value;
          }
        } else {
          // Need to sort and check for nulls and dupes.
          // Inline the Comparator implementation rather than transforming with a Function
          // to save code size.
          Arrays.sort(
              entryArray,
              0,
              size,

          forwardCmp = (Comparator) Ordering.natural();
        }
        result = comparator = reverse(forwardCmp);
      }
      return result;
    }

    // If we inline this, we get a javac error.
    private static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> reverse(Comparator<T> forward) {
      return Ordering.from(forward).reverse();
    }

    @Override

  }

  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // helper for toImmutableSortedMultiset
  /*
   * If we make these calls inline inside toImmutableSortedMultiset, we get an Animal Sniffer error,
   * despite the @IgnoreJRERequirement annotation there. My assumption is that, because javac

     * class, so we need the indirection. In production, Hotspot should still
     * recognize that the call is 1-morphic and should still be willing to
     * inline it if necessary.
     */
    int identityHashCode(Object object) {
      return System.identityHashCode(object);
    }
  }

  // Constructor

  /**