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}.

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

  /**
   * Not supported. Use {@link #toImmutableSortedMap}, which offers better type-safety, instead.
   * This method exists only to hide {@link ImmutableMap#toImmutableMap} from consumers of {@code
   * ImmutableSortedMap}.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Use {@link ImmutableSortedMap#toImmutableSortedMap}.

    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Not supported. Use {@link #toImmutableBiMap} instead. This method exists only to hide {@link
   * ImmutableMap#toImmutableMap(Function, Function)} from consumers of {@code ImmutableBiMap}.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Use {@link ImmutableBiMap#toImmutableBiMap}.

    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Not supported. Use {@link #toImmutableSortedMultiset} instead. This method exists only to hide
   * {@link ImmutableMultiset#toImmutableMultiset} from consumers of {@code
   * ImmutableSortedMultiset}.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always

                    uniqueElements, hashCode, hashTable, hashTable.length - 1, size);
          } else {
            result = construct(size, contents);
            // construct has the side effect of deduping contents, so we update size
            // accordingly.
            size = result.size();
          }
          forceCopy = true;
          hashTable = null;
          return result;
      }

  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified map entry. The {@link Entry#setValue} operation
   * throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. This also has the side effect of redefining
   * {@code equals} to comply with the Entry contract, to avoid a possible nefarious implementation
   * of equals.
   *
   * @param entry the entry for which to return an unmodifiable view

   * expected</i>, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
   *   <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
   *       Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code Objects.equal(function.apply(a),
   *       function.apply(b))}.