checkElementsNotNull((Object[]) array);
    Arrays.sort(array);
    return asImmutableList(array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in sorted order relative to the
   * specified comparator. The sorting algorithm used is stable, so elements that compare as equal
   * will stay in the order in which they appear in the input.
   *

      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Collection<? extends E> elements) {
    return copyOf(comparator, (Iterable<? extends E>) elements);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the elements of a sorted set, sorted by the same
   * {@code Comparator}. That behavior differs from {@link #copyOf(Iterable)}, which always uses the
   * natural ordering of the elements.
   *

  /**
   * Returns a builder that creates immutable sorted maps whose keys are ordered by their natural
   * ordering. The sorted maps use {@link Ordering#natural()} as the comparator.
   */
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> Builder<K, V> naturalOrder() {
    return new Builder<>(Ordering.natural());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a builder that creates immutable sorted maps with an explicit comparator. If the

  public static class Chars extends SampleElements<Character> {
    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }

  public static class Chars extends SampleElements<Character> {
    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }

import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * An immutable sorted set with one or more elements. TODO(jlevy): Consider separate class for a
 * single-element sorted set.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)
@SuppressWarnings({"serial", "rawtypes"})

 *
 * @author Hayward Chan
 */
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class RegularImmutableSortedSet<E> extends ImmutableSortedSet<E> {

  /** true if this set is a subset of another immutable sorted set. */
  final boolean isSubset;

  private @Nullable Comparator<E> unusedComparatorForSerialization;
  private @Nullable E unusedElementForSerialization;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A sorted multiset which forwards all its method calls to another sorted multiset. Subclasses
 * should override one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing multiset as desired per

          assertFalse(resultsForStrategy.contains(null));
        }
        if ((characteristics & Spliterator.SORTED) != 0) {
          Comparator<? super E> comparator = spliterator.getComparator();
          if (comparator == null) {
            // A sorted spliterator with no comparator is already using natural order.
            // (We could probably find a way to avoid rawtypes here if we wanted.)

import com.google.common.collect.testing.TestStringSortedMapGenerator;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.SortedMap;

/**
 * Generators of sorted maps and derived collections.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Hayward Chan
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible