checkNotNull(comparator);
    checkNotNull(keyFunction);
    checkNotNull(valueFunction);
    checkNotNull(mergeFunction);
    return Collectors.collectingAndThen(
        Collectors.toMap(
            keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction, () -> new TreeMap<K, V>(comparator)),
        ImmutableSortedMap::copyOfSorted);
  }

  // unsafe, comparator() returns a comparator on the specified type

   * IllegalArgumentException} is thrown when the collection operation is performed. (This differs
   * from the {@code Collector} returned by {@link Collectors#toMap(Function, Function)}, which
   * throws an {@code IllegalStateException}.)
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})

   * IllegalArgumentException} is thrown when the collection operation is performed. (This differs
   * from the {@code Collector} returned by {@link Collectors#toMap(Function, Function)}, which
   * throws an {@code IllegalStateException}.)
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, K, V>