* @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedMultisetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();

 *
 * (We could consider releasing a listenablefuture:1.0.1 someday. But we would want to look into how
 * that affects users, especially users of the Android Gradle Plugin, since the plugin developers
 * put in a special hack for us: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/131431257)
 */
@DoNotMock("Use the methods in Futures (like immediateFuture) or SettableFuture")
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

  // non-null instance of Ordering.natural().
  // (cpovirk: Is sortedDelegate's comparator really ever null?)
  // The comparator will likely also differ because of our nullAccepting hack.
  // See the bottom of the file for more information about it.
  private final transient Comparator<? super K> comparator;

  ImmutableSortedMap(SortedMap<K, V> delegate, Comparator<? super K> comparator) {