}

    @Override
    public NavigableSet<E> tailSet(E fromElement, boolean inclusive) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return Synchronized.navigableSet(delegate().tailSet(fromElement, inclusive), mutex);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> tailSet(E fromElement) {
      return tailSet(fromElement, true);
    }

    }

    @Override
    public NavigableSet<E> tailSet(E fromElement, boolean inclusive) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return Synchronized.navigableSet(delegate().tailSet(fromElement, inclusive), mutex);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> tailSet(E fromElement) {
      return tailSet(fromElement, true);
    }

      if (from == Bound.NO_BOUND && to == Bound.EXCLUSIVE) {
        return set.headSet(lastExclusive);
      } else if (from == Bound.INCLUSIVE && to == Bound.NO_BOUND) {
        return set.tailSet(firstInclusive);
      } else if (from == Bound.INCLUSIVE && to == Bound.EXCLUSIVE) {
        return set.subSet(firstInclusive, lastExclusive);
      } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException();
      }

  public void testEmptySubSet() {
    NavigableSet<E> empty = navigableSet.subSet(e0(), false, e0(), false);
    assertEquals(new TreeSet<E>(), empty);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(cpovirk): more testing of subSet/headSet/tailSet/descendingSet? and/or generate derived
   * suites?
   */

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Method} instances for the test methods in this class that create a set with

    assertEquals(StringLength.COMPARATOR, keySet.comparator());
    assertEquals(Sets.<@Nullable String>newHashSet(null, "tree"), keySet.headSet("yahoo"));
    assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet("google"), keySet.tailSet("yahoo"));
    assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet("tree"), keySet.subSet("ask", "yahoo"));
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester
  public void testExplicitComparatorSerialization() {

    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.headSet(2));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.headSet(2, true));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.tailSet(2));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.tailSet(2, true));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, 3));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, true, 3, true));

  }

  public void testRowKeySetTailSet() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    Set<String> set = sortedTable.rowKeySet().tailSet("cat");
    assertEquals(Collections.singleton("foo"), set);
    set.clear();
    assertTrue(set.isEmpty());
    assertEquals(Collections.singleton("bar"), sortedTable.rowKeySet());
  }

    multimap.put("a", 11);
    multimap.put("b", 2);
    multimap.put("c", 3);
    multimap.put("d", 4);
    multimap.put("e", 5);
    multimap.put("e", 55);

    multimap.keySet().tailSet("d").clear();
    assertEquals(ImmutableSet.of("a", "b", "c"), multimap.keySet());
    assertEquals(4, multimap.size());
    assertEquals(4, multimap.values().size());
    assertEquals(4, multimap.keys().size());
  }

    return sortedDelegate.firstKey();
  }

  @CheckForNull
  public K lastKey() {
    return sortedDelegate.lastKey();
  }

  @CheckForNull
  K higher(K k) {
    Iterator<K> iterator = keySet().tailSet(k).iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
      K tmp = iterator.next();
      if (comparator().compare(k, tmp) < 0) {
        return tmp;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.headSet(2));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.headSet(2, true));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.tailSet(2));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.tailSet(2, true));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, 3));
    ensureNotDirectlyModifiable(unmod.subSet(1, true, 3, true));