abstract SortedMultiset<E> forwardMultiset();

  @LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super E> result = comparator;
    if (result == null) {
      return comparator = Ordering.from(forwardMultiset().comparator()).<E>reverse();
    }
    return result;
  }

  Comparator<Object> unsafeComparator() {
    return (Comparator<Object>) comparator;
  }

  RegularImmutableSortedSet<E> getSubSet(int newFromIndex, int newToIndex) {
    if (newFromIndex == 0 && newToIndex == size()) {
      return this;
    } else if (newFromIndex < newToIndex) {
      return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(
          elements.subList(newFromIndex, newToIndex), comparator);
    } else {

   * there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that defines the order
   * @return comparator itself if it is already an {@code Ordering}; otherwise an ordering that
   *     wraps that comparator
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator

  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    delegate.clear();
  }

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = delegate.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    return comparator;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
    try {

  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(
      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is

       * provided but a row Comparator isn't, cellSet() iterates across the rows in the first
       * column, the rows in the second column, etc.
       */
      Comparator<Cell<R, C, V>> comparator =
          (Cell<R, C, V> cell1, Cell<R, C, V> cell2) -> {
            int rowCompare =
                (rowComparator == null)
                    ? 0

  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
  static int unsafeCompare(
      @CheckForNull Comparator<?> comparator, @CheckForNull Object o1, @CheckForNull Object o2) {
    if (comparator == null) {
      return ((Comparable<@Nullable Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);
    } else {
      return ((Comparator<@Nullable Object>) comparator).compare(o1, o2);
    }
  }

  /**

  abstract SortedMultiset<E> forwardMultiset();

  @LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super E> result = comparator;
    if (result == null) {
      return comparator = Ordering.from(forwardMultiset().comparator()).<E>reverse();
    }
    return result;
  }

    def comparator = new ConstructorComparator()

    def "constructors with fewer parameters are first"() {
        def lhs = Stub(ClassGenerator.GeneratedConstructor)
        lhs.parameterTypes >> [String]
        def rhs = Stub(ClassGenerator.GeneratedConstructor)
        rhs.parameterTypes >> [String, Number]

        expect:
        comparator.compare(lhs, rhs) == -1

    @Unroll('compares task names #first and #second')
    def compare() {
        def comparator = new TaskNameComparator()

        expect:
        comparator.compare(first, second) < 0
        comparator.compare(second, first) > 0
        comparator.compare(first, first) == 0
        comparator.compare(second, second) == 0

        where:
        first | second
        ':t1' | ':t2'