Arrays.sort(entries, DecreasingCount.INSTANCE);
    return ImmutableMultiset.copyFromEntries(asList(entries));
  }

  private static final class DecreasingCount implements Comparator<Entry<?>> {
    static final Comparator<Entry<?>> INSTANCE = new DecreasingCount();

    @Override
    public int compare(Entry<?> entry1, Entry<?> entry2) {

import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.DoNotCall;
import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> UnmodifiableIterator<T> mergeSorted(
      Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
    checkNotNull(iterators, "iterators");
    checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");

    return new MergingIterator<>(iterators, comparator);
  }

  /**
   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value each time the iterator

    }

    @Override
    SortedSet<E> delegate() {
      return (SortedSet<E>) super.delegate();
    }

    @Override
    public @Nullable Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().comparator();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> subSet(E fromElement, E toElement) {
      synchronized (mutex) {

import java.nio.IntBuffer;
import java.nio.LongBuffer;
import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.BitSet;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;

   * example, {@code [] < [1L] < [1L, 2L] < [2L]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays
   * support only identity equality), but it is consistent with {@link Arrays#equals(long[],
   * long[])}.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static Comparator<long[]> lexicographicalComparator() {
    return LexicographicalComparator.INSTANCE;
  }

   * HashMultimap#create()}, {@link LinkedHashMultimap#create()}, {@link
   * LinkedListMultimap#create()}, {@link TreeMultimap#create()}, and {@link
   * TreeMultimap#create(Comparator, Comparator)} won't suffice.
   *
   * <p>Note: the multimap assumes complete ownership over of {@code map} and the collections
   * returned by {@code factory}. Those objects should not be manually updated and they should not

    entries =
        copyToList(
            getSubjectGenerator()
                .getSampleElements(getSubjectGenerator().getCollectionSize().getNumElements()));
    sort(entries, Helpers.entryComparator(navigableMap.comparator()));

    // some tests assume SEVERAL == 3
    if (entries.size() >= 1) {
      a = entries.get(0);
      if (entries.size() >= 3) {
        b = entries.get(1);
        c = entries.get(2);
      }
    }

    values =
        copyToList(
            getSubjectGenerator()
                .getSampleElements(getSubjectGenerator().getCollectionSize().getNumElements()));
    sort(values, navigableSet.comparator());

    // some tests assume SEVERAL == 3
    if (values.size() >= 1) {
      a = values.get(0);
      if (values.size() >= 3) {
        b = values.get(1);
        c = values.get(2);
      }
    }
  }

      }
    };
  }

  // collect
  @Generates
  <T> Comparator<T> generateComparator() {
    return generateOrdering();
  }

  @Generates
  <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> generateOrdering() {
    return new Ordering<T>() {
      @Override
      @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable") // intentionally weird Comparator
      public int compare(T left, T right) {
        return 0;
      }