* returned.
 *
 * <p>All default instances returned by {@link #get} are generics-safe. Clients won't get type
 * errors for using {@code get(Comparator.class)} as a {@code Comparator<Foo>}, for example.
 * Immutable empty instances are returned for collection types; {@code ""} for string; {@code 0} for

  }

  @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 {

   * bufferSize ≥ k, then we can ignore any elements greater than this value.
   */
  private @Nullable T threshold;

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(cpovirk): Consider storing Object[] instead of T[].
  private TopKSelector(Comparator<? super T> comparator, int k) {
    this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
    this.k = k;
    checkArgument(k >= 0, "k (%s) must be >= 0", k);

    Comparator<Comparable<?>> comparator = Ordering.natural().reverse();
    SortedSet<String> set =
        new ImmutableSortedSet.Builder<String>(comparator).add("a", "b", "c").build();
    SortedSet<String> copy = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(set);
    assertTrue(elementsEqual(set, copy));
    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

  public void testReverseOrder() {

    MIN_MAX {
      @Override
      public Queue<Integer> create(Comparator<Integer> comparator) {
        return MinMaxPriorityQueue.orderedBy(comparator).create();
      }
    },
    PRIORITY_QUEUE {
      @Override
      public Queue<Integer> create(Comparator<Integer> comparator) {
        return new PriorityQueue<>(11, comparator);
      }
    },
    INVERTED_MIN_MAX {
      @Override

    @Override
    protected List<String> create(String[] elements) {
      Comparator<String> comparator = createExplicitComparator(elements);
      ImmutableSet<String> set = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(comparator, asList(elements));
      return set.asList();
    }
  }

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/** An ordering for a pre-existing comparator. */
@GwtCompatible
final class ComparatorOrdering<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Ordering<T>
    implements Serializable {
  final Comparator<T> comparator;

  ComparatorOrdering(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator);
  }

  @Override

   * ClassCastException}.
   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that will be used to sort this multiset. A null value
   *     indicates that the elements' <i>natural ordering</i> should be used.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> TreeMultiset<E> create(
      @Nullable Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    return (comparator == null)

   * Comparator}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code comparator} or any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(
      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Iterator<? extends E> elements) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    return new Builder<E>(comparator).addAll(elements).build();
  }

  /**

          Comparator<? super E> comparator,
          @ParametricNullness E key,
          List<? extends E> list,
          int foundIndex) {
        return FIRST_PRESENT.resultIndex(comparator, key, list, foundIndex) - 1;
      }
    };

    abstract <E extends @Nullable Object> int resultIndex(
        Comparator<? super E> comparator,
        @ParametricNullness E key,