throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  @Override
  ImmutableSortedSet<C> createDescendingSet() {
    return ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(Ordering.<C>natural().reverse());
  }

  private final transient long[] cumulativeCounts;
  private final transient int offset;
  private final transient int length;

  RegularImmutableSortedMultiset(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    this.elementSet = ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(comparator);
    this.cumulativeCounts = zeroCumulativeCounts;
    this.offset = 0;
    this.length = 0;
  }

  RegularImmutableSortedMultiset(

      return ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(elements);
    }
  }

  public static class ImmutableSortedSetHeadsetGenerator extends TestStringSortedSetGenerator {
    @Override
    protected SortedSet<String> create(String[] elements) {
      List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList(elements);
      list.add("zzz");
      return ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(list).headSet("zzy");
    }
  }

 *
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // allow ungenerified Comparable types
public abstract class ContiguousSet<C extends Comparable> extends ImmutableSortedSet<C> {
  /**
   * Returns a {@code ContiguousSet} containing the same values in the given domain {@linkplain
   * Range#contains contained} by the range.
   *

    }
  }

  private transient @Nullable ImmutableSortedSet<K> keySet;

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedSet<K> keySet() {
    ImmutableSortedSet<K> ks = keySet;
    return (ks == null) ? (keySet = createKeySet()) : ks;
  }

  @Override
  ImmutableSortedSet<K> createKeySet() {
    // the keySet() of the delegate is only a Set and TreeMap.navigatableKeySet

  private final transient long[] cumulativeCounts;
  private final transient int offset;
  private final transient int length;

  RegularImmutableSortedMultiset(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    this.elementSet = ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(comparator);
    this.cumulativeCounts = zeroCumulativeCounts;
    this.offset = 0;
    this.length = 0;
  }

  RegularImmutableSortedMultiset(

  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable Entry<E> lastEntry() {
    return forward.firstEntry();
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return forward.size();
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedSet<E> elementSet() {
    return forward.elementSet().descendingSet();
  }

  @Override
  Entry<E> getEntry(int index) {
    return forward.entrySet().asList().reverse().get(index);
  }

  @Override

 *
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // allow ungenerified Comparable types
public abstract class ContiguousSet<C extends Comparable> extends ImmutableSortedSet<C> {
  /**
   * Returns a {@code ContiguousSet} containing the same values in the given domain {@linkplain
   * Range#contains contained} by the range.
   *

    return (valueComparator == null)
        ? ImmutableSet.copyOf(values)
        : ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(valueComparator, values);
  }

  private static <V> ImmutableSet<V> emptySet(@Nullable Comparator<? super V> valueComparator) {
    return (valueComparator == null)
        ? ImmutableSet.of()
        : ImmutableSortedSet.emptySet(valueComparator);
  }

  private static <V> ImmutableSet.Builder<V> valuesBuilder(

  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable Entry<E> lastEntry() {
    return forward.firstEntry();
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return forward.size();
  }

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedSet<E> elementSet() {
    return forward.elementSet().descendingSet();
  }

  @Override
  Entry<E> getEntry(int index) {
    return forward.entrySet().asList().reverse().get(index);
  }

  @Override