return TreeMultimap.create(StringLength.COMPARATOR, DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR);
  }

  /** Create and populate a {@code TreeMultimap} with explicit comparators. */
  private TreeMultimap<@Nullable String, @Nullable Integer> createPopulate() {
    TreeMultimap<@Nullable String, @Nullable Integer> multimap =
        TreeMultimap.create(StringLength.COMPARATOR, DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR);
    multimap.put("google", 2);

   * should be identical to the one the user passed in. We touch only the
   * "secret" comparator used by the delegate implementation.
   */

  private static <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> newModifiableDelegate(Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    return newTreeMap(nullAccepting(comparator));
  }

  private static <E> Comparator<@Nullable E> nullAccepting(Comparator<E> comparator) {

  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 = ZERO_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS;
    this.offset = 0;
    this.length = 0;
  }

  RegularImmutableSortedMultiset(

   * 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

    } else {
      return false;
    }
    return comparator.equals(comparator2);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  // if sortedSet.comparator() is null, the set must be naturally ordered
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Comparator<? super E> comparator(
      SortedSet<E> sortedSet) {
    Comparator<? super E> result = sortedSet.comparator();
    if (result == null) {

  }

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

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

  @Override
  public boolean contains(Object object) {

  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOfSorted(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = map.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      // If map has a null comparator, the keys should have a natural ordering,
      // even though K doesn't explicitly implement Comparable.
      comparator = (Comparator<? super K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    if (map instanceof ImmutableSortedMap) {

  }

  TreeMultimap(Comparator<? super K> keyComparator, Comparator<? super V> valueComparator) {
    super(new TreeMap<K, Collection<V>>(keyComparator));
    this.keyComparator = keyComparator;
    this.valueComparator = valueComparator;
  }

  private TreeMultimap(
      Comparator<? super K> keyComparator,
      Comparator<? super V> valueComparator,

 * 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

    // reading data stored by writeObject
    Comparator<? super E> comparator = (Comparator<? super E>) requireNonNull(stream.readObject());
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(AbstractSortedMultiset.class, "comparator").set(this, comparator);
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(TreeMultiset.class, "range")
        .set(this, GeneralRange.all(comparator));
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(TreeMultiset.class, "rootReference")