* 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) {

  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) {

  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) {

    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

    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

   * 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();
  }

  /**

   * 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<? 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,

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

      Comparator<? super T> comparator, @ParametricNullness T endpoint, BoundType boundType) {
    return new GeneralRange<>(comparator, true, endpoint, boundType, false, null, OPEN);
  }

  /**
   * Returns everything below the endpoint relative to the specified comparator, with the specified
   * endpoint behavior.
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> GeneralRange<T> upTo(