public void testOrderedByComparator() {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = navigableMap.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      comparator = NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    Iterator<Entry<K, V>> entryItr = navigableMap.entrySet().iterator();
    Entry<K, V> prevEntry = entryItr.next();
    while (entryItr.hasNext()) {
      Entry<K, V> nextEntry = entryItr.next();

    private final Comparator<MavenProject> comparator;

    public SmartProjectComparator(ProjectDependencyGraph dependencyGraph) {
        this.dependencyGraph = dependencyGraph;
        this.projectWeights = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
        this.comparator = createComparator();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the comparator for ordering projects by critical path priority.
     *

      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(

    assertThat(elementSet.last()).isEqualTo("a");
    assertEquals(comparator, elementSet.comparator());
  }

  public void testNullAcceptingComparator() throws Exception {
    Comparator<@Nullable String> comparator = Ordering.<String>natural().<String>nullsFirst();
    TreeMultiset<@Nullable String> ms = TreeMultiset.create(comparator);

    ms.add("b");
    ms.add(null);
    ms.add("a");
    ms.add("b");

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

 * Comparator} instead of {@code ComparisonChain}. The example above can be implemented like this:
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * import static java.util.Comparator.comparing;
 * import static java.util.Comparator.nullsLast;
 * import static java.util.Comparator.naturalOrder;
 *
 * ...
 *   private static final Comparator<Foo> COMPARATOR =
 *       comparing((Foo foo) -> foo.aString)

       * provided but a row Comparator isn't, cellSet() iterates across the rows in the first
       * column, the rows in the second column, etc.
       */
      Comparator<Cell<R, C, V>> comparator =
          (Cell<R, C, V> cell1, Cell<R, C, V> cell2) -> {
            int rowCompare =
                (rowComparator == null)
                    ? 0

   *
   * @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
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> from(Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return (comparator instanceof Ordering)
        ? (Ordering<T>) comparator
        : new ComparatorOrdering<T>(comparator);

  private static final Comparator<@Nullable Integer> DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR =
      Ordering.<Integer>natural().reverse().<Integer>nullsFirst();

  private SetMultimap<String, Integer> create() {
    return TreeMultimap.create(StringLength.COMPARATOR, DECREASING_INT_COMPARATOR);
  }

  /** Create and populate a {@code TreeMultimap} with explicit comparators. */

   *   <li>SORTED: ordering according to a supplied comparator is guaranteed.
   * </ul>
   */
  public enum Type {
    UNORDERED,
    STABLE,
    INSERTION,
    SORTED
  }

  private ElementOrder(Type type, @Nullable Comparator<T> comparator) {
    this.type = checkNotNull(type);
    this.comparator = comparator;
    checkState((type == Type.SORTED) == (comparator != null));
  }