return multiset().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> subSet(@ParametricNullness E fromElement, @ParametricNullness E toElement) {
      return multiset().subMultiset(fromElement, CLOSED, toElement, OPEN).elementSet();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> headSet(@ParametricNullness E toElement) {
      return multiset().headMultiset(toElement, OPEN).elementSet();
    }

      result = Multisets.immutableEntry(result.getElement(), result.getCount());
      entryIterator.remove();
      return result;
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
      E fromElement, BoundType fromBoundType, E toElement, BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);

   */
  @Override
  SortedSet<E> elementSet();

  SortedMultiset<E> descendingMultiset();

  SortedMultiset<E> headMultiset(E upperBound, BoundType boundType);

  SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
      E lowerBound, BoundType lowerBoundType, E upperBound, BoundType upperBoundType);

  SortedMultiset<E> tailMultiset(E lowerBound, BoundType boundType);

      result = Multisets.immutableEntry(result.getElement(), result.getCount());
      entryIterator.remove();
      return result;
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
      @ParametricNullness E fromElement,
      BoundType fromBoundType,
      @ParametricNullness E toElement,
      BoundType toBoundType) {

      return standardPollFirstEntry();
    }

    @Override
    public Entry<E> pollLastEntry() {
      return standardPollLastEntry();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
        E lowerBound, BoundType lowerBoundType, E upperBound, BoundType upperBoundType) {
      return standardSubMultiset(lowerBound, lowerBoundType, upperBound, upperBoundType);
    }

    @Override

      return standardPollFirstEntry();
    }

    @Override
    public Entry<E> pollLastEntry() {
      return standardPollLastEntry();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
        E lowerBound, BoundType lowerBoundType, E upperBound, BoundType upperBoundType) {
      return standardSubMultiset(lowerBound, lowerBoundType, upperBound, upperBoundType);
    }

    @Override

   * works better than Ordering.natural().nullsFirst() because, if null comes before all other
   * values, it lies outside the submap/submultiset ranges we test, and the variety of tests that
   * exercise null handling fail on those subcollections.
   */
  public abstract static class NullsBefore implements Comparator<@Nullable String>, Serializable {

    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  @Override
  public abstract ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> headMultiset(E upperBound, BoundType boundType);

  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
      E lowerBound, BoundType lowerBoundType, E upperBound, BoundType upperBoundType) {
    checkArgument(
        comparator().compare(lowerBound, upperBound) <= 0,
        "Expected lowerBound <= upperBound but %s > %s",