abstract SortedMultiset<E> forwardMultiset();

  @LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super E> result = comparator;
    if (result == null) {
      return comparator = Ordering.from(forwardMultiset().comparator()).<E>reverse();
    }
    return result;
  }

    assertEquals("a", elementSet.last());
    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");

    Ordering<@Nullable Object> comparator = Ordering.allEqual();
    assertSame(comparator, comparator.reverse());

    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(null, null));
    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(new Object(), new Object()));
    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare("apples", "oranges"));
    assertSame(comparator, reserialize(comparator));
    assertEquals("Ordering.allEqual()", comparator.toString());

    Ordering<@Nullable Object> comparator = Ordering.allEqual();
    assertSame(comparator, comparator.reverse());

    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(null, null));
    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare(new Object(), new Object()));
    assertEquals(0, comparator.compare("apples", "oranges"));
    assertSame(comparator, reserialize(comparator));
    assertEquals("Ordering.allEqual()", comparator.toString());

 * 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

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

    return unsafeComparator.compare(a, b);
  }

  final transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  ImmutableSortedSet(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    this.comparator = comparator;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the comparator that orders the elements, which is {@link Ordering#natural()} when the

      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(

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

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

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

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