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

    implements SortedMultiset<E> {
  private final Comparator<? super E> comparator;

  // needed for serialization
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  AbstractSortedMultiset() {
    this((Comparator) Ordering.natural());
  }

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

  @Override
  public NavigableSet<E> elementSet() {

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

  }

  @Override
  ImmutableSortedSet<E> delegateCollection() {
    return (ImmutableSortedSet<E>) super.delegateCollection();
  }

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    return delegateCollection().comparator();
  }

  // Override indexOf() and lastIndexOf() to be O(log N) instead of O(N).

  @GwtIncompatible // ImmutableSortedSet.indexOf

   *
   * @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 int UNSET_EXPECTED_SIZE = -1;

    private final Comparator<B> comparator;
    private int expectedSize = UNSET_EXPECTED_SIZE;
    private int maximumSize = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

    private Builder(Comparator<B> comparator) {
      this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator);
    }

    /**

    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
    Comparator<@Nullable Object> unsafeComparator = (Comparator<@Nullable Object>) comparator;
    return unsafeComparator.compare(a, b);
  }

  final transient Comparator<? super E> comparator;

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

  /**

    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(

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