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
  public void clear() {
    delegate.clear();
  }

  @Override
  public Comparator<? super E> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super E> comparator = delegate.comparator();
    if (comparator != null) {
      return comparator;
    }
    return NATURAL_ORDER;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean contains(Object object) {

 * 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)

    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester
  public void testSingle_serialization() {
    SortedSet<String> set = new SafeTreeSet<>();
    set.add("e");
    SortedSet<String> copy = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(set);
    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester

     * @param comparator the comparator for ordering the elements in the priority queue
     * @return a new instance of {@link PriorityBlockingQueue}
     * @see PriorityBlockingQueue#PriorityBlockingQueue(int, Comparator)
     */
    public static <E> PriorityBlockingQueue<E> newPriorityBlockingQueue(final int initialCapacity, final Comparator<? super E> comparator) {

       * 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

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

    final E lastInclusive;
    private final Comparator<? super E> comparator;
    private final TestSortedSetGenerator<E> delegate;

    public SortedSetSubsetTestSetGenerator(
        TestSortedSetGenerator<E> delegate, Bound to, Bound from) {
      this.to = to;
      this.from = from;
      this.delegate = delegate;

      SortedSet<E> emptySet = delegate.create();
      this.comparator = emptySet.comparator();

 * invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingSortedSet}.
 *
 * <p>Each of the {@code standard} methods, where appropriate, uses the set's comparator (or the
 * natural ordering of the elements, if there is no comparator) to test element equality. As a
 * result, if the comparator is not consistent with equals, some of the standard implementations may
 * violate the {@code Set} contract.
 *

    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
      return Multisets.elementIterator(multiset().entrySet().iterator());
    }

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

    @Override
    public SortedSet<E> subSet(@ParametricNullness E fromElement, @ParametricNullness E toElement) {