* the given {@code comparator}.
   *
   * @see #testComparator(Comparator, List)
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> void testComparator(
      Comparator<? super T> comparator, T... valuesInExpectedOrder) {
    testComparator(comparator, asList(valuesInExpectedOrder));
  }

  /**

    }

    private static final Comparator<QualifiedVersion> COMPARATOR = Comparator.comparing((QualifiedVersion v) -> v.major)
        .thenComparing(v -> v.minor)
        .thenComparing(v -> v.revision)
        .thenComparing((QualifiedVersion v) -> v.qualifier, Comparator.nullsLast(Comparator.naturalOrder()));

    @Override
    public int compareTo(QualifiedVersion other) {

  Comparator<Object> unsafeComparator() {
    return (Comparator<Object>) comparator;
  }

  RegularImmutableSortedSet<E> getSubSet(int newFromIndex, int newToIndex) {
    if (newFromIndex == 0 && newToIndex == size()) {
      return this;
    } else if (newFromIndex < newToIndex) {
      return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(
          elements.subList(newFromIndex, newToIndex), comparator);
    } else {

    Comparator<Comparable<?>> comparator = Ordering.natural().reverse();
    SortedSet<String> set =
        new ImmutableSortedSet.Builder<String>(comparator).add("a", "b", "c").build();
    SortedSet<String> copy = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(set);
    assertTrue(elementsEqual(set, copy));
    assertEquals(set.comparator(), copy.comparator());
  }

  public void testReverseOrder() {

   * bufferSize ≥ k, then we can ignore any elements greater than this value.
   */
  private @Nullable T threshold;

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(cpovirk): Consider storing Object[] instead of T[].
  private TopKSelector(Comparator<? super T> comparator, int k) {
    this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
    this.k = k;
    checkArgument(k >= 0, "k (%s) must be >= 0", k);

     * @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) {

  /**
   * Returns the {@code Comparator} by which the elements of this iterable are ordered, or {@code
   * Ordering.natural()} if the elements are ordered by their natural ordering.
   */
  Comparator<? super T> comparator();

  /**
   * Returns an iterator over elements of type {@code T}. The elements are returned in nondecreasing
   * order according to the associated {@link #comparator}.
   */
  @Override

  /**
   * Returns the {@code Comparator} by which the elements of this iterable are ordered, or {@code
   * Ordering.natural()} if the elements are ordered by their natural ordering.
   */
  Comparator<? super T> comparator();

  /**
   * Returns an iterator over elements of type {@code T}. The elements are returned in nondecreasing
   * order according to the associated {@link #comparator}.
   */
  @Override

     * empty or a partial view?
     *
     * Related: Should methods that do accept a comparator (like fromMapEntries, or like this one if
     * we were to choose to *preserve* an input comparator) return not the generic empty of()
     * instance but instead an empty ImmutableSetMultimap instance with the requested
     * valueComparator, since the comparator is visible when users call `get` on a key that's not
     * present?
     */

                new TestStringSortedMapGenerator() {
                  private final Comparator<String> comparator = NullsBeforeTwo.INSTANCE;

                  @Override
                  protected SortedMap<String, String> create(Entry<String, String>[] entries) {
                    SortedMap<String, String> map = new SafeTreeMap<>(comparator);
                    for (Entry<String, String> entry : entries) {