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

    super(delegate);
  }

  @Override
  protected SortedMultiset<E> delegate() {
    return (SortedMultiset<E>) super.delegate();
  }

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

  @Override
  SortedSet<E> createElementSet() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSortedSet(delegate().elementSet());
  }

  @Override

      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
    SortedSet<R> createKeySet() {
      return new Maps.SortedKeySet<>(this);
    }

    @Override
    public @Nullable Comparator<? super R> comparator() {
      return sortedBackingMap().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    public R firstKey() {
      return sortedBackingMap().firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public R lastKey() {

     * 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?
     */

    /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
    public StandardElementSet() {
      super(ForwardingSortedMultiset.this);
    }
  }

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

  @Override
  public SortedMultiset<E> descendingMultiset() {
    return delegate().descendingMultiset();
  }

  /**

public interface SortedMultiset<E extends @Nullable Object>
    extends SortedMultisetBridge<E>, SortedIterable<E> {
  /**
   * Returns the comparator that orders this multiset, or {@link Ordering#natural()} if the natural
   * ordering of the elements is used.
   */
  @Override
  Comparator<? super E> comparator();

  /**
   * Returns the entry of the first element in this multiset, or {@code null} if this multiset is
   * empty.
   */

public interface SortedMultiset<E extends @Nullable Object>
    extends SortedMultisetBridge<E>, SortedIterable<E> {
  /**
   * Returns the comparator that orders this multiset, or {@link Ordering#natural()} if the natural
   * ordering of the elements is used.
   */
  @Override
  Comparator<? super E> comparator();

  /**
   * Returns the entry of the first element in this multiset, or {@code null} if this multiset is
   * empty.
   */

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

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

 * 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)