TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().tailMap("b");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().tailMap("b");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "a";
  }

    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().subMap("b", "x");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().subMap("b", "x");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "z";
  }

    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().headMap("x");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().headMap("x");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "z";
  }

    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().tailMap("b");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().tailMap("b");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "a";
  }

    TreeBasedTable<String, Integer, Character> table = makeTable();
    populateTable(table);
    return table.rowMap().subMap("b", "x");
  }

  @Override
  protected Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> makeEmptyMap() {
    return makeTable().rowMap().subMap("b", "x");
  }

  @Override
  protected String getKeyNotInPopulatedMap() {
    return "z";
  }

import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface that extends {@code Table} and whose rows are sorted.
 *
 * <p>The {@link #rowKeySet} method returns a {@link SortedSet} and the {@link #rowMap} method
 * returns a {@link SortedMap}, instead of the {@link Set} and {@link Map} specified by the {@link
 * Table} interface.
 *
 * @author Warren Dukes
 * @since 8.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

  }

  @Override
  public Collection<E> getSampleElements(int howMany) {
    SampleElements<E> samples = samples();
    List<E> allSampleElements =
        Arrays.asList(samples.e0(), samples.e1(), samples.e2(), samples.e3(), samples.e4());
    return new ArrayList<>(allSampleElements.subList(0, howMany));
  }

  @Override
  public CollectionSize getCollectionSize() {
    return collectionSize;

    original.put(1, "foo", 'a');
    assertSame(original.columnKeySet(), transpose.rowKeySet());
    assertSame(original.rowKeySet(), transpose.columnKeySet());
    assertSame(original.columnMap(), transpose.rowMap());
    assertSame(original.rowMap(), transpose.columnMap());
    assertSame(original.values(), transpose.values());
    assertEquals(original.row(1), transpose.column(1));
    assertEquals(original.row(2), transpose.column(2));

      return super.put(key, value);
    }
  }

  // rowKeySet() and rowMap() are defined here so they appear in the Javadoc.

  @Override
  public SortedSet<R> rowKeySet() {
    return super.rowKeySet();
  }

  @Override
  public SortedMap<R, Map<C, V>> rowMap() {
    return super.rowMap();
  }

  /** Overridden column iterator to return columns values in globally sorted order. */

    original.put(1, "foo", 'a');
    assertSame(original.columnKeySet(), transpose.rowKeySet());
    assertSame(original.rowKeySet(), transpose.columnKeySet());
    assertSame(original.columnMap(), transpose.rowMap());
    assertSame(original.rowMap(), transpose.columnMap());
    assertSame(original.values(), transpose.values());
    assertEquals(original.row(1), transpose.column(1));
    assertEquals(original.row(2), transpose.column(2));