* {@code ImmutableList}, use {@code stream.sorted(comparator).collect(toImmutableList())}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element in the input is null
   * @since 21.0
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> sortedCopyOf(
      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant

  }

  static <T extends @Nullable Object> Spliterator<T> indexed(
      int size,
      int extraCharacteristics,
      IntFunction<T> function,
      @Nullable Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
    if (comparator != null) {
      checkArgument((extraCharacteristics & Spliterator.SORTED) != 0);
    }
    final class WithCharacteristics implements Spliterator<T> {
      private final Spliterator.OfInt delegate;

    @LazyInit private transient @Nullable Comparator<? super K> comparator;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
      Comparator<? super K> result = comparator;
      if (result == null) {
        Comparator<? super K> forwardCmp = forward().comparator();
        if (forwardCmp == null) {
          forwardCmp = (Comparator) Ordering.natural();
        }

    }
    return map;
  }

  static <T> Comparator<T> arbitraryNullFriendlyComparator() {
    return new NullFriendlyComparator<>();
  }

  private static final class NullFriendlyComparator<T> implements Comparator<T>, Serializable {
    @Override
    public int compare(T left, T right) {
      return String.valueOf(left).compareTo(String.valueOf(right));
    }
  }

 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 11.0
 */
public interface SortedMultiset<E extends @Nullable Object> extends Multiset<E>, SortedIterable<E> {
  Comparator<? super E> comparator();

  @Nullable Entry<E> firstEntry();

  @Nullable Entry<E> lastEntry();

  @Nullable Entry<E> pollFirstEntry();

  @Nullable Entry<E> pollLastEntry();

  /**

  }

  static <T extends @Nullable Object> Spliterator<T> indexed(
      int size,
      int extraCharacteristics,
      IntFunction<T> function,
      @Nullable Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
    if (comparator != null) {
      checkArgument((extraCharacteristics & Spliterator.SORTED) != 0);
    }
    /*
     * @IgnoreJRERequirement should be redundant with the one on Streams itself, but it's necessary

    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<K, V> tailMap(K fromKey) {
      return tailMap(fromKey, true);
    }

    @Override
    public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate().comparator();
    }

    @Override
    public K firstKey() {
      assertTrue(Thread.holdsLock(mutex));
      return delegate().firstKey();
    }

    /** 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();
  }

  /**

    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();

  }

  public void testCreation_arrayOfArray() {
    Comparator<String[]> comparator =
        Ordering.natural().lexicographical().onResultOf(Arrays::asList);
    String[] array = new String[] {"a"};
    Multiset<String[]> multiset = ImmutableSortedMultiset.orderedBy(comparator).add(array).build();
    Multiset<String[]> expected = HashMultiset.create();
    expected.add(array);