}
      return ((SortedMap<C, V>) backingRowMap).firstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public C lastKey() {
      updateBackingRowMapField();
      if (backingRowMap == null) {
        throw new NoSuchElementException();
      }
      return ((SortedMap<C, V>) backingRowMap).lastKey();
    }

    @CheckForNull transient SortedMap<C, V> wholeRow;

    Entry<K, V> entry = firstEntry();
    if (entry == null) {
      throw new NoSuchElementException();
    } else {
      return entry.getKey();
    }
  }

  @Override
  @ParametricNullness
  public K lastKey() {
    Entry<K, V> entry = lastEntry();
    if (entry == null) {
      throw new NoSuchElementException();
    } else {
      return entry.getKey();
    }
  }

  @Override
  @CheckForNull

      return standardFirstKey();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<K, V> headMap(K toKey) {
      return standardHeadMap(toKey);
    }

    @Override
    public K lastKey() {
      return standardLastKey();
    }

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

    return comparator;
  }

  @CheckForNull
  public K firstKey() {
    return sortedDelegate.firstKey();
  }

  @CheckForNull
  public K lastKey() {
    return sortedDelegate.lastKey();
  }

  @CheckForNull
  K higher(K k) {
    Iterator<K> iterator = keySet().tailSet(k).iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
      K tmp = iterator.next();

      return transformEntries(fromMap().headMap(toKey), transformer);
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K lastKey() {
      return fromMap().lastKey();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<K, V2> subMap(@ParametricNullness K fromKey, @ParametricNullness K toKey) {

      return transformEntries(fromMap().headMap(toKey), transformer);
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    public K lastKey() {
      return fromMap().lastKey();
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<K, V2> subMap(@ParametricNullness K fromKey, @ParametricNullness K toKey) {

    SortedMap<String, Collection<Integer>> asMap = multimap.asMap();
    assertEquals(Ordering.natural(), asMap.comparator());
    assertEquals("foo", asMap.firstKey());
    assertEquals("tree", asMap.lastKey());
    Set<Integer> fooValues = ImmutableSet.of(1, 3, 7);
    Set<Integer> googleValues = ImmutableSet.of(2, 6);
    Set<Integer> treeValues = ImmutableSet.of(4, 0);

    assertSame("bar", sortedTable.rowMap().firstKey());
  }

  public void testRowMapLastKey() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    assertSame("foo", sortedTable.rowMap().lastKey());
  }

  public void testRowKeyMapHeadMap() {
    sortedTable = create("foo", 1, 'a', "bar", 1, 'b', "foo", 3, 'c');
    Map<String, Map<Integer, Character>> map = sortedTable.rowMap().headMap("cat");

    removeFromReplica(replica, replicatedMinValue);
  }

  private static void removeMaxFromReplica(
      SortedMap<Integer, AtomicInteger> replica, int maxValue) {
    Integer replicatedMaxValue = replica.lastKey();
    assertTrue("maxValue is incorrect", replicatedMaxValue == maxValue);
    removeFromReplica(replica, replicatedMaxValue);
  }

      synchronized (mutex) {
        return sortedMap(delegate().headMap(toKey), mutex);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public K lastKey() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().lastKey();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public SortedMap<K, V> subMap(K fromKey, K toKey) {
      synchronized (mutex) {