private final Comparator<? super C> columnComparator;

  private static class Factory<C, V> implements Supplier<TreeMap<C, V>>, Serializable {
    final Comparator<? super C> comparator;

    Factory(Comparator<? super C> comparator) {
      this.comparator = comparator;
    }

    @Override
    public TreeMap<C, V> get() {
      return new TreeMap<>(comparator);
    }

    // reading data stored by writeObject
    Comparator<? super E> comparator = (Comparator<? super E>) requireNonNull(stream.readObject());
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(AbstractSortedMultiset.class, "comparator").set(this, comparator);
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(TreeMultiset.class, "range")
        .set(this, GeneralRange.all(comparator));
    Serialization.getFieldSetter(TreeMultiset.class, "rootReference")

     * provided comparator, and the rule will automatically select the first
     * value (if multiple candidates have the same attribute value, there will
     * still be an ambiguity).
     *
     * @param comparator the comparator to use
     */
    void pickFirst(Comparator<? super T> comparator);

    /**

import java.util.Comparator;

public class DefaultOrderedCompatibilityRule<T> implements Action<CompatibilityCheckDetails<T>> {
    private final Comparator<? super T> comparator;
    private final boolean reverse;

    public DefaultOrderedCompatibilityRule(Comparator<? super T> comparator, boolean reverse) {
        this.comparator = comparator;
        this.reverse = reverse;
    }

    @Override

  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    delegate.clear();
  }

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

  @Override
  public boolean contains(Object object) {

   * Comparator}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code comparator} or any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(
      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Iterator<? extends E> elements) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    return new Builder<E>(comparator).addAll(elements).build();
  }

  /**

  }

  @Override
  public void clear() {
    delegate.clear();
  }

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

  @Override
  public boolean contains(Object object) {

  /**
   * Fails compilation if the signature of min and max is changed to take {@code Comparator<T>}
   * instead of {@code Comparator<? super T>}.
   */
  public void testMinMaxWithSupertypeComparator() {
    Comparator<Number> numberComparator =
        // Can't use Comparator.comparing(Number::intValue) due to Java 7 compatibility.
        new Comparator<Number>() {
          @Override
          public int compare(Number a, Number b) {

   * may be null; use {@link Ordering#natural()} to specify natural order.
   *
   * @param keyComparator the comparator that determines the key ordering
   * @param valueComparator the comparator that determines the value ordering
   */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> TreeMultimap<K, V> create(

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