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package com.google.common.collect;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.SortedSet;

/**
 * GWT emulation of {@code SortedMultiset}, with {@code elementSet} reduced
 * to returning a {@code SortedSet} for GWT compatibility.
 * 
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 11.0
 */
@Beta
public interface SortedMultiset<E> extends Multiset<E>, SortedIterable<E> {
  Comparator<? super E> comparator();

  Entry<E> firstEntry();

  Entry<E> lastEntry();

  Entry<E> pollFirstEntry();

  Entry<E> pollLastEntry();

  /**
   * Returns a {@link SortedSet} view of the distinct elements in this multiset.
   * (Outside GWT, this returns a {@code NavigableSet}.)
   */
  @Override SortedSet<E> elementSet();
  
  SortedMultiset<E> descendingMultiset();

  SortedMultiset<E> headMultiset(E upperBound, BoundType boundType);

  SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(E lowerBound, BoundType lowerBoundType,
      E upperBound, BoundType upperBoundType);

  SortedMultiset<E> tailMultiset(E lowerBound, BoundType boundType);
}
