Method comparator

output/java_guava/1.4.18/Maps.java:4016–4028

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    private transient 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();
        }
        result = comparator = reverse(forwardCmp);
      }
      return result;
    }

    // If we inline this, we get a javac error.