this.keyTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl = keyType;
  }

  // Overriding these 3 methods to show that values may be null (but not keys)

  @Override
  K checkKey(K key) {
    return checkNotNull(key);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("RedundantOverride") // b/192446478: RedundantOverride ignores some annotations.

  }

  /** Returns the associated value type. */
  @GwtIncompatible
  public Class<V> valueType() {
    return valueTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;
  }

  @Override
  K checkKey(K key) {
    return checkNotNull(key);
  }

  @Override
  V checkValue(V value) {
    return checkNotNull(value);
  }

  /**

			// to retry with 503 errors when server is coming up.
			return auth.Credentials{}, false, ErrIAMNotInitialized
		}

		// Check if the access key is part of users credentials.
		u, ok, err := globalIAMSys.CheckKey(r.Context(), accessKey)
		if err != nil {
			return auth.Credentials{}, false, ErrIAMNotInitialized
		}
		if !ok {
			// Credentials could be valid but disabled - return a different
			// error in such a scenario.