import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Marks an event subscriber method as being thread-safe. This annotation indicates that EventBus
 * may invoke the event subscriber simultaneously from multiple threads.
 *
 * <p>This does not mark the method, and so should be used in combination with {@link Subscribe}.
 *
 * @author Cliff Biffle
 * @since 10.0
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

        }
      } while ((byte1 = bytes[index++]) >= 0);

      if (byte1 < (byte) 0xE0) {
        // Two-byte form.
        if (index == end) {
          return false;
        }
        // Simultaneously check for illegal trailing-byte in leading position
        // and overlong 2-byte form.
        if (byte1 < (byte) 0xC2 || bytes[index++] > (byte) 0xBF) {
          return false;
        }

    cache.put(key, "1");
    // simultaneous update for same key, some null, some non-null
    doParallelCacheOp(
        count,
        n -> {
          cache.asMap().compute(key, (k, v) -> n % 2 == 0 ? v + delimiter + n : null);
        });
    assertThat(cache.size()).isAtMost(1);
  }

  public void testCompute() {
    cache.put(key, "1");
    // simultaneous deletion
    doParallelCacheOp(

## Dispatch

For synchronous calls, you bring your own thread and are responsible for managing how many simultaneous requests you make. Too many simultaneous connections wastes resources; too few harms latency.