*
 * <pre>{@code
 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(5000.0); // rate = 5000 permits per second
 * void submitPacket(byte[] packet) {
 *   rateLimiter.acquire(packet.length);
 *   networkService.send(packet);
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>It is important to note that the number of permits requested <i>never</i> affects the
 * throttling of the request itself (an invocation to {@code acquire(1)} and an invocation to {@code

    private final String toString;

    protected Stimulus(String toString) {
      this.toString = toString;
    }

    /**
     * Send this stimulus to both iterators and return normally only if both produce the same
     * response.
     */
    abstract void executeAndCompare(ListIterator<E> reference, T target);

    @Override

   *       the integral of our function, between X permits and X-K permits, assuming we want to
   *       spend K saved permits.
   * </ol>
   *
   * <p>In summary, the time it takes to move to the left (spend K permits), is equal to the area of
   * the function of width == K.
   *
   * <p>Assuming we have saturated demand, the time to go from maxPermits to thresholdPermits is

    private final String toString;

    protected Stimulus(String toString) {
      this.toString = toString;
    }

    /**
     * Send this stimulus to both iterators and return normally only if both produce the same
     * response.
     */
    abstract void executeAndCompare(ListIterator<E> reference, T target);

    @Override