}

    /**
     * Executes a HEAD request for the given URL.
     * @param url The URL to request.
     * @return The ResponseData.
     */
    @Override
    public ResponseData doHead(final String url) {
        try {
            final ResponseData responseData = processRequest(url, false);
            responseData.setMethod(Constants.HEAD_METHOD);
            return responseData;

    }

    /**
     * Executes a HEAD request for the given URL.
     * @param url The URL to request.
     * @return The ResponseData.
     */
    @Override
    public ResponseData doHead(final String url) {
        try {
            final ResponseData responseData = processRequest(url, false);
            responseData.setMethod(Constants.HEAD_METHOD);
            return responseData;

				currentPartBytes := v - partOffset
				currentPartDareBytes := v - partDarePkgOffset
				if currentPartBytes < toRead {
					toRead -= currentPartBytes
					l += getEncSize(currentPartDareBytes)
				} else {
					// current part has the last
					// byte required
					lbPartOffset := partOffset + toRead - 1

					// round up the lbPartOffset
					// to the end of the
					// corresponding DARE package

     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    protected <T extends Response> long doSend(final Request request, final T response, final Set<RequestParam> params, final long timeout)
            throws IOException {
        final long firstKey = prepareRequests(request, response, params, timeout);
        doSend(request);
        return firstKey;
    }

    /**
     * @param request
     * @param response

      source: Buffer,
      byteCount: Long,
    ) {
      val toRead = minOf(remainingByteCount, byteCount)
      if (toRead > 0L) {
        source.read(buffer, toRead)
      }
      val toSkip = byteCount - toRead
      if (toSkip > 0L) {
        source.skip(toSkip)
      }
      remainingByteCount -= toRead
      receivedByteCount += byteCount
    }

    @Throws(IOException::class)

    // A String -- an event for which no one has registered.
    bus.post(EVENT);

    List<DeadEvent> events = catcher.getEvents();
    assertEquals("One dead event should be delivered.", 1, events.size());
    assertEquals("The dead event should wrap the original event.", EVENT, events.get(0).getEvent());
  }

  public void testDeadEventPosting() {
    GhostCatcher catcher = new GhostCatcher();

    // A String -- an event for which no one has registered.
    bus.post(EVENT);

    List<DeadEvent> events = catcher.getEvents();
    assertEquals("One dead event should be delivered.", 1, events.size());
    assertEquals("The dead event should wrap the original event.", EVENT, events.get(0).getEvent());
  }

  public void testDeadEventPosting() {
    GhostCatcher catcher = new GhostCatcher();

         * in sbuf will be preserved for copying into BUF in doRecv().
         */

        return key;
    }

    @Override
    protected void doSend(final Request request) throws IOException {
        synchronized (BUF) {
            ServerMessageBlock smb = (ServerMessageBlock) request;
            final int n = smb.encode(BUF, 4);

        maxReadWriteSize = Math.min(maxReadWriteSize, response.getMaxReadWriteSize());
        maxReceiveSize = Math.min(maxReceiveSize, response.getMaxReceiveSize());
    }
    
    @Override
    protected void doSend(ServerMessageBlock2 request) throws IOException {
        if (shouldUseRdmaReadWrite(request)) {
            sendWithRdmaReadWrite(request);
        } else {
            sendWithRdmaSendReceive(request);
        }

And if the server is restarted (for example after updates, or migrations from the cloud provider) you probably **won't notice it**. And because of that, you won't even know that you have to restart the process manually. So, your API will just stay dead. 😱

### Run Automatically on Startup { #run-automatically-on-startup }