*
   * Now, Finalizer no longer keeps an indirect strong reference to the static
   * FinalizableReferenceQueue field in ReferenceMap. The application class loader can be reclaimed
   * at which point the Finalizer thread will stop and its decoupled class loader can also be
   * reclaimed.
   *
   * If any of this fails along the way, we fall back to loading Finalizer directly in the
   * application class loader.
   *

 * stripes (locks/semaphores) are initialized eagerly, and are not reclaimed unless {@code Striped}
 * itself is reclaimable. <i>Weak</i> means that locks/semaphores are created lazily, and they are
 * allowed to be reclaimed if nobody is holding on to them. This is useful, for example, if one