// implementations.

  private Futures() {}

  /**
   * Creates a {@code ListenableFuture} which has its value set immediately upon construction. The
   * getters just return the value. This {@code Future} can't be canceled or timed out and its
   * {@code isDone()} method always returns {@code true}.
   */
  public static <V extends @Nullable Object> ListenableFuture<V> immediateFuture(