/**
   * This field encodes the current state of the future.
   *
   * <p>The valid values are:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code null} initial state, nothing has happened.
   *   <li>{@link Cancellation} terminal state, {@code cancel} was called.
   *   <li>{@link Failure} terminal state, {@code setException} was called.
   *   <li>{@link SetFuture} intermediate state, {@code setFuture} was called.

      // (in startSignal.await()), and the others waiting for that thread's result.
      while (thread.isAlive() && thread.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) {
        Thread.yield();
      }
    }
    gettersStartedSignal.countDown();
    gettersComplete.await();

    List<Object> resultList = Lists.newArrayListWithExpectedSize(nThreads);

  /**
   * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}.
   *
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple elements. The state of the
   *     iterator is unspecified.
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<T> iterator) {
    T first = iterator.next();
    if (!iterator.hasNext()) {

  /**
   * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}.
   *
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple elements. The state of the
   *     iterator is unspecified.
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<T> iterator) {
    T first = iterator.next();
    if (!iterator.hasNext()) {