* is the only one in use, but if we encounter nested concatenations, we start a deque of
     * meta-iterators rather than letting the nesting get arbitrarily deep.  This keeps each
     * operation O(1).
     */

    @CheckForNull private Iterator<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> topMetaIterator;

    // Only becomes nonnull if we encounter nested concatenations.

// AssumeRoleWithCertificate case, the "virtual" parent user is the value of the
// `Subject.CommonName` field. For the OIDC (without RoleARN) case the "virtual"
// parent is derived as a concatenation of the `sub` and `iss` fields. The
// policies applicable to the STS credential are associated with this "virtual"
// parent.
//
// When a policyName is given to this function, the policy association is