//custom options from user
        if (typeof options !== 'object' || options === null)
            options = {};

        //allow setting options with data attributes
        //data-api options will be overwritten with custom javascript options
        options = $.extend(this.element.data(), options);

        //html template for the picker UI
        if (typeof options.template !== 'string' && !(options.template instanceof $))

        ImmutableList<AbstractFuture<T>> delegates, int inputFutureIndex) {
      /*
       * requireNonNull is safe because we accepted an Iterable of non-null Future instances, and we
       * don't overwrite an element in the array until after reading it.
       */
      ListenableFuture<? extends T> inputFuture = requireNonNull(inputFutures[inputFutureIndex]);
      // Null out our reference to this future, so it can be GCed