* Checks whether {@code method} is thread-safe, as indicated by the presence of the {@link
   * AllowConcurrentEvents} annotation.
   */
  private static boolean isDeclaredThreadSafe(Method method) {
    return method.getAnnotation(AllowConcurrentEvents.class) != null;
  }

  /**
   * Subscriber that synchronizes invocations of a method to ensure that only one thread may enter
   * the method at a time.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting