* executor}.
   *
   * @param listener the backing listener
   * @param executor the executor with which removal notifications are asynchronously executed
   */
  public static <K, V> RemovalListener<K, V> asynchronous(
      RemovalListener<K, V> listener, Executor executor) {
    checkNotNull(listener);
    checkNotNull(executor);
    return (RemovalNotification<K, V> notification) ->

public interface AsyncCallable<V extends @Nullable Object> {
  /**
   * Computes a result {@code Future}. The output {@code Future} need not be {@linkplain
   * Future#isDone done}, making {@code AsyncCallable} suitable for asynchronous derivations.
   *
   * <p>Throwing an exception from this method is equivalent to returning a failing {@link
   * ListenableFuture}.
   */
  ListenableFuture<V> call() throws Exception;

  /**
   * Returns an output {@code Future} to use in place of the given {@code input}. The output {@code
   * Future} need not be {@linkplain Future#isDone done}, making {@code AsyncFunction} suitable for
   * asynchronous derivations.
   *
   * <p>Throwing an exception from this method is equivalent to returning a failing {@code Future}.
   */
  ListenableFuture<O> apply(@ParametricNullness I input) throws Exception;

   * asynchronous only if {@link CacheLoader#reload} was overridden with an asynchronous
   * implementation.
   *
   * <p>Returns without doing anything if another thread is currently loading the value for {@code
   * key}. If the cache loader associated with this cache performs refresh asynchronously then this
   * method may return before refresh completes.
   *

   * CacheBuilder#refreshAfterWrite}, or through a call to {@link LoadingCache#refresh}.
   *
   * <p>This implementation synchronously delegates to {@link #load}. It is recommended that it be
   * overridden with an asynchronous implementation when using {@link
   * CacheBuilder#refreshAfterWrite}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> <i>all exceptions thrown by this method will be logged and then swallowed</i>.
   *

   * asynchronous only if {@link CacheLoader#reload} was overridden with an asynchronous
   * implementation.
   *
   * <p>Returns without doing anything if another thread is currently loading the value for {@code
   * key}. If the cache loader associated with this cache performs refresh asynchronously then this
   * method may return before refresh completes.
   *

   * executor}.
   *
   * @param listener the backing listener
   * @param executor the executor with which removal notifications are asynchronously executed
   */
  public static <K, V> RemovalListener<K, V> asynchronous(
      RemovalListener<K, V> listener, Executor executor) {
    checkNotNull(listener);
    checkNotNull(executor);
    return (RemovalNotification<K, V> notification) ->

            }
        };
    }

    // ===================================================================================
    //                                                                        Asynchronous
    //                                                                        ============
    protected void async(final AsyncManager asyncManager, final Runnable runnable) {

   * CacheLoader#reload}.
   *
   * <p>As the default implementation of {@link CacheLoader#reload} is synchronous, it is
   * recommended that users of this method override {@link CacheLoader#reload} with an asynchronous
   * implementation; otherwise refreshes will be performed during unrelated cache read and write
   * operations.
   *

 * ListenableFuture}</a>.
 *
 * <p>This class is GWT-compatible.
 *
 * <h3>Purpose</h3>
 *
 * <p>The main purpose of {@code ListenableFuture} is to help you chain together a graph of
 * asynchronous operations. You can chain them together manually with calls to methods like {@link
 * Futures#transform(ListenableFuture, com.google.common.base.Function, Executor) Futures.transform}