*
 * <pre>{@code
 * public enum PersonFunnel implements Funnel<Person> {
 *   INSTANCE;
 *   public void funnel(Person person, PrimitiveSink into) {
 *     into.putUnencodedChars(person.getFirstName())
 *         .putUnencodedChars(person.getLastName())
 *         .putInt(person.getAge());
 *   }
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * @author Dimitris Andreou
 * @since 11.0
 */
@Beta

  `You're wrong about the crumbs,' said the Mock Turtle:
`crumbs would all wash off in the sea.  But they HAVE their tails
in their mouths; and the reason is--' here the Mock Turtle
yawned and shut his eyes.--`Tell her about the reason and all
that,' he said to the Gryphon.

  `The reason is,' said the Gryphon, `that they WOULD go with
the lobsters to the dance.  So they got thrown out to sea.  So

  }

  /**
   * Explicitly specifies the return type of this {@code Invokable}. For example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Method factoryMethod = Person.class.getMethod("create");
   * Invokable<?, Person> factory = Invokable.of(getNameMethod).returning(Person.class);
   * }</pre>
   */
  public final <R1 extends R> Invokable<T, R1> returning(Class<R1> returnType) {
    return returning(TypeToken.of(returnType));
  }

    List<@Nullable Present<V>> localValues = values;
    if (localValues != null) {
      set(combine(localValues));
    }
  }

  @Override
  void releaseResources(ReleaseResourcesReason reason) {
    super.releaseResources(reason);
    this.values = null;
  }

  abstract C combine(List<@Nullable Present<V>> values);

  /** Used for {@link Futures#allAsList} and {@link Futures#successfulAsList}. */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License

   * comparable</a>. If you pass objects that are not mutually comparable, this method may throw an
   * exception. (The reason for this decision is lost to time, but the reason <i>might</i> be that
   * we wanted to support legacy classes that implement the raw type {@code Comparable} (instead of

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,