// here to provide error messages.
  // TODO(user): Some Strings used in the subclasses can be added as static Strings
  // here too.
  static final String ERROR_MODIFIABLE_SET = "Set returned is unexpectedly modifiable";
  static final String ERROR_SELF_LOOP = "self-loops are not allowed";
  static final String ERROR_ADDED_SELF_LOOP = "Should not be allowed to add a self-loop edge.";

     *
     * - _can_ be null without causing a runtime failure (because we don't want the interesting
     *   details of precondition failure to be hidden by an exception we throw about an unexpectedly
     *   null _failure message_)
     *
     * That combination upsets NullPointerTester, which wants any call that passes null for a
     * non-@Nullable parameter to trigger a NullPointerException.
     *

      throws InterruptedException {
    while (!isThreadBlockedOnInstanceOf(t, blocker)) {
      if (t.getState() == Thread.State.TERMINATED) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Thread " + t + " exited unexpectedly");
      }
      Thread.sleep(1);
    }
  }

  private static boolean isThreadBlockedOnInstanceOf(Thread t, Class<?> blocker) {

      throws InterruptedException {
    while (!isThreadBlockedOnInstanceOf(t, blocker)) {
      if (t.getState() == Thread.State.TERMINATED) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Thread " + t + " exited unexpectedly");
      }
      Thread.sleep(1);
    }
  }

  private static boolean isThreadBlockedOnInstanceOf(Thread t, Class<?> blocker) {

     *
     * - _can_ be null without causing a runtime failure (because we don't want the interesting
     *   details of precondition failure to be hidden by an exception we throw about an unexpectedly
     *   null _failure message_)
     *
     * That combination upsets NullPointerTester, which wants any call that passes null for a
     * non-@Nullable parameter to trigger a NullPointerException.
     *

  static final String ERROR_REUSE_EDGE = "it cannot be reused to connect";
  static final String ERROR_MODIFIABLE_COLLECTION =
      "Collection returned is unexpectedly modifiable";
  static final String ERROR_SELF_LOOP = "self-loops are not allowed";
  static final String ERROR_EDGE_NOT_IN_GRAPH =
      "Should not be allowed to pass an edge that is not an element of the graph.";

            service,
            from);
        checkState(
            servicesByState.put(to, service),
            "Service %s in the state map unexpectedly at %s",
            service,
            to);
        // Update the timer
        Stopwatch stopwatch = startupTimers.get(service);
        if (stopwatch == null) {

  static final String ERROR_REUSE_EDGE = "it cannot be reused to connect";
  static final String ERROR_MODIFIABLE_COLLECTION =
      "Collection returned is unexpectedly modifiable";
  static final String ERROR_SELF_LOOP = "self-loops are not allowed";
  static final String ERROR_EDGE_NOT_IN_GRAPH =
      "Should not be allowed to pass an edge that is not an element of the graph.";

  // here to provide error messages.
  // TODO(user): Some Strings used in the subclasses can be added as static Strings
  // here too.
  static final String ERROR_MODIFIABLE_SET = "Set returned is unexpectedly modifiable";
  static final String ERROR_SELF_LOOP = "self-loops are not allowed";
  static final String ERROR_ADDED_SELF_LOOP = "Should not be allowed to add a self-loop edge.";