* method. The returned lists implement {@link RandomAccess}, whether or not the input list does.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> The current implementation eagerly allocates storage for {@code size} elements.
   * As a consequence, passing values like {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} can lead to {@link
   * OutOfMemoryError}.
   *

 *   <li>To distinguish between "unknown" (for example, not present in a map) and "known to have no
 *       value" (present in the map, with value {@code Optional.absent()})
 *   <li>To wrap nullable references for storage in a collection that does not support {@code null}
 *       (though there are <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/LivingWithNullHostileCollections">several other

 *   <li>To distinguish between "unknown" (for example, not present in a map) and "known to have no
 *       value" (present in the map, with value {@code Optional.absent()})
 *   <li>To wrap nullable references for storage in a collection that does not support {@code null}
 *       (though there are <a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/LivingWithNullHostileCollections">several other

   * inner lists of three and two elements, all in the original order.
   *
   * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> The current implementation eagerly allocates storage for {@code size} elements.
   * As a consequence, passing values like {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE} can lead to {@link
   * OutOfMemoryError}.
   *
   * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of