checkArgument(autoIncrementStep >= 0, "May not auto-increment by a negative amount");
    this.autoIncrementStepNanos = timeUnit.toNanos(autoIncrementStep);
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the increment applied to the ticker whenever it is queried.
   *
   * <p>The default behavior is to auto increment by zero. i.e: The ticker is left unchanged when
   * queried.
   *

    entry.setValueReference(valueRef);

    // absent
    assertFalse(segment.removeLoadingValue(key, hash, valueRef));

    // live
    table.set(0, entry);
    // don't increment count; this is used during computation
    assertTrue(segment.removeLoadingValue(key, hash, valueRef));
    // no notification sent with removeLoadingValue
    assertTrue(map.removalNotificationQueue.isEmpty());

    entry.setValueReference(valueRef);

    // absent
    assertFalse(segment.removeLoadingValue(key, hash, valueRef));

    // live
    table.set(0, entry);
    // don't increment count; this is used during computation
    assertTrue(segment.removeLoadingValue(key, hash, valueRef));
    // no notification sent with removeLoadingValue
    assertTrue(map.removalNotificationQueue.isEmpty());

            nanos -= System.nanoTime() - now; // subtract the actual time we waited
          }
        }
      }
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the executor has been shut down and increments the running task count.
     *
     * @throws RejectedExecutionException if the executor has been previously shutdown
     */
    private void startTask() {
      synchronized (lock) {
        if (shutdown) {

   * {@code key}.
   */
  public long get(K key) {
    AtomicLong atomic = map.get(key);
    return atomic == null ? 0L : atomic.get();
  }

  /**
   * Increments by one the value currently associated with {@code key}, and returns the new value.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public long incrementAndGet(K key) {
    return addAndGet(key, 1);
  }

  /**