return null;
    } else if (!isExpired(value)) {
      statsCounter.recordHits(1);
      value.updateTimestamp();
      return value.getValue();
    } else {
      statsCounter.recordEviction();
      statsCounter.recordMisses(1);
      // `key` was in the cache, so it's a K.
      // (Or it's a weird case like a LinkedList in a Cache<ArrayList, ...>, but *shrug*.)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

            @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // b/122668874
            @Override
            public void recordLoadException(long loadTime) {}

            @Override
            public void recordEviction() {}

            @Override
            public CacheStats snapshot() {
              return EMPTY_STATS;
            }
          });
  static final CacheStats EMPTY_STATS = new CacheStats(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);