}
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * An {@link AbstractCatchingFuture} that delegates to an {@link AsyncFunction} and {@link
   * #setFuture(ListenableFuture)}.
   */
  private static final class AsyncCatchingFuture<V extends @Nullable Object, X extends Throwable>
      extends AbstractCatchingFuture<
          V, X, AsyncFunction<? super X, ? extends V>, ListenableFuture<? extends V>> {

  // For simplicity the rest of this description will discuss Futures.catching since it is the
  // simplest instance, though very similar descriptions apply to many other classes in this file.
  //
  // In the constructor of AbstractCatchingFuture, the delegate future is assigned to a field
  // 'inputFuture'. That field is non-final and non-volatile. There are 2 places where the
  // 'inputFuture' field is read and where we will have to consider visibility of the write