WeakReference<Object> garbage = createGarbage();
    GcFinalization.awaitClear(garbage);
    Lock writeLock = striped.get(key).writeLock();
    readLock.lock();
    try {
      assertFalse(writeLock.tryLock());
    } finally {
      readLock.unlock();
    }
  }

  private WeakReference<Object> createGarbage() {
    return new WeakReference<>(new Object());
  }

    WeakReference<Object> garbage = createGarbage();
    GcFinalization.awaitClear(garbage);
    Lock writeLock = striped.get(key).writeLock();
    readLock.lock();
    try {
      assertFalse(writeLock.tryLock());
    } finally {
      readLock.unlock();
    }
  }

  private WeakReference<Object> createGarbage() {
    return new WeakReference<>(new Object());
  }