public abstract long read();

  /**
   * A ticker that reads the current time using {@link System#nanoTime}.
   *
   * @since 10.0
   */
  public static Ticker systemTicker() {
    return SYSTEM_TICKER;
  }

  private static final Ticker SYSTEM_TICKER =
      new Ticker() {
        @Override
        @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // reading system time without TimeSource
        public long read() {

          .put(Predicate.class, Predicates.alwaysTrue())
          .put(Equivalence.class, Equivalence.equals())
          .put(Ticker.class, Ticker.systemTicker())
          .put(Stopwatch.class, Stopwatch.createUnstarted())
          // io types
          .put(InputStream.class, new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]))

            0.75f,
            (builder.maximumSize != UNSET_INT),
            builder.maximumSize,
            statsCounter,
            removalListener);

    this.ticker = firstNonNull(builder.ticker, Ticker.systemTicker());
  }

  @Override
  public int size() {
    return cachingHashMap.size();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isEmpty() {
    return cachingHashMap.isEmpty();
  }

  @Override

          .put(Predicate.class, Predicates.alwaysTrue())
          .put(Equivalence.class, Equivalence.equals())
          .put(Ticker.class, Ticker.systemTicker())
          .put(Stopwatch.class, Stopwatch.createUnstarted())
          // io types
          .put(InputStream.class, new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]))

    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> builder.refreshAfterWrite(Duration.ofHours(1)));
  }

  public void testTicker_setTwice() {
    Ticker testTicker = Ticker.systemTicker();
    CacheBuilder<Object, Object> builder = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().ticker(testTicker);
    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> builder.ticker(testTicker));
  }

    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> builder.refreshAfterWrite(Duration.ofHours(1)));
  }

  public void testTicker_setTwice() {
    Ticker testTicker = Ticker.systemTicker();
    CacheBuilder<Object, Object> builder = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().ticker(testTicker);
    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> builder.ticker(testTicker));
  }

    this.ticker = checkNotNull(ticker);
    return this;
  }

  Ticker getTicker(boolean recordsTime) {
    if (ticker != null) {
      return ticker;
    }
    return recordsTime ? Ticker.systemTicker() : NULL_TICKER;
  }

  /**
   * Specifies a listener instance that caches should notify each time an entry is removed for any