links = null;
    return result;
  }

  /*
   * For discussion of the safety of the following methods for operating on predecessors and
   * successors, see the comments near the end of CompactHashMap, noting that the methods here call
   * link(), which is defined at the end of this file.
   */

  private int getPredecessor(int entry) {
    return ((int) (link(entry) >>> 32)) - 1;
  }

  @Override

    links = null;
    return result;
  }

  /*
   * For discussion of the safety of the following methods for operating on predecessors and
   * successors, see the comments near the end of CompactHashMap, noting that the methods here call
   * link(), which is defined at the end of this file.
   */

  private int getPredecessor(int entry) {
    return ((int) (link(entry) >>> 32)) - 1;
  }

  @Override