*
 * <ol>
 *   <li>A pipeline starts at its leaf step (or steps), which is created from either a callable
 *       block or a {@link ListenableFuture}.
 *   <li>Each other step is derived from one or more input steps. At each step, zero or more objects
 *       can be captured for later closing.
 *   <li>There is one last step (the root of the tree), from which you can extract the final result

     * expected</i>, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties:
     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
     *   <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
     *       Objects.equal}{@code (k1, k2) &&} {@link Objects#equal}{@code (v1, v2)} implies that