* of tasks submitted by {@code invokeAll} or {@code invokeAny}, tasks will run serially on the
   * calling thread. Tasks are run to completion before a {@code Future} is returned to the caller
   * (unless the executor has been shutdown).
   *
   * <p>The returned executor is backed by the executor returned by {@link
   * MoreExecutors#newDirectExecutorService} and subject to the same constraints.
   *

   * themselves their proper values under GWT, since GWT's EnumMap does need the Class instance.
   *
   * Note that sometimes these fields *do* have correct values under J2CL: They will if the caller
   * calls `create(Foo.class)`, rather than `create(map)`. That's fine; we just shouldn't rely on
   * it.
   */
  transient Class<K> keyTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;
  transient Class<V> valueTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;

  /**

    }

    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
        Platform.format("key %s not found in entries %s", newEntry.getKey(), expected));
  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */

   * elements than the collection), the element in the array immediately following the end of the
   * collection is set to {@code null}. This is useful in determining the length of the collection
   * <i>only</i> if the caller knows that the collection does not contain any null elements.
   *
   * <p>This method returns the elements in the order they are returned by the collection's
   * iterator.
   *

  }

  final Set<Throwable> getOrInitSeenExceptions() {
    /*
     * The initialization of seenExceptions has to be more complicated than we'd like. The simple
     * approach would be for each caller CAS it from null to a Set populated with its exception. But
     * there's another race: If the first thread fails with an exception and a second thread
     * immediately fails with the same exception:
     *

 * Iterator#remove} operations. This utility takes the brute-force approach of trying <i>all</i>
 * possible sequences of these operations, up to a given number of steps. So, if the caller
 * specifies to use <i>n</i> steps, a total of <i>3^n</i> tests are actually performed.
 *
 * <p>For instance, if <i>steps</i> is 5, one example sequence that will be tested is:
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>remove();

   * write.
   *
   * 2. visibility of the writes to an afterDone() call triggered by cancel():
   *
   * Since these fields are non-final that means that TimeoutFuture is not being 'safely published',
   * thus a motivated caller may be able to expose the reference to another thread that would then
   * call cancel() and be unable to cancel the delegate.
   * There are a number of ways to solve this, none of which are very pretty, and it is currently

    }

    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
        Platform.format("key %s not found in entries %s", newEntry.getKey(), expected));
  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */

    otherwise. Do not persist these and assume they can be read by a future
    version of the library.

5.  Our classes are not designed to protect against a malicious caller. You
    should not use them for communication between trusted and untrusted code.

6.  For the mainline flavor, we test the libraries using OpenJDK 8, 11, and 17

   * would declare a return type of `@Nullable T[]`. However, we've decided not to think too hard
   * about arrays for now, as they're a mess. (We previously discussed this in the review of
   * ObjectArrays, which is the main caller of this method.)
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] newArray(T[] reference, int length) {
    T[] empty = reference.length == 0 ? reference : Arrays.copyOf(reference, 0);
    return Arrays.copyOf(empty, length);