name: Feature Enhancement Request
description: I want to make an existing feature better
labels: ["type=enhancement"]
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        Filing feature requests is one of the most popular ways to contribute to Guava.


        Be aware, though: most feature requests are not accepted, even if they're suggested by
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name: Feature Addition Request
description: I want to add a new feature
labels: ["type=addition"]
body:
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        Filing feature requests is one of the most popular ways to contribute to Guava.


        Be aware, though: most feature requests are not accepted, even if they're suggested by
        a full-time Guava team member. [Feedback](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4543114) from our

    public V load(K key) {
      return constant;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code new Object()} for every request, and increments a counter for every request.
   * An {@code Integer} loader that returns the key for {@code load} requests, and increments the
   * old value on {@code reload} requests. The load counts are accessible via {@link #getLoadCount}
   * and {@link #getReloadCount}.
   */

  /** The HTTP {@code Access-Control-Request-Headers} header field name. */
  public static final String ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS = "Access-Control-Request-Headers";
  /** The HTTP {@code Access-Control-Request-Method} header field name. */
  public static final String ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD = "Access-Control-Request-Method";
  /** The HTTP {@code Authorization} header field name. */

  public interface StatsCounter {
    /**
     * Records cache hits. This should be called when a cache request returns a cached value.
     *
     * @param count the number of hits to record
     * @since 11.0
     */
    void recordHits(int count);

    /**
     * Records cache misses. This should be called when a cache request returns a value that was not

    try {
      while (true) {
        Request request = requestQueue.take();
        Object result;
        try {
          result = invokeMethod(request.methodName, request.arguments);
        } catch (ThreadDeath death) {
          return;
        } catch (InvocationTargetException exception) {
          responseQueue.put(new Response(request.methodName, null, exception.getTargetException()));
          continue;

   *     value
   * @since 13.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static long decode(String stringValue) {
    ParseRequest request = ParseRequest.fromString(stringValue);

    try {
      return parseUnsignedLong(request.rawValue, request.radix);
    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
      NumberFormatException decodeException =

   * observe the new rate; only subsequent requests will.
   *
   * <p>Note though that, since each request repays (by waiting, if necessary) the cost of the
   * <i>previous</i> request, this means that the very next request after an invocation to {@code
   * setRate} will not be affected by the new rate; it will pay the cost of the previous request,
   * which is in terms of the previous rate.
   *

   * to stop requests. You could poll for lifecycle changes in a work loop:
   *
   * <pre>
   *   public void run() {
   *     while ({@link #isRunning()}) {
   *       // perform a unit of work
   *     }
   *   }
   * </pre>
   *
   * <p>...or you could respond to stop requests by implementing {@link #triggerShutdown()}, which