RateLimiter rateLimiter = new SmoothWarmingUp(stopwatch, warmupPeriod, unit, coldFactor);
    rateLimiter.setRate(permitsPerSecond);
    return rateLimiter;
  }

  /**
   * The underlying timer; used both to measure elapsed time and sleep as necessary. A separate
   * object to facilitate testing.
   */
  private final SleepingStopwatch stopwatch;