this.predecessor = null;
    this.successor = 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
   * requirePredecessors() and requireSuccessors(), which are defined at the end of this file.
   */

  private int getPredecessor(int entry) {

    this.predecessor = null;
    this.successor = 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
   * requirePredecessors() and requireSuccessors(), which are defined at the end of this file.
   */

  private int getPredecessor(int entry) {