synchronized (mutex) {
        return map(delegate().row(rowKey), mutex);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public Map<R, V> column(@ParametricNullness C columnKey) {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return map(delegate().column(columnKey), mutex);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public Set<Cell<R, C, V>> cellSet() {
      synchronized (mutex) {

          // chains of SetFutures
          // Handling this special case is important because there is no way to pass an executor to
          // setFuture, so a user couldn't break the chain by doing this themselves.  It is also
          // potentially common if someone writes a recursive Futures.transformAsync transformer.
          future = setFuture.owner;