}

  @SuppressWarnings("CatchingUnchecked") // sneaky checked exception
  private void addPendingString(StringBuilder builder) {
    // Capture current builder length so it can be truncated if this future ends up completing while
    // the toString is being calculated
    int truncateLength = builder.length();

    builder.append("PENDING");

    Object localValue = value;

  protected boolean setFuture(ListenableFuture<? extends V> future) {
    checkNotNull(future);

    // If this future is already cancelled, cancel the delegate.
    // TODO(cpovirk): Should we do this at the end of the method, as in the server version?
    // TODO(cpovirk): Use maybePropagateCancellationTo?
    if (isCancelled()) {
      future.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
    }