//
      // We use two volatile reads. We could reduce this to one by
      // putting our fields into a holder class, but (at least on x86)
      // the extra memory consumption and indirection are more
      // expensive than the extra volatile reads.
      long nanos = expirationNanos;
      long now = System.nanoTime();
      if (nanos == 0 || now - nanos >= 0) {
        synchronized (this) {

    if ((!features.contains(IteratorFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE) && removes > 1)
        || (stimuli.length >= 5 && removes > 2)) {
      // removes are the most expensive thing to test, since they often throw exceptions with stack
      // traces, so we test them a bit less aggressively
      return;
    }

      //
      // We use two volatile reads. We could reduce this to one by
      // putting our fields into a holder class, but (at least on x86)
      // the extra memory consumption and indirection are more
      // expensive than the extra volatile reads.
      long nanos = expirationNanos;
      long now = System.nanoTime();
      if (nanos == 0 || now - nanos >= 0) {
        synchronized (this) {

    if ((!features.contains(IteratorFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE) && removes > 1)
        || (stimuli.length >= 5 && removes > 2)) {
      // removes are the most expensive thing to test, since they often throw exceptions with stack
      // traces, so we test them a bit less aggressively
      return;
    }

			// the cutover is about 16 byte skips.
			// TODO: if large prefixes of sep are matching
			// we should cutover at even larger average skips,
			// because Equal becomes that much more expensive.
			// This code does not take that effect into account.
			j := bytealg.IndexRabinKarp(s[i:], sep)
			if j < 0 {
				return -1
			}
			return i + j
		}
	}
	return -1
}

  // `handSize` must be no larger than `queues`, and should be
  // significantly smaller (so that a few heavy flows do not
  // saturate most of the queues).  See the user-facing
  // documentation for more extensive guidance on setting this
  // field.  This field has a default value of 8.
  // +optional
  optional int32 handSize = 2;

  // `queueLengthLimit` is the maximum number of requests allowed to

  // `handSize` must be no larger than `queues`, and should be
  // significantly smaller (so that a few heavy flows do not
  // saturate most of the queues).  See the user-facing
  // documentation for more extensive guidance on setting this
  // field.  This field has a default value of 8.
  // +optional
  optional int32 handSize = 2;

  // `queueLengthLimit` is the maximum number of requests allowed to

  // `handSize` must be no larger than `queues`, and should be
  // significantly smaller (so that a few heavy flows do not
  // saturate most of the queues).  See the user-facing
  // documentation for more extensive guidance on setting this
  // field.  This field has a default value of 8.
  // +optional
  optional int32 handSize = 2;

  // `queueLengthLimit` is the maximum number of requests allowed to

  // `handSize` must be no larger than `queues`, and should be
  // significantly smaller (so that a few heavy flows do not
  // saturate most of the queues).  See the user-facing
  // documentation for more extensive guidance on setting this
  // field.  This field has a default value of 8.
  // +optional
  optional int32 handSize = 2;

  // `queueLengthLimit` is the maximum number of requests allowed to

   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> This method will sometimes recognize that the actual copy operation
   * is unnecessary; for example, {@code copyOf(copyOf(anArrayList))} will copy the data only once.
   * This reduces the expense of habitually making defensive copies at API boundaries. However, the
   * precise conditions for skipping the copy operation are undefined.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null