// permanent deletes (by specifying a version ID in the delete operation) have three states "Pending", "Complete"
// and "Failed" to mark the status of the replication of "DELETE" operation. All failed operations can
// then be retried by healing. In the case of permanent deletes, until the replication is completed on the

    return new IdentityHashMap<>();
  }

  /**
   * Computes the difference between two maps. This difference is an immutable snapshot of the state
   * of the maps at the time this method is called. It will never change, even if the maps change at
   * a later time.
   *
   * <p>Since this method uses {@code HashMap} instances internally, the keys of the supplied maps