// available.
  /**
   * This field encodes the current state of the future.
   *
   * <p>The valid values are:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code null} initial state, nothing has happened.
   *   <li>{@link Cancellation} terminal state, {@code cancel} was called.
   *   <li>{@link Failure} terminal state, {@code setException} was called.