* exception is propagated to the caller exactly as-is. If, on the other hand, the time limit is
   * reached, the proxy will attempt to abort the call to the target, and will throw an {@link
   * UncheckedTimeoutException} to the caller.
   *
   * <p>It is important to note that the primary purpose of the proxy object is to return control to

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

      boolean expression,
      /*
       * TODO(cpovirk): Consider removing @CheckForNull here, as we've done with the other methods'
       * errorMessageTemplate parameters: It is unlikely that callers intend for their string
       * template to be null (though we do handle that case gracefully at runtime). I've left this
       * one as it is because one of our users has defined a wrapper API around Preconditions,

         * requireNonNull is safe because the callers promise to put non-null objects in the first
         * `length` array elements.
         */
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // our callers put only E instances into the array
        E onlyElement = (E) requireNonNull(elements[0]);
        return of(onlyElement);
      default:
        /*
         * The suppression is safe because the callers promise to put non-null objects in the first

      if (isSatisfied(guard)) {
        guard.condition.signal();
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Exactly like signalNextWaiter, but caller guarantees that guardToSkip need not be considered,
   * because caller has previously checked that guardToSkip.isSatisfied() returned false. An
   * optimization for the case that guardToSkip.isSatisfied() may be expensive.
   *

  /**
   * Creates a TimeLimiter instance using the given executor service to execute method calls.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> using a bounded executor may be counterproductive! If the thread pool fills
   * up, any time callers spend waiting for a thread may count toward their time limit, and in this
   * case the call may even time out before the target method is ever invoked.
   *

   *     the {@link ExecutionException} thrown by {@code input.get()} or, if {@code get()} throws a
   *     different kind of exception, that exception itself. To avoid hiding bugs and other
   *     unrecoverable errors, callers should prefer more specific types, avoiding {@code
   *     Throwable.class} in particular.
   * @param fallback the {@link Function} to be called if the input fails with the expected

   * of tasks submitted by {@code invokeAll} or {@code invokeAny}, tasks will run serially on the
   * calling thread. Tasks are run to completion before a {@code Future} is returned to the caller
   * (unless the executor has been shutdown).
   *
   * <p>The returned executor is backed by the executor returned by {@link
   * MoreExecutors#newDirectExecutorService} and subject to the same constraints.
   *

   * themselves their proper values under GWT, since GWT's EnumMap does need the Class instance.
   *
   * Note that sometimes these fields *do* have correct values under J2CL: They will if the caller
   * calls `create(Foo.class)`, rather than `create(map)`. That's fine; we just shouldn't rely on
   * it.
   */
  transient Class<K> keyTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;
  transient Class<V> valueTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;

  /**

 *
 * <p><b>Note:</b> {@code ComparisonChain} instances are <b>immutable</b>. For this utility to work
 * correctly, calls must be chained as illustrated above.
 *
 * <p>Performance note: Even though the {@code ComparisonChain} caller always invokes its {@code
 * compare} methods unconditionally, the {@code ComparisonChain} implementation stops calling its
 * inputs' {@link Comparable#compareTo compareTo} and {@link Comparator#compare compare} methods as