to make out exactly what they said.

  The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a
head unless there was a body to cut it off from:  that he had
never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin
at HIS time of life.

  The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be
beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.

    public void clear() {
      ReferenceEntry<K, V> e = head.getNextInWriteQueue();
      while (e != head) {
        ReferenceEntry<K, V> next = e.getNextInWriteQueue();
        nullifyWriteOrder(e);
        e = next;
      }

      head.setNextInWriteQueue(head);
      head.setPreviousInWriteQueue(head);
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<ReferenceEntry<K, V>> iterator() {

to make out exactly what they said.

  The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a
head unless there was a body to cut it off from:  that he had
never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin
at HIS time of life.

  The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be
beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.

    public void clear() {
      ReferenceEntry<K, V> e = head.getNextInWriteQueue();
      while (e != head) {
        ReferenceEntry<K, V> next = e.getNextInWriteQueue();
        nullifyWriteOrder(e);
        e = next;
      }

      head.setNextInWriteQueue(head);
      head.setPreviousInWriteQueue(head);
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<ReferenceEntry<K, V>> iterator() {

    ticker.advance(1);
    segment.recordRead(entry, ticker.read());
    segment.expireEntries(ticker.read());
    assertTrue(map.containsKey(key));
    assertSame(entry, segment.accessQueue.peek());
    assertEquals(1, segment.accessQueue.size());

    ticker.advance(1);
    segment.recordRead(entry, ticker.read());
    segment.expireEntries(ticker.read());
    assertTrue(map.containsKey(key));

    ticker.advance(1);
    segment.recordRead(entry, ticker.read());
    segment.expireEntries(ticker.read());
    assertTrue(map.containsKey(key));
    assertSame(entry, segment.accessQueue.peek());
    assertEquals(1, segment.accessQueue.size());

    ticker.advance(1);
    segment.recordRead(entry, ticker.read());
    segment.expireEntries(ticker.read());
    assertTrue(map.containsKey(key));