*
 * <pre>{@code
 * ListenableFuture<Boolean> adminIsLoggedIn =
 *     FluentFuture.from(usersDatabase.getAdminUser())
 *         .transform(User::getId, directExecutor())
 *         .transform(ActivityService::isLoggedIn, threadPool)
 *         .catching(RpcException.class, e -> false, directExecutor());
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <h3>Alternatives</h3>
 *
 * <h4>Frameworks</h4>
 *

 * presented below:
 *
 * <pre>
 * void runManyThings({@literal List<ThingToRun>} thingsToRun) {
 *   for (ThingToRun thingToRun : thingsToRun) {
 *     thingToRun.run(); // say this may throw an exception, but you want to
 *                       // always run all thingsToRun
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This is what the code would become:
 *
 * <pre>

   *
   * <pre>
   * for (Foo foo : foos) {
   *   try {
   *     foo.bar();
   *   } catch (BarException | RuntimeException | Error t) {
   *     failure = t;
   *   }
   * }
   * if (failure != null) {
   *   throwIfInstanceOf(failure, BarException.class);
   *   throwIfUnchecked(failure);
   *   throw new AssertionError(failure);
   * }
   * </pre>
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */

   *
   * <pre>
   * for (Foo foo : foos) {
   *   try {
   *     foo.bar();
   *   } catch (BarException | RuntimeException | Error t) {
   *     failure = t;
   *   }
   * }
   * if (failure != null) {
   *   throwIfInstanceOf(failure, BarException.class);
   *   throwIfUnchecked(failure);
   *   throw new AssertionError(failure);
   * }
   * </pre>
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */

 * then Lock B, while another thread acquires Lock B, and then Lock A:
 *
 * <pre>
 * Thread1: acquire(LockA) --X acquire(LockB)
 * Thread2: acquire(LockB) --X acquire(LockA)
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>Neither thread will progress because each is waiting for the other. In more complex
 * applications, cycles can arise from interactions among more than 2 locks:
 *
 * <pre>
 * Thread1: acquire(LockA) --X acquire(LockB)

 *
 * <p>Example usage of {@code ComparisonChain}:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public int compareTo(Foo that) {
 *   return ComparisonChain.start()
 *       .compare(this.aString, that.aString)
 *       .compare(this.anInt, that.anInt)
 *       .compare(this.anEnum, that.anEnum, Ordering.natural().nullsLast())
 *       .result();
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *

   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * a   c
   * |   |
   * |   |
   * b   d
   * }</pre>
   */
  private static final SuccessorsFunction<Character> TWO_TREES = createDirectedGraph("ab", "cd");

  /**
   * A graph consisting of a single root {@code a}:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * a
   * }</pre>
   */

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // SerializableTester
  public void testIsNull_serialization() {
    Predicate<String> pre = Predicates.isNull();
    Predicate<String> post = SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(pre);
    assertEquals(pre.apply("foo"), post.apply("foo"));
    assertEquals(pre.apply(null), post.apply(null));
  }

  public void testNotNull_apply() {

 * overridden as desired.
 *
 * <p>Usage example:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * CacheLoader<Key, Graph> loader = new CacheLoader<Key, Graph>() {
 *   public Graph load(Key key) throws AnyException {
 *     return createExpensiveGraph(key);
 *   }
 * };
 * LoadingCache<Key, Graph> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(loader);
 * }</pre>
 *

 *
 * <p>The following code:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * ListMultimap<String, String> multimap = ArrayListMultimap.create();
 * for (President pres : US_PRESIDENTS_IN_ORDER) {
 *   multimap.put(pres.firstName(), pres.lastName());
 * }
 * for (String firstName : multimap.keySet()) {
 *   List<String> lastNames = multimap.get(firstName);
 *   out.println(firstName + ": " + lastNames);
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * ... produces output such as:
 *