} else {
      statsCounter.recordEviction();
      statsCounter.recordMisses(1);
      // `key` was in the cache, so it's a K.
      // (Or it's a weird case like a LinkedList in a Cache<ArrayList, ...>, but *shrug*.)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      K castKey = (K) key;
      alertListenerIfPresent(castKey, value.getValue(), RemovalCause.EXPIRED);
      cachingHashMap.remove(key);
      return null;
    }
  }

     * present in the cache. Active values consist of live values, which are returned by cache
     * lookups, and dead values, which have been evicted but awaiting removal. Non-active values
     * consist strictly of loading values, though during refresh a value may be both active and
     * loading.
     */
    boolean isActive();
  }

  /** Placeholder. Indicates that the value hasn't been set yet. */

     * present in the cache. Active values consist of live values, which are returned by cache
     * lookups, and dead values, which have been evicted but awaiting removal. Non-active values
     * consist strictly of loading values, though during refresh a value may be both active and
     * loading.
     */
    boolean isActive();
  }

  /** Placeholder. Indicates that the value hasn't been set yet. */