thread.awaitWaiting();
    thread.suspend();
    // Sleep for enough time to add 1500 milliseconds of overwait to the get() call.
    long toWaitMillis = 3500 - TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - thread.startTime);
    Thread.sleep(toWaitMillis);
    thread.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
    thread.resume();
    thread.join();

    thread.awaitWaiting();
    thread.suspend();
    // Sleep for enough time to add 1500 milliseconds of overwait to the get() call.
    long toWaitMillis = 3500 - TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - thread.startTime);
    Thread.sleep(toWaitMillis);
    thread.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
    thread.resume();
    thread.join();

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected Converter() {
    this(true);
  }

  /** Constructor used only by {@code LegacyConverter} to suspend automatic null-handling. */
  Converter(boolean handleNullAutomatically) {
    this.handleNullAutomatically = handleNullAutomatically;
  }

  // SPI methods (what subclasses must implement)

  /**

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected Converter() {
    this(true);
  }

  /** Constructor used only by {@code LegacyConverter} to suspend automatic null-handling. */
  Converter(boolean handleNullAutomatically) {
    this.handleNullAutomatically = handleNullAutomatically;
  }

  // SPI methods (what subclasses must implement)

  /**