thread.start();
      // we want to wait until each thread is WAITING - one thread waiting inside CacheLoader.load
      // (in startSignal.await()), and the others waiting for that thread's result.
      while (thread.isAlive() && thread.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) {
        Thread.yield();
      }
    }
    gettersStartedSignal.countDown();
    gettersComplete.await();

              if (remainingNanos < SPIN_THRESHOLD_NANOS) {
                // Remove the waiter, one way or another we are done parking this thread.
                removeWaiter(node);
                break long_wait_loop; // jump down to the busy wait loop
              }
            }
          }
          oldHead = waiters; // re-read and loop.
        } while (oldHead != Waiter.TOMBSTONE);
      }

      thread.start();
      // we want to wait until each thread is WAITING - one thread waiting inside CacheLoader.load
      // (in startSignal.await()), and the others waiting for that thread's result.
      while (thread.isAlive() && thread.getState() != Thread.State.WAITING) {
        Thread.yield();
      }
    }
    gettersStartedSignal.countDown();
    gettersComplete.await();

  }

  /**
   * Marks the given step final, waits for it to be finished, and returns the value.
   *
   * @throws ExecutionException if the step failed
   * @throws CancellationException if the step was cancelled
   */
  abstract <T> T getFinalValue(ClosingFuture<T> closingFuture) throws ExecutionException;

  /** Marks the given step final, cancels it, and waits for the cancellation to happen. */

    return predicate instanceof CharMatcher ? (CharMatcher) predicate : new ForPredicate(predicate);
  }

  // Constructors

  /**
   * Constructor for use by subclasses. When subclassing, you may want to override {@code
   * toString()} to provide a useful description.
   */
  protected CharMatcher() {}

  // Abstract methods

  /** Determines a true or false value for the given character. */

  /**
   * Returns a new hash set using the smallest initial table size that can hold {@code expectedSize}
   * elements without resizing. Note that this is not what {@link HashSet#HashSet(int)} does, but it
   * is what most users want and expect it to do.
   *
   * <p>This behavior can't be broadly guaranteed, but has been tested with OpenJDK 1.7 and 1.8.
   *
   * @param expectedSize the number of elements you expect to add to the returned set

  }

  /**
   * Marks the given step final, waits for it to be finished, and returns the value.
   *
   * @throws ExecutionException if the step failed
   * @throws CancellationException if the step was cancelled
   */
  abstract <T> T getFinalValue(ClosingFuture<T> closingFuture) throws ExecutionException;

  /** Marks the given step final, cancels it, and waits for the cancellation to happen. */

 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/AsyncLoadingCache.html">their
 * deep support for asynchronous operations</a>. But if you want to migrate to Caffeine with minimal
 * code changes, you can use <a