* code would be responsible for populating a "real" {@code T} (which might still be the value
   * {@code null}!) before returning it to callers. Depending on how the code is structured, a
   * nullness analysis might not understand that the field has been populated. To avoid that problem
   * without having to add {@code @SuppressWarnings}, the code can call this method.
   *

 *       under all environments. We could fight this by fully qualifying the annotation, but the
 *       result will be verbose and attention-grabbing.
 *   <li>We need to be careful about how we suppress {@code suite()} methods in {@code common.io}.
 *       The generated suite for {@code FooTest} ends up containing {@code FooTest} itself plus some

@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class IteratorTester<E extends @Nullable Object>
    extends AbstractIteratorTester<E, Iterator<E>> {
  /**
   * Creates an IteratorTester.
   *
   * @param steps how many operations to test for each tested pair of iterators
   * @param features the features supported by the iterator
   */
  protected IteratorTester(
      int steps,
      Iterable<? extends IteratorFeature> features,

       * pass.
       *
       * 2. We would probably choose to compare exceptions using == instead of equals() (for
       * consistency with how weak references are cleared). That's a behavior change -- arguably the
       * removal of a feature.
       *
       * Fortunately, exceptions rarely contain references to expensive resources.
       */

      //

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * Base class for map testers.
 *
 * <p>TODO: see how much of this is actually needed once Map testers are written. (It was cloned
 * from AbstractCollectionTester.)
 *
 * @param <K> the key type of the map to be tested.
 * @param <V> the value type of the map to be tested.

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    FilenameFilter filter = new PatternFilenameFilter("a+");
    assertTrue(filter.accept(dir, "a"));
    assertTrue(filter.accept(dir, "aaaa"));
    assertFalse(filter.accept(dir, "b"));

    // Show that dir is ignored
    assertTrue(filter.accept(null, "a"));
  }

  public void testNulls() throws Exception {
    NullPointerTester tester = new NullPointerTester();

 *   }
 * }, executor);
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <h3>How to get an instance</h3>
 *
 * <p>We encourage you to return {@code ListenableFuture} from your methods so that your users can
 * take advantage of the {@linkplain Futures utilities built atop the class}. The way that you will
 * create {@code ListenableFuture} instances depends on how you currently create {@code Future}
 * instances:
 *
 * <ul>

}
```

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## IMPORTANT WARNINGS

 * bound. However, it would also let them create `new TypeParameter<@Nullable T>() {}`, which
 * wouldn't behave as users might expect. Additionally, it's not clear how the TypeToken API could
 * support even a "normal" `TypeParameter<T>` when `<T>` has a nullable bound. (See the discussion
 * on TypeToken.where.) So, in the interest of failing fast and encouraging the user to switch to a