//      */
  //     public void await(AtomicBoolean flag) {
  //         await(flag, LONG_DELAY_MS);
  //     }

  //     /**
  //      * Spin-waits up to the specified timeout until flag becomes true.
  //      */
  //     public void await(AtomicBoolean flag, long timeoutMillis) {
  //         long startTime = System.nanoTime();
  //         while (!flag.get()) {

      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();

                functionBlocking.await();
                return immediateFuture(null);
              }
            });

    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
    try {
      ListenableFuture<?> output =
          Futures.transformAsync(immediateFuture(null), function, executor);
      functionCalled.await();
      assertThat(output.toString()).contains(function.toString());

    assertFalse(service.startUpCalled);

    service.startAsync().awaitRunning();
    assertTrue(service.startUpCalled);
    assertEquals(Service.State.RUNNING, service.state());

    enterRun.await(); // to avoid stopping the service until run() is invoked

    service.stopAsync().awaitTerminated();
    assertTrue(service.shutDownCalled);
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, service.state());

 * Object x = new MyClass() {
 *   ...
 *   protected void finalize() { latch.countDown(); ... }
 * };
 * x = null;  // Hint to the JIT that x is stack-unreachable
 * GcFinalization.await(latch);
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>Here's an example that uses a user-defined finalization predicate:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * final WeakHashMap<Object, Object> map = new WeakHashMap<>();
 * map.put(new Object(), Boolean.TRUE);

      // SequentialExecutor by the time the barrier is satisfied
      barrier.await(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      executor.execute(barrierTask);
      // timeout means the second task wasn't even tried
      barrier.await(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    } finally {
      service.shutdown();
    }
  }

                  startLatch.countDown();
                  startLatch.await();
                  callable.call();
                  doneLatch.countDown();
                  return null;
                }
              });
    }
    doneLatch.await();
  }

          }
        };
    waiter.start();
    service.startAsync().awaitRunning();
    assertEquals(State.RUNNING, service.state());
    service.stopAsync();
    waiter.join(LONG_TIMEOUT_MILLIS); // ensure that the await in the other thread is triggered
    assertFalse(waiter.isAlive());
  }

  public void testAwaitTerminated_FailedService() throws Exception {
    final ManualSwitchedService service = new ManualSwitchedService();

        lock = new Object();
    }
    public int read() throws IOException {
        int result = -1;

        synchronized( lock ) {
            try {
                while( used == 0 ) {
                    lock.wait();
                }
            } catch( InterruptedException ie ) {
                throw new IOException( ie.getMessage() );
            }
            result = pipe_buf[beg_idx] & 0xFF;

   * Last, but not least: consider a RateLimiter with rate of 1 permit per second, currently
   * completely unused, and an expensive acquire(100) request comes. It would be nonsensical to just
   * wait for 100 seconds, and /then/ start the actual task. Why wait without doing anything? A much
   * better approach is to /allow/ the request right away (as if it was an acquire(1) request