ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);

    out.writeObject(original);

    byte[] handle = toByteArray(baseWireHandle + handleOffset);
    byte[] ref = prepended(TC_REFERENCE, handle);
    bos.write(ref);

    return bos.toByteArray();
  }

  private static byte[] prepended(byte b, byte[] array) {
    byte[] out = new byte[array.length + 1];

        // requireNonNull is safe because the first `n` elements are non-null.
        E elem = (E) requireNonNull(elements[0]);
        return of(elem);
      default:
        // continue below to handle the general case
    }
    int tableSize = chooseTableSize(n);
    Object[] table = new Object[tableSize];
    int mask = tableSize - 1;
    int hashCode = 0;
    int uniques = 0;

import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * A bundle of statistical summary values -- sum, count, mean/average, min and max, and several
 * forms of variance -- that were computed from a single set of zero or more floating-point values.
 *

 * class. For example, testing that {@code nodes()} method returns the set of the nodes in the
 * graph. The following test cases are left for the subclasses to handle:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Test cases related to whether the graph is directed, undirected, mutable, or immutable.
 *   <li>Test cases related to the specific implementation of the {@link Network} interface.
 * </ul>
 *

    assertSplitterIterableIsLazy(Splitter.on(","));
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // java.util.regex.Pattern
  @AndroidIncompatible // not clear that j.u.r.Matcher promises to handle mutations during use
  public void testSplitterIterableIsLazy_pattern() {
    if (!CommonPattern.isPcreLike()) {
      return;
    }
    assertSplitterIterableIsLazy(Splitter.onPattern(","));
  }

  /**

 * class. For example, testing that {@code nodes()} method returns the set of the nodes in the
 * graph. The following test cases are left for the subclasses to handle:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Test cases related to whether the graph is directed, undirected, mutable, or immutable.
 *   <li>Test cases related to the specific implementation of the {@link Network} interface.
 * </ul>
 *

  }

  /** Returns whether arrays need to be allocated. */
  @VisibleForTesting
  boolean needsAllocArrays() {
    return table == null;
  }

  /** Handle lazy allocation of arrays. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  int allocArrays() {
    Preconditions.checkState(needsAllocArrays(), "Arrays already allocated");

    int expectedSize = metadata;

going to shrink any further:  she felt a little nervous about
this; `for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, `in my
going out altogether, like a candle.  I wonder what I should be
like then?'  And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is
like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember
ever having seen such a thing.

  After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided

      } else {
        // The pending load was removed. Delay notifications until loading completes.
        oldValue = unset();
      }

      // TODO(fry): could also cancel loading if we had a handle on its future
    }

    public ListenableFuture<V> loadFuture(K key, CacheLoader<? super K, V> loader) {
      try {
        stopwatch.start();
        V previousValue = oldValue.get();

       *
       * ...except that it's possible for users to insert a string key with a non-string value, and
       * in that case, getProperty *will* return null.
       *
       * TODO(b/192002623): Handle that case: Either:
       *
       * - Skip non-string keys and values entirely, as proposed in the linked bug.
       *
       * - Throw ClassCastException instead of NullPointerException, as documented in the current