// Overriding close() because FilterOutputStream's close() method pre-JDK8 has bad behavior:
  // it silently ignores any exception thrown by flush(). Instead, just close the delegate stream.
  // It should flush itself if necessary.
  @Override
  public void close() throws IOException {
    out.close();
  }

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *
 * <p>This class does <i>not</i> forward the {@code hashCode} and {@code equals} methods through to
 * the backing object, but relies on {@code Object}'s implementation. This is necessary to preserve
 * the symmetry of {@code equals}. Custom definitions of equality are usually based on an interface,
 * such as {@code Set} or {@code List}, so that the implementation of {@code equals} can cast the

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 * future version of {@code com.google.common.base.Supplier} will be made to <i>extend</i> {@code
 * java.util.function.Supplier}, making conversion code necessary only in one direction. At that
 * time, this interface will be officially discouraged.
 *
 * @author Harry Heymann
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface Supplier<T extends @Nullable Object> {
  /**

  // Overriding close() because FilterOutputStream's close() method pre-JDK8 has bad behavior:
  // it silently ignores any exception thrown by flush(). Instead, just close the delegate stream.
  // It should flush itself if necessary.
  @Override
  public void close() throws IOException {
    out.close();
  }

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *
 * <p>This class does <i>not</i> forward the {@code hashCode} and {@code equals} methods through to
 * the backing object, but relies on {@code Object}'s implementation. This is necessary to preserve
 * the symmetry of {@code equals}. Custom definitions of equality are usually based on an interface,
 * such as {@code Set} or {@code List}, so that the implementation of {@code equals} can cast the