ChannelInfo leastLoadedChannel = null;
        long minPending = Long.MAX_VALUE;
        for (ChannelInfo channel : channels) {
            long pending = channel.getRequestsPending();
            if (pending < minPending) {
                minPending = pending;
                leastLoadedChannel = channel;
            }
        }
        return leastLoadedChannel != null ? leastLoadedChannel : channels.iterator().next();

This includes, for example:

* Email notifications sent after performing an action:
    * As connecting to an email server and sending an email tends to be "slow" (several seconds), you can return the response right away and send the email notification in the background.
* Processing data:

    /**
     * Creates a {@link Writer} to output to a stream with the specified encoding.
     *
     * @param os the stream (must not be {@literal null})
     * @param encoding the encoding (must not be {@literal null} or empty)
     * @return a {@link Writer} to output to the stream
     */
    public static Writer create(final OutputStream os, final String encoding) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("os", os);

      assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Cannot get() on a pending future.");
    }
  }

  static void verifyTimedGetOnPendingFuture(Future<?> future) {
    try {
      future.get(0, SECONDS);
      fail();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      assertThat(e).isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
      assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Cannot get() on a pending future.");
    }
  }

    private const val KEEP_ALIVE = "keep-alive"
    private const val PROXY_CONNECTION = "proxy-connection"
    private const val TRANSFER_ENCODING = "transfer-encoding"
    private const val TE = "te"
    private const val ENCODING = "encoding"
    private const val UPGRADE = "upgrade"

    /** See http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2-09#section-8.1.3. */
    private val HTTP_2_SKIPPED_REQUEST_HEADERS =

    assertThat(encoding.canDecode(encoded)).isTrue();
    assertThat(encoding.decode(encoded)).isEqualTo(decoded);
  }

  private static void assertFailsToDecode(BaseEncoding encoding, String cannotDecode) {
    assertFailsToDecode(encoding, cannotDecode, null);
  }

  private static void assertFailsToDecode(
      BaseEncoding encoding, String cannotDecode, @Nullable String expectedMessage) {

        if (that instanceof Pred) {
          return this.node.equals(((Pred<?>) that).node);
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      }

      @Override
      public int hashCode() {
        // Adding the class hashCode to avoid a clash with Succ instances.
        return Pred.class.hashCode() + node.hashCode();
      }
    }

    static final class Succ<N> extends NodeConnection<N> {
      Succ(N node) {

    }

    protected abstract String doBuildColumnString(String dm);

    @Override
    public String toStringWithRelation() { // #pending
        return toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String buildDisplayString(String name, boolean column, boolean relation) { // #pending
        return toString();
    }

    // ===================================================================================

    }

    protected abstract String doBuildColumnString(String dm);

    @Override
    public String toStringWithRelation() { // #pending
        return toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String buildDisplayString(String name, boolean column, boolean relation) { // #pending
        return toString();
    }

    // ===================================================================================

			b.updateXferRate(rs.TransferSize, rs.TransferDuration)
		}
	case rs.Failed:
		b.FailStats.addsize(rs.TransferSize, rs.Err)
	case rs.Pending:
	}
}

type replStat struct {
	Arn       string
	Completed bool
	Pending   bool
	Failed    bool
	opType    replication.Type
	// transfer size
	TransferSize int64
	// transfer duration
	TransferDuration time.Duration