* creates a new empty iterator.
   */
  protected AbstractSequentialIterator(@Nullable T firstOrNull) {
    this.nextOrNull = firstOrNull;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the element that follows {@code previous}, or returns {@code null} if no elements
   * remain. This method is invoked during each call to {@link #next()} in order to compute the
   * result of a <i>future</i> call to {@code next()}.
   */

 * @since 9.0 (in 1.0 as {@code ValueFuture})
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class SettableFuture<V extends @Nullable Object>
    extends AbstractFuture.TrustedFuture<V> {
  /**
   * Creates a new {@code SettableFuture} that can be completed or cancelled by a later method call.
   */
  public static <V extends @Nullable Object> SettableFuture<V> create() {
    return new SettableFuture<>();
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *

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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *

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 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *

  @SuppressWarnings("RedundantOverride")
  @Override
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible
    Object writeReplace() {
    return super.writeReplace();
  }

  // No longer used for new writes, but kept so that old data can still be read.
  @GwtIncompatible
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private static final class KeySetSerializedForm<K> implements Serializable {
    final ImmutableMap<K, ?> map;

  }

  @Override
  @ParametricNullness
  public final T next() {
    if (!hasNext()) {
      throw new NoSuchElementException();
    }
    state = State.NOT_READY;
    // Safe because hasNext() ensures that tryToComputeNext() has put a T into `next`.
    T result = uncheckedCastNullableTToT(next);
    next = null;
    return result;
  }

  @Override
  public final void remove() {

 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *