}, "Multiple remove operations should not cause issues");

        // Verify iterator still works after multiple removes
        assertFalse(emptyIterator.hasNext(), "Iterator should still work after multiple removes");
        assertNull(emptyIterator.next(), "Iterator should still return null after multiple removes");
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("EmptyIterator should maintain state after all operations")

    /**
     * Gets the logger instance for this transformer.
     *
     * @return the logger instance
     */
    Logger getLogger();

    /**
     * Extracts the host name from a URL string.
     * Removes protocol and path components to return just the hostname.
     *
     * @param u the URL string to extract host from
     * @return the host name, or empty string if URL is blank, or unknown hostname if parsing fails
     */

            if (b != null) {
                return b;
            }
            return Byte.valueOf((byte) 0);
        }
        return o;
    }

    /**
     * Removes delimiters.
     *
     * @param value
     *            String value
     * @param locale
     *            Locale
     * @return String result with delimiters removed
     */

     */
    @Override
    public Object put(final String key, final Object value) {
        return parent.put(key, value);
    }

    /**
     * Removes the mapping for a key from this map if it is present.
     *
     * @param key the key whose mapping is to be removed from the map
     * @return the previous value associated with key, or null if no mapping existed
     */

    }
    
    private void reregisterNotifications() {
        // Re-register all previous registrations
        // Implementation would store registration details for recovery
    }
}
```

### 8.2 Network Partition Handling
```java
public class WitnessNetworkPartitionHandler {
    public void handleNetworkPartition() {

            final V value = e.value;
            removeList(entryIndexOf(e));
            e.clear();
            return value;
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the entry at the specified index.
     *
     * @param index
     *            the index
     * @return the value of the entry at the specified index
     */
    public V removeAt(final int index) {

        groupBhv.insertOrUpdate(group, op -> {
            op.setRefreshPolicy(Constants.TRUE);
        });

    }

    /**
     * Deletes a group from both LDAP and the database, and removes the group
     * association from all users that belong to this group.
     *
     * @param group the group entity to delete
     */
    public void delete(final Group group) {

            }

            recentAttempts.incrementAndGet();
            lastAttempt = now;
        }

        void recordSuccess() {
            // Reduce counter on success to allow recovery
            recentAttempts.updateAndGet(val -> Math.max(0, val - 1));
        }

        void reset() {
            recentAttempts.set(0);
            blocked.set(false);
            blockExpiry = null;

     *
     * @param index the position at which the rule should be added
     * @param rule the rule to be added
     */
    void addRule(int index, Rule rule);

    /**
     * Removes the specified rule from the rule manager.
     *
     * @param rule the rule to be removed
     * @return true if the rule was successfully removed, false otherwise
     */
    boolean removeRule(Rule rule);

    /**

     * We can't instantiate the class with null, so we can't directly test this method's behavior with null.
     * However, the constructor logic `!isCredentialTypeCorrect()` covers this.
     * If `new PacCredentialType(null)` throws, it implies `isCredentialTypeCorrect()` returned false for null.
     */
    @Test
    void testIsCredentialTypeCorrectWithNullData() {