@Override
    public E removeFirst() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().removeFirst();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public E removeLast() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().removeLast();
      }
    }

    @Override
    public @Nullable E pollFirst() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        return delegate().pollFirst();
      }

    Deque<Spliterator<T>> splits = new ArrayDeque<>();
    splits.addLast(stream.spliterator());

    while (!splits.isEmpty()) {
      Spliterator<T> spliterator = splits.removeLast();

      if (spliterator.getExactSizeIfKnown() == 0) {
        continue; // drop this split
      }

      // Many spliterators will have trySplits that are SUBSIZED even if they are not themselves

    Deque<Spliterator<T>> splits = new ArrayDeque<>();
    splits.addLast(stream.spliterator());

    while (!splits.isEmpty()) {
      Spliterator<T> spliterator = splits.removeLast();

      if (spliterator.getExactSizeIfKnown() == 0) {
        continue; // drop this split
      }

      // Many spliterators will have trySplits that are SUBSIZED even if they are not themselves

          if (topConcat.metaIterators != null) {
            while (!topConcat.metaIterators.isEmpty()) {
              this.metaIterators.addFirst(topConcat.metaIterators.removeLast());
            }
          }
          this.topMetaIterator = topConcat.topMetaIterator;
        }
      }
      return true;
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness