* Invoke this method to transition the service to the {@link State#FAILED}. The service will
   * <b>not be stopped</b> if it is running. Invoke this method when a service has failed critically
   * or otherwise cannot be started nor stopped.
   */
  protected final void notifyFailed(Throwable cause) {
    checkNotNull(cause);

    monitor.enter();
    try {
      State previous = state();
      switch (previous) {
        case NEW:

to or loss of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption
of operations.

   6. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY
CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION

     * requireNonNull is safe because this is called from the constructor after `futures` is set but
     * before releaseResources could be called (because we have not yet set up any of the listeners
     * that could call it, nor exposed this Future for users to call cancel() on).
     */
    requireNonNull(futures);

    // Corner case: List is empty.
    if (futures.isEmpty()) {
      handleAllCompleted();
      return;
    }

   *       equivalent(x, z)} is also true (<i>transitive</i> property)
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>Note that all calls to {@code equivalent(x, y)} are expected to return the same result as
   * long as neither {@code x} nor {@code y} is modified.
   */
  public final boolean equivalent(@Nullable T a, @Nullable T b) {
    if (a == b) {
      return true;
    }
    if (a == null || b == null) {
      return false;
    }

   * access. Access time is reset by all cache read and write operations (including {@code
   * Cache.asMap().get(Object)} and {@code Cache.asMap().put(K, V)}), but not by {@code
   * containsKey(Object)}, nor by operations on the collection-views of {@link Cache#asMap}}. So,
   * for example, iterating through {@code Cache.asMap().entrySet()} does not reset access time for
   * the entries you retrieve.
   *

    }
    return new RegularImmutableMap<K, V>(hashTable, alternatingKeysAndValues, n);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a hash table for the specified keys and values, and ensures that neither keys nor
   * values are null. This method may update {@code alternatingKeysAndValues} if there are duplicate
   * keys. If so, the return value will indicate how many entries are still valid, and will also

 * }
 *
 * <p>This returns the string {@code "Harry; Ron; Hermione"}. Note that all input elements are
 * converted to strings using {@link Object#toString()} before being appended.
 *
 * <p>If neither {@link #skipNulls()} nor {@link #useForNull(String)} is specified, the joining
 * methods will throw {@link NullPointerException} if any given element is null.
 *

### Add some custom `tags`, `responses`, and `dependencies` { #add-some-custom-tags-responses-and-dependencies }

We are not adding the prefix `/items` nor the `tags=["items"]` to each *path operation* because we added them to the `APIRouter`.

 * }
 *
 * <p>This returns the string {@code "Harry; Ron; Hermione"}. Note that all input elements are
 * converted to strings using {@link Object#toString()} before being appended.
 *
 * <p>If neither {@link #skipNulls()} nor {@link #useForNull(String)} is specified, the joining
 * methods will throw {@link NullPointerException} if any given element is null.
 *

 * either {@link Character} or {@link Arrays}.
 *
 * <p>All the operations in this class treat {@code char} values strictly numerically; they are
 * neither Unicode-aware nor locale-dependent.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */