*     null} is treated as the four-character string {@code "null"}.
   * @param args the arguments to be substituted into the message template. The first argument
   *     specified is substituted for the first occurrence of {@code "%s"} in the template, and so
   *     forth. A {@code null} argument is converted to the four-character string {@code "null"};

    boolean guarded = isGuarded(method);
    boolean timed = isTimed(method);
    Object[] arguments = new Object[(guarded ? 1 : 0) + (timed ? 2 : 0)];
    if (guarded) {
      arguments[0] = guard;
    }
    if (timed) {
      arguments[arguments.length - 2] = timeout.millis;
      arguments[arguments.length - 1] = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
    }
    try {
      Object result;
      doingCallLatch.countDown();

   *       predicate.apply(b))}.
   * </ul>
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code input} is null and this predicate does not accept null
   *     arguments
   */
  boolean apply(@ParametricNullness T input);

  /**
   * Indicates whether another object is equal to this predicate.
   *

 *
 * <p>would be flagged as having called {@code sqrt()} with an illegal argument.
 *
 * <h3>Performance</h3>
 *
 * <p>Avoid passing message arguments that are expensive to compute; your code will always compute
 * them, even though they usually won't be needed. If you have such arguments, use the conventional
 * if/throw idiom instead.
 *
 * <p>Depending on your message arguments, memory may be allocated for boxing and varargs array

 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code
 *       ImmutableList.get} returns {@code E}, but that value is never {@code null}. (Accordingly,
 *       {@code ImmutableList} is declared to forbid {@code ImmutableList<@Nullable String>}.)
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can return {@code null} regardless
 *       of the type argument supplied by the user of the class: For example, {@code

 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code
 *       ImmutableList.get} returns {@code E}, but that value is never {@code null}. (Accordingly,
 *       {@code ImmutableList} is declared to forbid {@code ImmutableList<@Nullable String>}.)
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can return {@code null} regardless
 *       of the type argument supplied by the user of the class: For example, {@code

 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code
 *       ImmutableList.get} returns {@code E}, but that value is never {@code null}. (Accordingly,
 *       {@code ImmutableList} is declared to forbid {@code ImmutableList<@Nullable String>}.)
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can return {@code null} regardless
 *       of the type argument supplied by the user of the class: For example, {@code

 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code
 *       ImmutableList.get} returns {@code E}, but that value is never {@code null}. (Accordingly,
 *       {@code ImmutableList} is declared to forbid {@code ImmutableList<@Nullable String>}.)
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can return {@code null} regardless
 *       of the type argument supplied by the user of the class: For example, {@code

   *     null} is treated as the four-character string {@code "null"}.
   * @param args the arguments to be substituted into the message template. The first argument
   *     specified is substituted for the first occurrence of {@code "%s"} in the template, and so
   *     forth. A {@code null} argument is converted to the four-character string {@code "null"};

 *       typically because the type forbids nullable type arguments: For example, {@code
 *       ImmutableList.get} returns {@code E}, but that value is never {@code null}. (Accordingly,
 *       {@code ImmutableList} is declared to forbid {@code ImmutableList<@Nullable String>}.)
 *   <li>methods whose return type is a type variable but which can return {@code null} regardless
 *       of the type argument supplied by the user of the class: For example, {@code