this.allowsSelfLoops = builder.allowsSelfLoops;
    this.nodeOrder = builder.nodeOrder.cast();
    this.edgeOrder = builder.edgeOrder.cast();
    // Prefer the heavier "MapRetrievalCache" for nodes if lookup is expensive. This optimizes
    // methods that access the same node(s) repeatedly, such as Graphs.removeEdgesConnecting().
    this.nodeConnections =
        (nodeConnections instanceof TreeMap)

    Map<Element, Element> map = mapToTest;
    Element[] queries = this.queries;

    // Allows us to use & instead of %, acting on hearsay that division
    // operators (/%) are disproportionately expensive; should test this too!
    int mask = queries.length - 1;

    boolean dummy = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
      dummy ^= map.get(queries[i & mask]) != null;
    }
    return dummy;
  }

Blocking APIs may be inefficient because you hold a thread idle while waiting on the network. Threads are expensive because they have both a memory overhead and a context-switching overhead.

#### Framed protocols

   * same value those two ranges will be coalesced.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> coalescing requires calling {@code .equals()} on any connected values, which
   * may be expensive depending on the value type. Using this method on range maps with large values
   * such as {@link Collection} types is discouraged.
   *
   * @since 22.0
   */
  void putCoalescing(Range<K> range, V value);

    this.isDirected = builder.directed;
    this.allowsSelfLoops = builder.allowsSelfLoops;
    this.nodeOrder = builder.nodeOrder.cast();
    // Prefer the heavier "MapRetrievalCache" for nodes if lookup is expensive.
    this.nodeConnections =
        (nodeConnections instanceof TreeMap)
            ? new MapRetrievalCache<N, GraphConnections<N, V>>(nodeConnections)

    Map<Element, Element> map = mapToTest;
    Element[] queries = this.queries;

    // Allows us to use & instead of %, acting on hearsay that division
    // operators (/%) are disproportionately expensive; should test this too!
    int mask = queries.length - 1;

    boolean dummy = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
      dummy ^= map.get(queries[i & mask]) != null;
    }
    return dummy;
  }

 * of the <i>next</i> request. I.e., if an expensive task arrives at an idle RateLimiter, it will be
 * granted immediately, but it is the <i>next</i> request that will experience extra throttling,
 * thus paying for the cost of the expensive task.
 *
 * @author Dimitris Andreou
 * @since 13.0
 */

   * the request has become less ready for future requests", i.e. its caches become stale, and
   * requests become more likely to trigger expensive operations (a more extreme case of this
   * example is when a server has just booted, and it is mostly busy with getting itself up to
   * speed).
   *

  }

  /**
   * Returns a larger power of 2 hashtable size given the current mask.
   *
   * <p>For hashtable sizes less than or equal to 32, the returned power of 2 is 4x the current
   * hashtable size to reduce expensive rehashing. Otherwise the returned power of 2 is 2x the
   * current hashtable size.
   */
  static int newCapacity(int mask) {
    return ((mask < 32) ? 4 : 2) * (mask + 1);
  }

  }

  /**
   * Returns a larger power of 2 hashtable size given the current mask.
   *
   * <p>For hashtable sizes less than or equal to 32, the returned power of 2 is 4x the current
   * hashtable size to reduce expensive rehashing. Otherwise the returned power of 2 is 2x the
   * current hashtable size.
   */
  static int newCapacity(int mask) {
    return ((mask < 32) ? 4 : 2) * (mask + 1);
  }