*
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Shallow immutability.</b> Elements can never be added, removed or replaced in this
 *       collection. This is a stronger guarantee than that of {@link
 *       Collections#unmodifiableCollection}, whose contents change whenever the wrapped collection
 *       is modified.
 *   <li><b>Null-hostility.</b> This collection will never contain a null element.

 *
 * <p>Advantages compared to {@code long[]}:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All the many well-known advantages of immutability (read <i>Effective Java</i>, third
 *       edition, Item 17).
 *   <li>Has the value-based (not identity-based) {@link #equals}, {@link #hashCode}, and {@link
 *       #toString} behavior you expect.
 *   <li>Offers useful operations beyond just {@code get} and {@code length}, so you don't have to

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>The state of the RateLimiter (storedPermits) is a vertical line in this figure.
   *   <li>When the RateLimiter is not used, this goes right (up to maxPermits)
   *   <li>When the RateLimiter is used, this goes left (down to zero), since if we have
   *       storedPermits, we serve from those first

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   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>it may split surrogate pairs
   *   <li>it may split characters and combining characters
   *   <li>it does not consider word boundaries
   *   <li>if truncating for display to users, there are other considerations that must be taken
   *       into account
   *   <li>the appropriate truncation indicator may be locale-dependent

 *
 * <p>Cache statistics are incremented according to the following rules:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>When a cache lookup encounters an existing cache entry {@code hitCount} is incremented.
 *   <li>When a cache lookup first encounters a missing cache entry, a new entry is loaded.
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>After successfully loading an entry {@code missCount} and {@code loadSuccessCount}

  }

  /**
   * Verifies that a collection is immutable.
   *
   * <p>A collection is considered immutable if:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>All its mutation methods result in UnsupportedOperationException, and do not change the
   *       underlying contents.
   *   <li>All methods that return objects that can indirectly mutate the collection throw
   *       UnsupportedOperationException when those mutators are called.
   * </ol>

 *
 * <p>Cache statistics are incremented according to the following rules:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>When a cache lookup encounters an existing cache entry {@code hitCount} is incremented.
 *   <li>When a cache lookup first encounters a missing cache entry, a new entry is loaded.
 *       <ul>
 *         <li>After successfully loading an entry {@code missCount} and {@code loadSuccessCount}