this.nextOrNull = firstOrNull;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the element that follows {@code previous}, or returns {@code null} if no elements
   * remain. This method is invoked during each call to {@link #next()} in order to compute the
   * result of a <i>future</i> call to {@code next()}.
   */
  protected abstract @Nullable T computeNext(T previous);

  @Override
  public final boolean hasNext() {

public interface Funnel<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Serializable {

  /**
   * Sends a stream of data from the {@code from} object into the sink {@code into}. There is no
   * requirement that this data be complete enough to fully reconstitute the object later.
   *
   * @since 12.0 (in Guava 11.0, {@code PrimitiveSink} was named {@code Sink})
   */
  void funnel(@ParametricNullness T from, PrimitiveSink into);

 * other {@code Future}, be {@linkplain #cancel cancelled}.
 *
 * <p>{@code SettableFuture} is the recommended {@code ListenableFuture} implementation when your
 * task cannot be implemented with {@link ListeningExecutorService}, the various {@link Futures}
 * utility methods, or {@link ListenableFutureTask}. Those APIs have less opportunity for developer

     * @param message The detail message of the problem, may be {@code null}.
     * @param line The one-based index of the line containing the problem or {@code -1} if unknown.
     * @param column The one-based index of the column containing the problem or {@code -1} if unknown.
     * @param cause The cause of the problem, may be {@code null}.
     */

 *   }
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <h3>{@code Monitor}</h3>
 *
 * <p>This version adds some verbosity around the {@code Guard} objects, but removes that same
 * verbosity, and more, from the {@code get} and {@code set} methods. {@code Monitor} implements the
 * same efficient signaling as we had to hand-code in the {@code ReentrantLock} version above.
 * Finally, the programmer no longer has to hand-code the wait loop, and therefore doesn't have to

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

  /**
   * Usually returns {@code null} but, if this {@code Future} has failed, may <i>optionally</i>
   * return the cause of the failure. "Failure" means specifically "completed with an exception"; it
   * does not include "was cancelled." To be explicit: If this method returns a non-null value,
   * then:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code isDone()} must return {@code true}
   *   <li>{@code isCancelled()} must return {@code false}