*
   * @return the source of this event.
   */
  public Object getSource() {
    return source;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the wrapped, 'dead' event, which the system was unable to deliver to any registered
   * subscriber.
   *
   * @return the 'dead' event that could not be delivered.
   */
  public Object getEvent() {
    return event;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {

            if (recvException != null) {
                throw recvException;
            }
            return peekedKey;
        }

        @Override
        protected void doSend(Request request) throws IOException {
            if (sendException != null) {
                throw sendException;
            }
        }

        @Override

 * worry about being reentrant, unless also called from outside the EventBus.
 *
 * <h2>Dead Events</h2>
 *
 * <p>If an event is posted, but no registered subscribers can accept it, it is considered "dead."
 * To give the system a second chance to handle dead events, they are wrapped in an instance of
 * {@link DeadEvent} and reposted.
 *

    // A String -- an event for which no one has registered.
    bus.post(EVENT);

    List<DeadEvent> events = catcher.getEvents();
    assertEquals("One dead event should be delivered.", 1, events.size());
    assertEquals("The dead event should wrap the original event.", EVENT, events.get(0).getEvent());
  }

  public void testDeadEventPosting() {
    GhostCatcher catcher = new GhostCatcher();

      // Fail fast if there's no response queued up.
      return failFastResponse!!
    }

    val result = responseQueue.take()

    // If take() returned because we're shutting down, then enqueue another dead letter so that any
    // other threads waiting on take() will also return.
    if (result == DEAD_LETTER) responseQueue.add(DEAD_LETTER)

    return result
  }

         * in sbuf will be preserved for copying into BUF in doRecv().
         */

        return key;
    }

    @Override
    protected void doSend(final Request request) throws IOException {
        synchronized (BUF) {
            ServerMessageBlock smb = (ServerMessageBlock) request;
            final int n = smb.encode(BUF, 4);

        maxReadWriteSize = Math.min(maxReadWriteSize, response.getMaxReadWriteSize());
        maxReceiveSize = Math.min(maxReceiveSize, response.getMaxReceiveSize());
    }
    
    @Override
    protected void doSend(ServerMessageBlock2 request) throws IOException {
        if (shouldUseRdmaReadWrite(request)) {
            sendWithRdmaReadWrite(request);
        } else {
            sendWithRdmaSendReceive(request);
        }

         * in sbuf will be preserved for copying into BUF in doRecv().
         */

        return (long) Encdec.dec_uint16le(this.sbuf, 34) & 0xFFFF;
    }

    @Override
    protected void doSend(final Request request) throws IOException {

        CommonServerMessageBlock smb = (CommonServerMessageBlock) request;
        final byte[] buffer = this.getContext().getBufferCache().getBuffer();
        try {

// Timer returns a timer that has started.
// When the returned function is called it will wait.
func (d *dynamicSleeper) Timer(ctx context.Context) func() {
	t := time.Now()
	return func() {
		doneAt := time.Now()
		d.Sleep(ctx, doneAt.Sub(t))
	}
}

// Sleep sleeps the specified time multiplied by the sleep factor.
// If the factor is updated the sleep will be done again with the new factor.

And if the server is restarted (for example after updates, or migrations from the cloud provider) you probably **won't notice it**. And because of that, you won't even know that you have to restart the process manually. So, your API will just stay dead. 😱

### Run Automatically on Startup { #run-automatically-on-startup }