* while the {@link OutputStream} method returns a new instance whose {@code write} methods throw
   * if called on a closed stream.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 1.0 as com.google.common.io.NullOutputStream)
   */
  public static OutputStream nullOutputStream() {
    return NULL_OUTPUT_STREAM;
  }

  /**

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        List<Object> resultList = (List<Object>) result;
        assertEquals(3, resultList.size());

        // First element should be converted to Map since it's an Entity
        assertTrue(resultList.get(0) instanceof Map);
        // All elements are converted by BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewMap when first element is Entity
        assertTrue(resultList.get(1) instanceof Map);

 * @param <V> The most general value type this builder will support. This is normally {@code Object}
 *     unless the builder is constructed based on an existing {@code Graph} using {@link
 *     #from(ValueGraph)}.
 * @since 20.0
 */
@Beta
public final class ValueGraphBuilder<N, V> extends AbstractGraphBuilder<N> {

  /** Creates a new instance with the specified edge directionality. */
  private ValueGraphBuilder(boolean directed) {

  }

  @Override
  public final State state() {
    return snapshot.externalState();
  }

  /**
   * @since 14.0
   */
  @Override
  public final Throwable failureCause() {
    return snapshot.failureCause();
  }

  /**
   * @since 13.0
   */
  @Override
  public final void addListener(Listener listener, Executor executor) {
    listeners.addListener(listener, executor);

  - [Changelog since v1.15.9](#changelog-since-v1159)
  - [Changes by Kind](#changes-by-kind-2)
    - [Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)](#other-bug-cleanup-or-flake-1)
- [v1.15.9](#v1159)
  - [Downloads for v1.15.9](#downloads-for-v1159)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-3)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-3)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-3)
  - [Changelog since v1.15.8](#changelog-since-v1158)
- [v1.15.8](#v1158)

 * strong references to the key and value, regardless of the type of references the cache may be
 * using.
 *
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class RemovalNotification<K, V>
    extends SimpleImmutableEntry<@Nullable K, @Nullable V> {
  private final RemovalCause cause;

  /**

    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-15)
  - [Changelog since v1.17.1](#changelog-since-v1171)
- [v1.17.1](#v1171)
  - [Downloads for v1.17.1](#downloads-for-v1171)
    - [Client Binaries](#client-binaries-16)
    - [Server Binaries](#server-binaries-16)
    - [Node Binaries](#node-binaries-16)
  - [Changelog since v1.17.0](#changelog-since-v1170)
    - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes)
- [v1.17.0](#v1170)

// The responses for fetching the object when If-Modified-Since
// and If-Unmodified-Since headers set are validated.
// If-Modified-Since - Return the object only if it has been modified since the specified time, else return a 304 (not modified).
// If-Unmodified-Since - Return the object only if it has not been modified since the specified time, else return a 412 (precondition failed).

    String reportItem(Item<?> item);
  }

  /**
   * A word about using {@link Equivalence}, which automatically checks for {@code null} and
   * identical inputs: This sounds like it ought to be a problem here, since the goals of this class
   * include testing that {@code equals()} is reflexive and is tolerant of {@code null}. However,
   * there's no problem. The reason: {@link EqualsTester} tests {@code null} and identical inputs

 *   <li>Multiple scopes (Singleton, Session, and MojoExecution)</li>
 *   <li>Priority-based implementation selection</li>
 *   <li>Type-safe dependency injection</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */