*
   * <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

   * class documentation above). This method is <i>generally expected</i>, but not absolutely
   * required, to have the following properties:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
   *   <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
   *       Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code predicate.apply(a) ==
   *       predicate.apply(b))}.

 * and a primitive type and its corresponding wrapper type may map to different values.
 *
 * <h3>Implementations</h3>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link ImmutableClassToInstanceMap}
 *   <li>{@link MutableClassToInstanceMap}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>To map a generic type to an instance of that type, use {@link
 * com.google.common.reflect.TypeToInstanceMap} instead.
 *

 *
 * <p>This pattern ensures the following:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each {@code Closeable} resource that is successfully registered will be closed later.
 *   <li>If a {@code Throwable} is thrown in the try block, no exceptions that occur when attempting
 *       to close resources will be thrown from the finally block. The throwable from the try block
 *       will be thrown.

 * instances:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>If you receive them from an {@code java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService}, convert that
 *       service to a {@link ListeningExecutorService}, usually by calling {@link
 *       MoreExecutors#listeningDecorator(java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService)
 *       MoreExecutors.listeningDecorator}.
 *   <li>If you manually call {@link java.util.concurrent.FutureTask#set} or a similar method,

    // Field validation
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Asserts:
     * <p/>
     * <ul>
     * <li><code>string.length != null</code>
     * <li><code>string.length > 0</code>
     * </ul>
     */
    private static boolean validateStringNotEmpty(

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>If {@code T} is a {@code Class} itself, {@code T} itself is returned.
   *   <li>If {@code T} is a {@link ParameterizedType}, the raw type of the parameterized type is
   *       returned.
   *   <li>If {@code T} is a {@link GenericArrayType}, the returned type is the corresponding array
   *       class. For example: {@code List<Integer>[] => List[]}.

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code null} initial state, nothing has happened.
   *   <li>{@link Cancellation} terminal state, {@code cancel} was called.
   *   <li>{@link Failure} terminal state, {@code setException} was called.
   *   <li>{@link DelegatingToFuture} intermediate state, {@code setFuture} was called.
   *   <li>{@link #NULL} terminal state, {@code set(null)} was called.

 *
 * <p>The following types of methods are provided:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>chaining methods which return a new {@code FluentIterable} based in some way on the
 *       contents of the current one (for example {@link #transform})
 *   <li>element extraction methods which facilitate the retrieval of certain elements (for example
 *       {@link #last})
 *   <li>query methods which answer questions about the {@code FluentIterable}'s contents (for

 *
 * <p>The following types of methods are provided:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>chaining methods which return a new {@code FluentIterable} based in some way on the
 *       contents of the current one (for example {@link #transform})
 *   <li>element extraction methods which facilitate the retrieval of certain elements (for example
 *       {@link #last})
 *   <li>query methods which answer questions about the {@code FluentIterable}'s contents (for