* to be passed to the readXxxWireFormat methods. This is
     * actually purer. However, in the case of smb we know the
     * wordCount and byteCount. And since every subclass of
     * ServerMessageBlock would have to perform the same read
     * operation on the input stream, we might as will pull that
     * common functionality into the superclass and read wordCount

   * Returns a serializable form of this object. Non-public subclasses should not override this
   * method. Publicly-accessible subclasses must override this method and should return a subclass
   * of SerializedForm whose readResolve() method returns objects of the subclass type.
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new SerializedForm<>(this);
  }

       * more information, see the comments in that class.
       *
       * We already know that that's how it behaves, and subclasses of Converter can't change that
       * behavior. So there's no sense in making all subclass authors exclude the method from any
       * NullPointerTester tests that they have.
       */
      ignoredMembers.add(Converter.class.getMethod("apply", Object.class));
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException shouldBeImpossible) {

        } catch (Throwable e) {
          // Any Exception is either a RuntimeException or sneaky checked exception.
          //
          // If an exception is thrown by the subclass then we need to make sure that the service
          // notices and transitions to the FAILED state. We do it by calling notifyFailed directly

            # as is just because it's an instance of a subclass of a more limited class
            # e.g. UserInDB (containing hashed_password) could be a subclass of User
            # that doesn't have the hashed_password. But because it's a subclass, it
            # would pass the validation and be returned as is.

   * function instances already exist, or so that you can supply lambda expressions. If those
   * circumstances don't apply, you probably don't need to use this; subclass {@code Converter} and
   * implement its {@link #doForward} and {@link #doBackward} methods directly.
   *
   * <p>These functions will never be passed {@code null} and must not under any circumstances

 * a lot of busy work, and the annotation matters only when the APIs to be annotated are visible to
 * Kotlin code. In this class, nothing is publicly visible (nor exposed indirectly through a
 * publicly visible subclass), and I doubt any of our current or future Kotlin extensions for the
 * package will refer to the class. Plus, @ParametricNullness is only a temporary workaround,

 * a lot of busy work, and the annotation matters only when the APIs to be annotated are visible to
 * Kotlin code. In this class, nothing is publicly visible (nor exposed indirectly through a
 * publicly visible subclass), and I doubt any of our current or future Kotlin extensions for the
 * package will refer to the class. Plus, @ParametricNullness is only a temporary workaround,

   */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> SortedMap<K, V> filterKeys(
      SortedMap<K, V> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    // TODO(lowasser): Return a subclass of Maps.FilteredKeyMap for slightly better
    // performance.
    return filterEntries(unfiltered, Maps.<K>keyPredicateOnEntries(keyPredicate));
  }

  /**

   */
  public static <K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> SortedMap<K, V> filterKeys(
      SortedMap<K, V> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    // TODO(lowasser): Return a subclass of Maps.FilteredKeyMap for slightly better
    // performance.
    return filterEntries(unfiltered, Maps.<K>keyPredicateOnEntries(keyPredicate));
  }

  /**