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 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
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 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 *   <li>Unset: marked as unset, awaiting cleanup or reuse
 * </ul>
 */
@GwtIncompatible
interface ReferenceEntry<K, V> {
  /** Returns the value reference from this entry. */
  @Nullable ValueReference<K, V> getValueReference();

  /** Sets the value reference for this entry. */
  void setValueReference(ValueReference<K, V> valueReference);

  /** Returns the next entry in the chain. */
  @Nullable ReferenceEntry<K, V> getNext();

 * presented below:
 *
 * <pre>
 * void runManyThings({@literal List<ThingToRun>} thingsToRun) {
 *   for (ThingToRun thingToRun : thingsToRun) {
 *     thingToRun.run(); // say this may throw an exception, but you want to
 *                       // always run all thingsToRun
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This is what the code would become:
 *
 * <pre>

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 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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 *
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  MinimalCollection(Class<? super @NonNull E> type, boolean allowNulls, E... contents) {
    // TODO: consider making it shuffle the contents to test iteration order.
    this.contents = Platform.clone(contents);
    this.type = type;
    this.allowNulls = allowNulls;

    if (!allowNulls) {
      for (Object element : contents) {
        if (element == null) {
          throw new NullPointerException();
        }