}
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(causes);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code throwable}'s cause, cast to {@code expectedCauseType}.
   *
   * <p>Prefer this method instead of manually casting an exception's cause. For example, {@code
   * (IOException) e.getCause()} throws a {@link ClassCastException} that discards the original
   * exception {@code e} if the cause is not an {@link IOException}, but {@code

  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableListMultimap<K, V>) EmptyImmutableListMultimap.INSTANCE;

 * reasonable and it will be fine.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>If checking whether the <i>caller</i> has violated your method or constructor's contract
 *       (such as by passing an invalid argument), use the utilities of the {@link Preconditions}
 *       class instead.
 *   <li>If checking an <i>impossible</i> condition (which <i>cannot</i> happen unless your own

	newestEntry time.Time
}

// noEvictionTTL - very long ttl to prevent eviction
const noEvictionTTL = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 10

// because of uint8 usage for nextCleanupBucket, should not exceed 256.
// casting it as uint8 explicitly requires type conversions in multiple places
const numBuckets = 100

// NewLRU returns a new thread-safe cache with expirable entries.
//

                // Clean release
                releaseHandle(handle);
                break;
        }
    }
}
```

## 10. Performance Considerations

### 10.1 Handle Caching Strategy
```java
public class HandleCache {
    private final int maxHandles = 1000;
    private final LinkedHashMap<String, HandleInfo> lruCache;
    
    public HandleCache() {

   */
  private static int getAlphaIndex(char c) {
    // Fold upper-case ASCII to lower-case and make zero-indexed and unsigned (by casting to char).
    return (char) ((c | CASE_MASK) - 'a');
  }

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableBiMap(keyFunction, valueFunction);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty bimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting to any type is safe because the set will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableBiMap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableBiMap<K, V>) RegularImmutableBiMap.EMPTY;
  }

   * that have nullable bounds? Unfortunately, if we change the parameter to TypeParameter<? extends
   * @Nullable X>, then users might pass a TypeParameter<Y>, where Y is a subtype of X, while still
   * passing a TypeToken<X>. This would be invalid. Maybe we could accept a TypeParameter<@PolyNull
   * X> if we support such a thing? It would be weird or misleading for users to be able to pass

			return
		}

		// Indicate we are ready to write.
		doneCh <- err

		// Wait for channel to be closed so we don't race on writes.
		<-doneCh

		// Clear so we can be called multiple times without crashing.
		doneCh = nil
	}, &closeNotifier{rc: r.Body, done: bodyDoneCh}
}

// keepHTTPResponseAlive can be used to avoid timeouts with long storage
// operations, such as bitrot verification or data usage scanning.

  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty multimap.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  // Casting is safe because the multimap will never hold any elements.
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <K, V> ImmutableListMultimap<K, V> of() {
    return (ImmutableListMultimap<K, V>) EmptyImmutableListMultimap.INSTANCE;