// The highest index we've seen so far.
  private int max = -1;

  /** Construct a new sparse array builder. */
  public CharEscaperBuilder() {
    this.map = new HashMap<>();
  }

  /** Add a new mapping from an index to an object to the escaping. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public CharEscaperBuilder addEscape(char c, String r) {
    map.put(c, checkNotNull(r));
    if (c > max) {
      max = c;
    }
    return this;

 *
 * <p>Popular escapers are defined as constants in classes like {@link
 * com.google.common.html.HtmlEscapers} and {@link com.google.common.xml.XmlEscapers}. To create
 * your own escapers, use {@link CharEscaperBuilder}, or extend {@code CharEscaper} or {@code
 * UnicodeEscaper}.
 *
 * @author David Beaumont
 * @since 15.0
 */
@DoNotMock("Use Escapers.nullEscaper() or another methods from the *Escapers classes")
@GwtCompatible

   * called by the {@link #escape(String)} method when it discovers that escaping is required. It is
   * protected to allow subclasses to override the fastpath escaping function to inline their
   * escaping test. See {@link CharEscaperBuilder} for an example usage.
   *
   * @param s the literal string to be escaped
   * @param index the index to start escaping from
   * @return the escaped form of {@code string}