*/
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code char} if it is in the range of the {@code char} type,

   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code char} if it is in the range of the {@code char} type,

                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4}))
        .isEqualTo(2);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4},
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4}))
        .isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(

        }
      }
      return chars.subSequence(0, l + 1);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean canDecode(CharSequence chars) {
      checkNotNull(chars);
      chars = trimTrailingPadding(chars);
      if (!alphabet.isValidPaddingStartPosition(chars.length())) {
        return false;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length(); i++) {
        if (!alphabet.canDecode(chars.charAt(i))) {
          return false;

    if (chars instanceof String) {
      return toLowerCase((String) chars);
    }
    char[] newChars = new char[chars.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < newChars.length; i++) {
      newChars[i] = toLowerCase(chars.charAt(i));
    }
    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  /**
   * If the argument is an {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII character}, returns the

    Set<Character> positive = Sets.newHashSetWithExpectedSize(chars.length);
    for (char c : chars) {
      positive.add(c);
    }
    for (int c = 0; c <= Character.MAX_VALUE; c++) {
      assertFalse(positive.contains(Character.valueOf((char) c)) ^ m.matches((char) c));
    }
  }

  static char[] randomChars(Random rand, int size) {
    Set<Character> chars = new HashSet<>(size);

        if (isEmpty(name)) {
            return name;
        }
        final char[] chars = name.toCharArray();
        if (chars.length >= 2 && Character.isUpperCase(chars[0]) && Character.isUpperCase(chars[1])) {
            return name;
        }
        chars[0] = Character.toLowerCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }

    /**

    if (chars instanceof String) {
      return toLowerCase((String) chars);
    }
    char[] newChars = new char[chars.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < newChars.length; i++) {
      newChars[i] = toLowerCase(chars.charAt(i));
    }
    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  /**
   * If the argument is an {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII character}, returns the

        }
        char[] chars = new char[0];
        assertThat(StringUtil.newStringUnsafe(chars), is(""));
        chars = new char[] { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
        assertThat(StringUtil.newStringUnsafe(chars), is("abc"));
        chars = new char[] { 'a', 'b', 'c', ' ' };
        assertThat(StringUtil.newStringUnsafe(chars), is("abc "));
    }

      while (i + 4 <= utf16Length) {
        char c0 = input.charAt(i);
        char c1 = input.charAt(i + 1);
        char c2 = input.charAt(i + 2);
        char c3 = input.charAt(i + 3);
        if (c0 < 0x80 && c1 < 0x80 && c2 < 0x80 && c3 < 0x80) {
          int k1 = c0 | (c1 << 8) | (c2 << 16) | (c3 << 24);
          k1 = mixK1(k1);
          h1 = mixH1(h1, k1);
          i += 4;