*/
  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,

  }

  @Override
  public HashCode hashString(CharSequence input, Charset charset) {
    if (UTF_8.equals(charset)) {
      int utf16Length = input.length();
      int h1 = seed;
      int i = 0;
      int len = 0;

      // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
      while (i + 4 <= utf16Length) {
        char c0 = input.charAt(i);
        char c1 = input.charAt(i + 1);

    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

  }

  /** A byte source that reads chars from this source and encodes them as bytes using a charset. */
  private final class AsByteSource extends ByteSource {

    final Charset charset;

    AsByteSource(Charset charset) {
      this.charset = checkNotNull(charset);
    }

    @Override
    public CharSource asCharSource(Charset charset) {
      if (charset.equals(this.charset)) {

    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

    private static final String COMMENT_CHARS = "#!";

    /** The list of possible key/value separators */
    private static final char[] SEPARATORS = new char[] {'=', ':'};

    /** The white space characters used as key/value separators. */
    private static final char[] WHITE_SPACE = new char[] {' ', '\t', '\f'};

    /**
     * Unless standard java props, use UTF-8
     */

                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;

    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);