* Katakana string into a list of possible Alphabet readings. It uses a predefined mapping of Katakana
 * characters to their Alphabet equivalents, handling both single and double Katakana character combinations.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * The conversion process involves iterating through the input string, identifying Katakana characters,

 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CommonObjectUtilitiesExplained#comparecompareto">{@code
 * ComparisonChain}</a>.
 *
 * <h4 id="java8">Java 8+ equivalents</h4>
 *
 * If you are using Java version 8 or greater, you should generally use the static methods in {@link
 * Comparator} instead of {@code ComparisonChain}. The example above can be implemented like this:
 *

        }
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Escapes special characters in a query string if escaping is enabled.
     * Replaces reserved characters with their escaped equivalents based on the Constants.RESERVED array.
     *
     * @param value the query string to escape
     * @return the escaped query string, or the original value if escaping is disabled
     */

 *
 * <p><b>Important note:</b> Unlike {@code InetAddress.getByName()}, the methods of this class never
 * cause DNS services to be accessed. For this reason, you should prefer these methods as much as
 * possible over their JDK equivalents whenever you are expecting to handle only IP address string
 * literals -- there is no blocking DNS penalty for a malformed string.
 *

    return new EquivalentToPredicate<>(this, target);
  }

  private static final class EquivalentToPredicate<T>
      implements Predicate<@Nullable T>, Serializable {

    private final Equivalence<T> equivalence;
    private final @Nullable T target;

    EquivalentToPredicate(Equivalence<T> equivalence, @Nullable T target) {
      this.equivalence = checkNotNull(equivalence);

 *
 * <p><b>Important note:</b> Unlike {@code InetAddress.getByName()}, the methods of this class never
 * cause DNS services to be accessed. For this reason, you should prefer these methods as much as
 * possible over their JDK equivalents whenever you are expecting to handle only IP address string
 * literals -- there is no blocking DNS penalty for a malformed string.
 *

 * additional documentation, including:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a
 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#equals-hashcode-and-graph-equivalence">
 *       {@code equals()}, {@code hashCode()}, and graph equivalence</a>
 *   <li><a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#synchronization">
 *       Synchronization policy</a>

  // actually implement BiPredicate, and CollectorTests expects a BiPredicate.
  static <C, E extends @Nullable Object, R extends Iterable<E>>
      BiPredicate<C, C> pairwiseOnResultOf(Function<C, R> arg) {
    Equivalence<C> equivalence = Equivalence.equals().<E>pairwise().onResultOf(arg);
    return equivalence::equivalent;
  }

    assertTrue(ArbitraryInstances.get(Predicate.class).apply("abc"));
    assertTrue(ArbitraryInstances.get(Equivalence.class).equivalent(1, 1));
    assertFalse(ArbitraryInstances.get(Equivalence.class).equivalent(1, 2));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("SelfComparison")
  public void testGet_comparable() {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The null value can compare with any Object

    assertTrue(ArbitraryInstances.get(Predicate.class).apply("abc"));
    assertTrue(ArbitraryInstances.get(Equivalence.class).equivalent(1, 1));
    assertFalse(ArbitraryInstances.get(Equivalence.class).equivalent(1, 2));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("SelfComparison")
  public void testGet_comparable() {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The null value can compare with any Object