*
 * <h3>Other types of preconditions</h3>
 *
 * <p>Not every type of precondition failure is supported by these methods. Continue to throw
 * standard JDK exceptions such as {@link java.util.NoSuchElementException} or {@link
 * UnsupportedOperationException} in the situations they are intended for.
 *
 * <h3>Non-preconditions</h3>
 *

 * By offering methods to read and write individual query parameters directly, application
 * developers are saved from the hassles of encoding and decoding.
 *
 * ### Plus a modern API
 *
 * The URL (JDK1.0) and URI (Java 1.4) classes predate builders and instead use telescoping
 * constructors. For example, there's no API to compose a URI with a custom port without also
 * providing a query and fragment.
 *