* </ul>
 *
 * <p>Using a converter:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Convert one instance in the "forward" direction using {@code converter.convert(a)}.
 *   <li>Convert multiple instances "forward" using {@code converter.convertAll(as)}.
 *   <li>Convert in the "backward" direction using {@code converter.reverse().convert(b)} or {@code
 *       converter.reverse().convertAll(bs)}.

   *       the same.
   *   <li>The special characters ".", "-", "*", and "_" remain the same.
   *   <li>The space character " " is converted into a plus sign "+".
   *   <li>All other characters are converted into one or more bytes using UTF-8 encoding and each
   *       byte is then represented by the 3-character string "%XY", where "XY" is the two-digit,

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Using a converter:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Convert one instance in the "forward" direction using {@code converter.convert(a)}.
 *   <li>Convert multiple instances "forward" using {@code converter.convertAll(as)}.
 *   <li>Convert in the "backward" direction using {@code converter.reverse().convert(b)} or {@code
 *       converter.reverse().convertAll(bs)}.

  private static final char CASE_MASK = 0x20;

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the input string in which all {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII
   * characters} have been converted to lowercase. All other characters are copied without
   * modification.
   */
  public static String toLowerCase(String string) {
    int length = string.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {

   *     specified is substituted for the first occurrence of {@code "%s"} in the template, and so
   *     forth. A {@code null} argument is converted to the four-character string {@code "null"};
   *     non-null values are converted to strings using {@link Object#toString()}.
   * @since 25.1
   */
  // TODO(diamondm) consider using Arrays.toString() for array parameters
  public static String lenientFormat(

   * an IPv4 address or not.
   *
   * <p>IPv6 addresses are <b>coerced</b> to IPv4 addresses before being converted to integers.
   *
   * <p>As long as there are applications that assume that all IP addresses are IPv4 addresses and
   * can therefore be converted safely to integers (for whatever purpose) this function can be used
   * to handle IPv6 addresses as well until the application is suitably fixed.
   *

   * Ensures the truth of an expression involving one or more parameters to the calling method.
   *
   * @param expression a boolean expression
   * @param errorMessage the exception message to use if the check fails; will be converted to a
   *     string using {@link String#valueOf(Object)}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code expression} is false
   */
  public static void checkArgument(boolean expression, @CheckForNull Object errorMessage) {

   * @param values a series of values, which will be converted to {@code double} values (this may
   *     cause loss of precision)
   */
  public void addAll(Iterable<? extends Number> values) {
    for (Number value : values) {
      add(value.doubleValue());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Adds the given values to the dataset.
   *
   * @param values a series of values, which will be converted to {@code double} values (this may

    this.min = min;
    this.max = max;
  }

  /**
   * Returns statistics over a dataset containing the given values.
   *
   * @param values a series of values, which will be converted to {@code double} values (this may
   *     cause loss of precision)
   */
  public static Stats of(Iterable<? extends Number> values) {
    StatsAccumulator accumulator = new StatsAccumulator();

 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>All specified safe characters remain unchanged.
 *   <li>If {@code plusForSpace} was specified, the space character " " is converted into a plus
 *       sign {@code "+"}.
 *   <li>All other characters are converted into one or more bytes using UTF-8 encoding and each
 *       byte is then represented by the 3-character string "%XX", where "XX" is the two-digit,