}

  /**
   * Returns a converter whose {@code convert} method applies {@code secondConverter} to the result
   * of this converter. Its {@code reverse} method applies the converters in reverse order.
   *
   * <p>The returned converter is serializable if {@code this} converter and {@code secondConverter}
   * are.
   */
  public final <C> Converter<A, C> andThen(Converter<B, C> secondConverter) {

  }

  /**
   * Returns a converter whose {@code convert} method applies {@code secondConverter} to the result
   * of this converter. Its {@code reverse} method applies the converters in reverse order.
   *
   * <p>The returned converter is serializable if {@code this} converter and {@code secondConverter}
   * are.
   */
  public final <C> Converter<A, C> andThen(Converter<B, C> secondConverter) {

   *     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(

    Converter<String, Number> converter = Converter.<String, Number>from(forward, backward);

    assertNull(converter.convert(null));
    assertNull(converter.reverse().convert(null));

    assertEquals((Integer) 5, converter.convert("5"));
    assertEquals("5", converter.reverse().convert(5));
  }

  public void testNullIsPassedThrough() {

  public void testStringConverter_convert() {
    Converter<String, TestEnum> converter = Enums.stringConverter(TestEnum.class);
    assertEquals(TestEnum.CHEETO, converter.convert("CHEETO"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.HONDA, converter.convert("HONDA"));
    assertEquals(TestEnum.POODLE, converter.convert("POODLE"));
    assertNull(converter.convert(null));
    assertNull(converter.reverse().convert(null));
  }

    Converter<String, Short> converter = Shorts.stringConverter();
    assertThat(converter.convert("1")).isEqualTo((Short) (short) 1);
    assertThat(converter.convert("0")).isEqualTo((Short) (short) 0);
    assertThat(converter.convert("-1")).isEqualTo((Short) (short) (-1));
    assertThat(converter.convert("0xff")).isEqualTo((Short) (short) 255);
    assertThat(converter.convert("0xFF")).isEqualTo((Short) (short) 255);

  public void testStringConverter_convert() {
    Converter<String, Float> converter = Floats.stringConverter();
    assertThat(converter.convert("1.0")).isEqualTo((Float) 1.0f);
    assertThat(converter.convert("0.0")).isEqualTo((Float) 0.0f);
    assertThat(converter.convert("-1.0")).isEqualTo((Float) (-1.0f));
    assertThat(converter.convert("1")).isEqualTo((Float) 1.0f);
    assertThat(converter.convert("0")).isEqualTo((Float) 0.0f);

  }

  /**
   * Returns a serializable {@code Converter} that converts strings from this format to {@code
   * targetFormat}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public Converter<String, String> converterTo(CaseFormat targetFormat) {
    return new StringConverter(this, targetFormat);
  }

  private static final class StringConverter extends Converter<String, String>
      implements Serializable {

  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++) {

   * 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) {