*
 * <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
     */

 * 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,

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   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

 *
 * <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.
 *

       * since the Equivalence base type now implements this logic itself
       */
      assertTrue(item + " must be inequivalent to null", !equivalence.equivalent(item, null));
      assertTrue("null must be inequivalent to " + item, !equivalence.equivalent(null, item));
      assertTrue(item + " must be equivalent to itself", equivalence.equivalent(item, item));
      assertEquals(

       * since the Equivalence base type now implements this logic itself
       */
      assertTrue(item + " must be inequivalent to null", !equivalence.equivalent(item, null));
      assertTrue("null must be inequivalent to " + item, !equivalence.equivalent(null, item));
      assertTrue(item + " must be equivalent to itself", equivalence.equivalent(item, item));
      assertEquals(