func toString(val any) string {
	switch v := val.(type) {
	case string:
		return v
	default:
		return ""
	}
}

// toLowerString - safely convert interface to lower string
func toLowerString(val any) string {
	return strings.ToLower(toString(val))
}

// toInteger _ Safely convert interface to integer without causing panic.
func toInteger(val any) (int64, error) {

	if b.r > 0 {
		copy(b.buf, b.buf[b.r:b.w])
		b.w -= b.r
		b.r = 0
	}

	if b.w >= len(b.buf) {
		panic("bufio: tried to fill full buffer")
	}

	// Read new data: try a limited number of times.
	for i := maxConsecutiveEmptyReads; i > 0; i-- {
		n, err := b.rd.Read(b.buf[b.w:])
		if n < 0 {
			panic(errNegativeRead)
		}
		b.w += n
		if err != nil {
			b.err = err
			return
		}
		if n > 0 {

//
// It panics if count is negative or if the result of (len(b) * count)
// overflows.
func Repeat(b []byte, count int) []byte {
	if count == 0 {
		return []byte{}
	}

	// Since we cannot return an error on overflow,
	// we should panic if the repeat will generate an overflow.
	// See golang.org/issue/16237.
	if count < 0 {
		panic("bytes: negative Repeat count")
	}

}

// serialize will serialize the provided keys and values.
// The function will panic if keys/value slices aren't of equal length.
// Payload size can give an indication of expected payload size.
// If plSize is <= 0 it will be calculated.
func (x *xlMetaInlineData) serialize(plSize int, keys [][]byte, vals [][]byte) {
	if len(keys) != len(vals) {
		panic(fmt.Errorf("xlMetaInlineData.serialize: keys/value number mismatch"))
	}

	return dt
}

// newDynamicTimeout returns a new dynamic timeout initialized with timeout value
func newDynamicTimeout(timeout, minimum time.Duration) *dynamicTimeout {
	if timeout <= 0 || minimum <= 0 {
		panic("newDynamicTimeout: negative or zero timeout")
	}
	if minimum > timeout {
		minimum = timeout
	}
	return &dynamicTimeout{timeout: int64(timeout), minimum: int64(minimum)}
}

			for range 100 {
				for range 100 {
					timeout.LogSuccess(time.Duration(float64(time.Second) * rng.Float64()))
				}
				to := timeout.Timeout()
				if to < time.Millisecond || to > time.Second {
					panic(to)
				}
			}
		}()
	}
	wg.Wait()
}

func TestDynamicTimeoutHitMinimum(t *testing.T) {
	const minimum = 30 * time.Second
	timeout := newDynamicTimeout(time.Minute, minimum)

		}
	}
}

// equalAsJSON returns whether the values are equal when encoded as JSON.
func equalAsJSON(a, b any) bool {
	aj, err := json.Marshal(a)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	bj, err := json.Marshal(b)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return bytes.Equal(aj, bj)

		if globalLocalNodeName != "" {
			w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzRequestHostID, globalLocalNodeNameHex)
		}
		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
	})
}

// criticalErrorHandler handles panics and fatal errors by
// `panic(logger.ErrCritical)` as done by `logger.CriticalIf`.
//
// It should be always the first / highest HTTP handler.
func setCriticalErrorHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {

	return xlMeta
}

func (m *xlMetaV1Object) AddTestObjectCheckSum(partNumber int, algorithm BitrotAlgorithm, hash string) {
	checksum, err := hex.DecodeString(hash)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	m.Erasure.Checksums[partNumber-1] = ChecksumInfo{partNumber, algorithm, checksum}
}

// AddTestObjectPart - add a new object part in order.

		once.Do(func() {
			e, err := reedsolomon.New(dataBlocks, parityBlocks, reedsolomon.WithAutoGoroutines(int(e.ShardSize())))
			if err != nil {
				// Error conditions should be checked above.
				panic(err)
			}
			enc = e
		})
		return enc
	}
	return
}

// EncodeData encodes the given data and returns the erasure-coded data.
// It returns an error if the erasure coding failed.