* Set default snap channel on charms to 1.7 stable ([#48874](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/48874), [@ktsakalozos](https://github.com/ktsakalozos))
* prevent unsetting of nonexistent previous port in kubeapi-load-balancer charm ([#49033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49033), [@wwwtyro](https://github.com/wwwtyro))

   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}
   *     or less than {@link Character#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;

   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}
   *     or less than {@link Character#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;

        if (isEmpty(name)) {
            return name;
        }
        final char[] chars = name.toCharArray();
        if (chars.length >= 2 && Character.isUpperCase(chars[0]) && Character.isUpperCase(chars[1])) {
            return name;
        }
        chars[0] = Character.toLowerCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }

    /**
     * Capitalizes a string according to JavaBeans conventions.

    if (chars instanceof String) {
      return toLowerCase((String) chars);
    }
    char[] newChars = new char[chars.length()];
    for (int i = 0; i < newChars.length; i++) {
      newChars[i] = toLowerCase(chars.charAt(i));
    }
    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  /**
   * If the argument is an {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII character}, returns the

      chars.add(randomAlpha());
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < nonAlpha; i++) {
      chars.add(randomNonAlpha());
    }
    Collections.shuffle(chars, random);
    char[] array = Chars.toArray(chars);
    this.testString = new String(array);
  }

  private char randomAlpha() {
    return ALPHA.charAt(random.nextInt(ALPHA.length()));
  }

  private char randomNonAlpha() {

        int i = 0;

        // This loop optimizes for pure ASCII.
        while (i + 4 <= utf16Length) {
          char c0 = input.charAt(i);
          char c1 = input.charAt(i + 1);
          char c2 = input.charAt(i + 2);
          char c3 = input.charAt(i + 3);
          if (c0 < 0x80 && c1 < 0x80 && c2 < 0x80 && c3 < 0x80) {
            update(4, c0 | (c1 << 8) | (c2 << 16) | (c3 << 24));

    String allMatchingChars = allMatchingChars(bitSet);
    char[] result = new char[STRING_LENGTH];
    // Fill with matching chars.
    for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
      result[i] = allMatchingChars.charAt(random.nextInt(allMatchingChars.length()));
    }
    // Replace some of chars by non-matching.
    int remaining = (int) ((100 - percentMatching) * result.length / 100.0 + 0.5);
    while (remaining > 0) {

      chars.add(randomAlpha());
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < nonAlpha; i++) {
      chars.add(randomNonAlpha());
    }
    Collections.shuffle(chars, random);
    char[] array = Chars.toArray(chars);
    this.testString = new String(array);
  }

  private char randomAlpha() {
    return ALPHA.charAt(random.nextInt(ALPHA.length()));
  }

  private char randomNonAlpha() {

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