* to the JDK until JDK 7.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code float} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code float} to compare
   * @return the result of invoking {@link Float#compare(float, float)}
   */
  @InlineMe(replacement = "Float.compare(a, b)")
  public static int compare(float a, float b) {
    return Float.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**

    List<Float> floats = Arrays.asList(0.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f);
    List<Long> longs = Arrays.asList(0L, 1L, 2L);
    List<Double> doubles = Arrays.asList(0.0, 1.0, 2.0);

    assertThat(Bytes.toArray(bytes)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Bytes.toArray(shorts)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Bytes.toArray(ints)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Bytes.toArray(floats)).isEqualTo(array);

    List<Float> floats = Arrays.asList(0.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f);
    List<Long> longs = Arrays.asList(0L, 1L, 2L);
    List<Double> doubles = Arrays.asList(0.0, 1.0, 2.0);

    assertThat(Doubles.toArray(bytes)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Doubles.toArray(shorts)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Doubles.toArray(ints)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Doubles.toArray(floats)).isEqualTo(array);

    List<Float> floats = Arrays.asList(0.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f);
    List<Long> longs = Arrays.asList(0L, 1L, 2L);
    List<Double> doubles = Arrays.asList(0.0, 1.0, 2.0);

    assertThat(Ints.toArray(bytes)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Ints.toArray(shorts)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Ints.toArray(ints)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Ints.toArray(floats)).isEqualTo(array);

    }

    /*
     * Decode floating point numbers
     */

    /**
     * Decodes a float value from little-endian byte order.
     *
     * @param src the source byte array
     * @param si the starting index in the source array
     * @return the decoded float value
     */
    public static float dec_floatle(final byte[] src, final int si) {

    List<Float> floats = Arrays.asList(0.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f);
    List<Long> longs = Arrays.asList(0L, 1L, 2L);
    List<Double> doubles = Arrays.asList(0.0, 1.0, 2.0);

    assertThat(Shorts.toArray(bytes)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Shorts.toArray(shorts)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Shorts.toArray(ints)).isEqualTo(array);
    assertThat(Shorts.toArray(floats)).isEqualTo(array);

    }

    /* Decode floating point numbers
     */

    /**
     * Decodes a float value from little-endian byte order.
     *
     * @param src the source byte array
     * @param si the starting index in the source array
     * @return the decoded float value
     */
    public static float dec_floatle(final byte[] src, final int si) {

    }

    /**
     * Retrieves a setting value as a float.
     * @param key The key of the setting.
     * @param defaultValue The default value if the setting is not found.
     * @return The setting value as a float.
     */
    public float getAsFloat(final String key, final float defaultValue) {
        final Object obj = get(key);

        final float value;
        if (obj == null) {

    /**
     * Converts an object value to a float for score calculations.
     * Handles Float and String types, returning 0.0f for unsupported types.
     *
     * @param value the object to convert to float
     * @return float representation of the value, or 0.0f if conversion fails
     */
    protected float toFloat(final Object value) {
        if (value instanceof final Float f) {
            return f;
        }

    }

    private static Float toFloat(final String s) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(s)) {
            return null;
        }
        return Float.valueOf(DecimalFormatUtil.normalize(s));
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@literal float}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@literal float}
     */
    public static float toPrimitiveFloat(final Object o) {