@Override
    MessageBuilder append(char c);

    /**
     * Append content to the message buffer.
     *
     * @param value the content to append
     * @param offset the index of the first {@code char} to append
     * @param len the number of {@code char}s to append
     * @return the current builder
     */
    @Nonnull
    default MessageBuilder a(char[] value, int offset, int len) {

    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));
      return charactersOf(String.copyValueOf(chars));
    }
  }

  public static class CharactersOfCharSequenceGenerator extends TestCharacterListGenerator {
    @Override
    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));

    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));
      return charactersOf(String.copyValueOf(chars));
    }
  }

  public static class CharactersOfCharSequenceGenerator extends TestCharacterListGenerator {
    @Override
    public List<Character> create(Character[] elements) {
      char[] chars = Chars.toArray(asList(elements));

    BufferedReader reader = source.openBufferedStream();
    assertTrue(source.wasStreamOpened());
    assertFalse(source.wasStreamClosed());

    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
    char[] buf = new char[64];
    int read;
    while ((read = reader.read(buf)) != -1) {
      writer.write(buf, 0, read);
    }
    reader.close();
    writer.close();

    assertTrue(source.wasStreamClosed());

      int ch1 = decode(string.charAt(i)) << 4;
      int ch2 = decode(string.charAt(i + 1));
      bytes[i / 2] = (byte) (ch1 + ch2);
    }
    return fromBytesNoCopy(bytes);
  }

  private static int decode(char ch) {
    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
      return ch - '0';
    }
    if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') {
      return ch - 'a' + 10;
    }

      int ch1 = decode(string.charAt(i)) << 4;
      int ch2 = decode(string.charAt(i + 1));
      bytes[i / 2] = (byte) (ch1 + ch2);
    }
    return fromBytesNoCopy(bytes);
  }

  private static int decode(char ch) {
    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
      return ch - '0';
    }
    if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') {
      return ch - 'a' + 10;
    }

@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class CharSource {

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected CharSource() {}

  /**
   * Returns a {@link ByteSource} view of this char source that encodes chars read from this source
   * as bytes using the given {@link Charset}.
   *
   * <p>If {@link ByteSource#asCharSource} is called on the returned source with the same charset,