*     very rare. Note that if backward conversion is not only unimplemented but
   *     unimplement<i>able</i> (for example, consider a {@code Converter<Chicken, ChickenNugget>}),
   *     then this is not logically a {@code Converter} at all, and should just implement {@link
   *     Function}.
   */
  @ForOverride
  protected abstract A doBackward(B b);

   *     very rare. Note that if backward conversion is not only unimplemented but
   *     unimplement<i>able</i> (for example, consider a {@code Converter<Chicken, ChickenNugget>}),
   *     then this is not logically a {@code Converter} at all, and should just implement {@link
   *     Function}.
   */
  @ForOverride
  protected abstract A doBackward(B b);