return b == null ? null : checkNotNull(doBackward(b));
    } else {
      return unsafeDoBackward(b);
    }
  }

  /*
   * LegacyConverter violates the contract of Converter by allowing its doForward and doBackward
   * methods to accept null. We could avoid having unchecked casts in Converter.java itself if we

      return b == null ? null : checkNotNull(doBackward(b));
    } else {
      return unsafeDoBackward(b);
    }
  }

  /*
   * LegacyConverter violates the contract of Converter by allowing its doForward and doBackward
   * methods to accept null. We could avoid having unchecked casts in Converter.java itself if we