*     length of zero or cannot be parsed as a long value
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code string} is {@code null}
   * @since 14.0
   */
  @CheckForNull
  public static Long tryParse(String string) {
    return tryParse(string, 10);
  }

  /**
   * Parses the specified string as a signed long value using the specified radix. The ASCII

   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@link Long#parseUnsignedLong(String, int)} instead.
   *
   * @param string the string containing the unsigned {@code long} representation to be parsed.
   * @param radix the radix to use while parsing {@code string}
   * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a valid unsigned {@code long} with

   * NumberFormatException} if the input string is invalid.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> please see {@link Short#decode} to understand exactly how strings are
   * parsed. For example, the string {@code "0123"} is treated as <i>octal</i> and converted to the
   * value {@code 83}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public static Converter<String, Short> stringConverter() {

   * <pre>{@code
   * public static final ImmutableSortedMultiset<Bean> BEANS =
   *     new ImmutableSortedMultiset.Builder<Bean>(colorComparator())
   *         .addCopies(Bean.COCOA, 4)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.GARDEN, 6)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.RED, 8)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.BLACK_EYED, 10)
   *         .build();
   * }</pre>
   *

  }

  /**
   * Parses a media type from its string representation.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input is not parsable
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/219820829): consider removing
  public static MediaType parse(String input) {
    checkNotNull(input);
    Tokenizer tokenizer = new Tokenizer(input);
    try {

   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * public static final ImmutableMultiset<Bean> BEANS =
   *     new ImmutableMultiset.Builder<Bean>()
   *         .addCopies(Bean.COCOA, 4)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.GARDEN, 6)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.RED, 8)
   *         .addCopies(Bean.BLACK_EYED, 10)
   *         .build();
   * }</pre>
   *

   * Chain this call after {@link #fromString(String)} to increase the strictness of the parser, and
   * disallow IPv6 literals that don't contain these brackets.
   *
   * <p>Note that this parser identifies IPv6 literals solely based on the presence of a colon. To
   * perform actual validation of IP addresses, see the {@link InetAddresses#forString(String)}

   *     a length of zero or cannot be parsed as an integer value
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code string} is {@code null}
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @CheckForNull
  public static Integer tryParse(String string) {
    return tryParse(string, 10);
  }

  /**
   * Parses the specified string as a signed integer value using the specified radix. The ASCII

    }

    float[] toFloatArray() {
      return Arrays.copyOfRange(array, start, end);
    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

  /**
   * Parses the specified string as a single-precision floating point value. The ASCII character
   * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) is recognized as the minus sign.
   *

    fpPattern =
        fpPattern.replace(
            "#",
            "+"
            );
    return
    java.util.regex.Pattern
        .compile(fpPattern);
  }

  /**
   * Parses the specified string as a double-precision floating point value. The ASCII character
   * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) is recognized as the minus sign.
   *