* }</pre>
 *
 * @author Mike Ward
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 16.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * 1. The type parameter is <T> rather than <T extends @Nullable> so that we can use T in the
 * doForward and doBackward methods to indicate that the parameter cannot be null. (We also take
 * advantage of that for convertAll, as discussed on that method.)
 *

 * }</pre>
 *
 * @author Mike Ward
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 16.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * 1. The type parameter is <T> rather than <T extends @Nullable> so that we can use T in the
 * doForward and doBackward methods to indicate that the parameter cannot be null. (We also take
 * advantage of that for convertAll, as discussed on that method.)
 *