* checkers are unlikely to ever look at the annotations on this declaration.
     *
     * Historical note: At one point, we'd declared this method as accepting and returning nullable
     * values. For details on that, see earlier revisions of this file.
     */
    return convert(a);
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether another object is equal to this converter.
   *

     * checkers are unlikely to ever look at the annotations on this declaration.
     *
     * Historical note: At one point, we'd declared this method as accepting and returning nullable
     * values. For details on that, see earlier revisions of this file.
     */
    return convert(a);
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether another object is equal to this converter.
   *