* appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code ToIntFunction}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>To use an existing function (say, named {@code function}) in a context where the <i>other

 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntPredicate}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities.
 *

 * resulting {@link HashCode} is dependent only on the bytes inserted, and the order in which they
 * were inserted, not how those bytes were chunked into discrete put() operations. For example, the
 * following three expressions all generate colliding hash codes:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * newHasher().putByte(b1).putByte(b2).putByte(b3).hash()
 * newHasher().putByte(b1).putBytes(new byte[] { b2, b3 }).hash()

 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntSupplier}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>To use an existing supplier instance (say, named {@code supplier}) in a context where the

 *   }
 * };
 * LoadingCache<Key, Graph> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(loader);
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>Since this example doesn't support reloading or bulk loading, if you're able to use lambda
 * expressions it can be specified even more easily:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * CacheLoader<Key, Graph> loader = CacheLoader.from(key -> createExpensiveGraph(key));
 * }</pre>
 *
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @since 10.0
 */

 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntPredicate}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>To use a reference of this type (say, named {@code guavaPredicate}) in a context where {@code

   * that pass this regex are valid -- only a performance hit is incurred, not a semantics bug.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // regular expressions
  static final
  java.util.regex.Pattern
      FLOATING_POINT_PATTERN = fpPattern();

  @GwtIncompatible // regular expressions
  private static
  java.util.regex.Pattern
      fpPattern() {
    /*

   * in preference if at least one of the parameters is known to contain only ASCII characters.
   *
   * <p>Note however that this method does not always behave identically to expressions such as:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code string.toUpperCase().equals("UPPER CASE ASCII")}
   *   <li>{@code string.toLowerCase().equals("lower case ascii")}
   * </ul>
   *

 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code ToIntFunction}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a

 *       the {@code Converter} type using a mocking framework.
 *   <li>Extend this class and implement its {@link #doForward} and {@link #doBackward} methods.
 *   <li><b>Java 8+ users:</b> you may prefer to pass two lambda expressions or method references to
 *       the {@link #from from} factory method.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Using a converter:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Convert one instance in the "forward" direction using {@code converter.convert(a)}.