return uint64(lo) | uint64(hi)<<32, b[8:]
}

// gstring reads a string from b, prefixed with a 16-bit length in little-endian order.
// It returns the string with the remaining slice of b and a boolean. If the length is
// greater than the number of bytes in b, the boolean will be false.
func gstring(b []byte) (string, []byte, bool) {
	n, b := gbit16(b)
	if int(n) > len(b) {
		return "", b, false
	}

                if (type.isInstance(value)) {
                    return type.cast(value);
                }
                if (type == String.class && value instanceof GString) {
                    return type.cast(value.toString());
                }
                return original;
            }
        });
    }

    public boolean hasTransformers() {
        return !transformers.isEmpty();

func gbit64(b []byte) (uint64, []byte) {
	return byteorder.LeUint64(b), b[8:]
}

// gstring reads a string from b, prefixed with a 16-bit length in little-endian order.
// It returns the string with the remaining slice of b and a boolean. If the length is
// greater than the number of bytes in b, the boolean will be false.
func gstring(b []byte) (string, []byte, bool) {
	n, b := gbit16(b)
	if int(n) > len(b) {
		return "", b, false
	}

import groovy.lang.GString;
import org.gradle.internal.Cast;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public class ValueSanitizers {
    private static final ValueSanitizer<Object> STRING_VALUE_SANITIZER = new ValueSanitizer<Object>() {
        @Override
        @Nullable
        public Object sanitize(@Nullable Object value) {
            if (value instanceof GString) {
                return value.toString();

 */

package org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.properties;

import groovy.lang.GString;
import org.gradle.api.Task;
import org.gradle.util.internal.DeferredUtil;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

public class InputParameterUtils {
    @Nullable
    public static Object prepareInputParameterValue(InputPropertySpec inputProperty, Task task) {
        String propertyName = inputProperty.getPropertyName();
        try {

            return Optional.of("Type is in 'kotlin.*' package that is reserved for Kotlin stdlib types");
        } else if (type.getName().startsWith("groovy.lang.GString")) {
            return Optional.of("Groovy's GString type is not supported as a nested type");
        } else {
            return Optional.empty();
        }
    }

    /**

        }
    }

    def "with 3-element GString"() {
        when:
        def descriptor = 'org.gradle:gradle-core:1.0'
        def gstring = "$descriptor"
        def d = parse(parser, gstring)

        then:
        d.group == 'org.gradle'
        d.name == 'gradle-core'
        d.version == '1.0'

    private final ChainingTransformer<String> transformer = new ChainingTransformer<String>(String.class)

    def 'does nothing when no transformers added'() {
        expect:
        transformer.transform('value') == 'value'
    }

    def 'passes object to each Transformer in turn'() {
        given:
        Transformer<String, String> transformerA = Mock()
        Transformer<String, String> transformerB = Mock()

        when:
        converter.convert(value, result)

        then:
        1 * target.convert("12", result)

        where:
        type          | value
        String        | "12"
        StringBuilder | new StringBuilder("12")
        GString       | "${6 * 2}"
    }

        where:
        type            | value                                                                | display
        "String"        | '["a", "b", "c"]'                                                    | '[a, b, c]'
        "Param<String>" | '[new Param<String>(display: "a"), new Param<String>(display: "b")]' | '[a, b]'
    }

    def "can finalize the value of a property using API"() {
        given:
        buildFile """