return String.format(Locale.ROOT, template, args);
  }

  /** See {@link ListListIteratorTester} */
  static int listListIteratorTesterNumIterations() {
    return 4;
  }

  /** See {@link CollectionIteratorTester} */
  static int collectionIteratorTesterNumIterations() {
    return 5;
  }

  private Platform() {}

    // start substituting the arguments into the '%s' placeholders
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(template.length() + 16 * args.length);
    int templateStart = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (i < args.length) {
      int placeholderStart = template.indexOf("%s", templateStart);
      if (placeholderStart == -1) {
        break;
      }

    return String.format(Locale.ROOT, template, args);
  }

  /** See {@link ListListIteratorTester} */
  static int listListIteratorTesterNumIterations() {
    return 4;
  }

  /** See {@link CollectionIteratorTester} */
  static int collectionIteratorTesterNumIterations() {
    return 5;
  }

  private Platform() {}

  }

  static <E extends Enum<E>> Class<E> getDeclaringClassOrObjectForJ2cl(E e) {
    return e.getDeclaringClass();
  }

  static int reduceIterationsIfGwt(int iterations) {
    return iterations;
  }

  static int reduceExponentIfGwt(int exponent) {
    return exponent;
  }

  private Platform() {}

    // start substituting the arguments into the '%s' placeholders
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(template.length() + 16 * args.length);
    int templateStart = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (i < args.length) {
      int placeholderStart = template.indexOf("%s", templateStart);
      if (placeholderStart == -1) {
        break;
      }

  static native String emptyToNull(@Nullable String string) /*-{
    return string || null;
  }-*/;

  @JsType(isNative = true, name = "number", namespace = GLOBAL)
  private interface Number {
    double toPrecision(int precision);
  }

  static CommonPattern compilePattern(String pattern) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  static boolean patternCompilerIsPcreLike() {

      E e) /*-{
    return ******@****.***::getDeclaringClass()();
  }-*/;

  static int reduceIterationsIfGwt(int iterations) {
    return iterations / 10;
  }

  static int reduceExponentIfGwt(int exponent) {
    return exponent / 2;
  }

  private Platform() {}