*     is reached
   * @return the padded string
   */
  public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
    checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT.
    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
      return string;
    }
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
      sb.append(padChar);

 * @since 15.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class UrlEscapers {
  private UrlEscapers() {}

  // For each xxxEscaper() method, please add links to external reference pages
  // that are considered authoritative for the behavior of that escaper.

  static final String URL_FORM_PARAMETER_OTHER_SAFE_CHARS = "-_.*";

  static final String URL_PATH_OTHER_SAFE_CHARS_LACKING_PLUS =

it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like
telescopes:  this time she found a little bottle on it, (`which
certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck
of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME'
beautifully printed on it in large letters.

  It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little
Alice was not going to do THAT in a hurry.  `No, I'll look

  }

  private static <K, V> ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V> copyOf(
      Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap,
      @CheckForNull Comparator<? super V> valueComparator) {
    checkNotNull(multimap); // eager for GWT
    if (multimap.isEmpty() && valueComparator == null) {
      return of();
    }

    if (multimap instanceof ImmutableSetMultimap) {

    if (!expression) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(lenientFormat(errorMessageTemplate, p1, p2, p3, p4));
    }
  }

  /*
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull is *intended* for performing eager null checks on parameters that a
   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *

   *     is reached
   * @return the padded string
   */
  public static String padStart(String string, int minLength, char padChar) {
    checkNotNull(string); // eager for GWT.
    if (string.length() >= minLength) {
      return string;
    }
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(minLength);
    for (int i = string.length(); i < minLength; i++) {
      sb.append(padChar);
    }

 * that are equal to each other but unequal to the objects in any other group. For example:
 *
 * <pre>
 * new EqualsTester()
 *     .addEqualityGroup(new User("page"), new User("page"))
 *     .addEqualityGroup(new User("sergey"))
 *     .testEquals();
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>This tests:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>comparing each object against itself returns true

    // TODO(dbeaumont): Switch to static factory methods for creation now that class is final.
    // TODO(dbeaumont): Support escapers where alphanumeric chars are not safe.
    checkNotNull(safeChars); // eager for GWT.
    // Avoid any misunderstandings about the behavior of this escaper
    if (safeChars.matches(".*[0-9A-Za-z].*")) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(

      the brackets!)  The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
      comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
      file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
      same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
      identification within third-party archives.

   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

   * a good policy, especially because, in order for the test to pass, the
   * parameter must be misleadingly annotated as @Nullable. I suspect that
   * we'll want to remove @Nullable, add an eager checkNotNull, and loosen up
   * testRemove_nullAllowed.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public int remove(@CheckForNull Object element, int occurrences) {
    if (occurrences == 0) {