* @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} if it is not null; {@code ""} otherwise
   */
  static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return (string == null) ? "" : string;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string if it is not empty, or a null string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return

  @JsMethod
  static native boolean stringIsNullOrEmpty(@Nullable String string) /*-{
    return !string;
  }-*/;

  @JsMethod
  static native String nullToEmpty(@Nullable String string) /*-{
    return string || "";
  }-*/;

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

  static CommonPattern compilePattern(String pattern) {

  static String format(String template, Object... args) {
    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 char[] charBufferFromThreadLocal() {
    // ThreadLocal is not available to GWT, so we always reuse the same
    // instance.  It is always safe to return the same instance because
    // javascript is single-threaded, and only used by blocks that doesn't
    // involve async callbacks.
    return CHAR_BUFFER;
  }

  private Platform() {}

 *
 * @author Hayward Chan
 */
final class Platform {
  // Class.cast is not supported in GWT.
  static void checkCast(Class<?> clazz, Object obj) {}

  static <T> T[] clone(T[] array) {
    return (T[]) Arrays.copyOfRange(array, 0, array.length);
  }

  // TODO: Consolidate different copies in one single place.
  static String format(String template, Object... args) {

 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
final class Platform {
  /** Serializes and deserializes the specified object (a no-op under GWT). */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <T> T reserialize(T object) {
    return checkNotNull(object);
  }

  private Platform() {}