checkNotNull(str);
    return (format == this) ? str : convert(format, str);
  }

  /** Enum values can override for performance reasons. */
  String convert(CaseFormat format, String s) {
    // deal with camel conversion
    StringBuilder out = null;
    int i = 0;
    int j = -1;
    while ((j = wordBoundary.indexIn(s, ++j)) != -1) {
      if (i == 0) {
        // include some extra space for separators