}
      return false;
    }

    private boolean hasUpperCase() {
      for (char c : chars) {
        if (Ascii.isUpperCase(c)) {
          return true;
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

    Alphabet upperCase() {
      if (!hasLowerCase()) {
        return this;
      }
      checkState(!hasUpperCase(), "Cannot call upperCase() on a mixed-case alphabet");