return string || null;
  }-*/;

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

  static boolean patternCompilerIsPcreLike() {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  static String lenientFormat(@Nullable String template, @Nullable Object @Nullable ... args) {
    return Strings.lenientFormat(template, args);
  }

    return String.valueOf(o);
  }

  static CommonPattern compilePattern(String pattern) {
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(pattern);
    return patternCompiler.compile(pattern);
  }

  static boolean patternCompilerIsPcreLike() {
    return patternCompiler.isPcreLike();
  }

  private static PatternCompiler loadPatternCompiler() {
    // We want the JDK Pattern compiler:
    // - under Android (where it hurts startup performance)