*       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

  // Overriding close() because FilterOutputStream's close() method pre-JDK8 has bad behavior:
  // it silently ignores any exception thrown by flush(). Instead, just close the delegate stream.
  // It should flush itself if necessary.
  @Override
  public void close() throws IOException {
    out.close();
  }

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *

     * @param value
     *            the value to set to the property
     */
    void setValue(Object target, Object value);

    /**
     * Converts the value to the appropriate type if necessary based on the property type.
     *
     * @param <T>
     *            the converted type
     * @param value
     *            the value to be converted
     * @return the converted value
     */

 * guavaPredicate::apply}. For the other direction, use {@code javaUtilPredicate::test}. A future
 * version of this interface will be made to <i>extend</i> {@code java.util.function.Predicate}, so
 * that conversion will be necessary in only one direction. At that time, this interface will be
 * officially discouraged.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface Predicate<T extends @Nullable Object> {