abstract int maxDecodedSize(int chars);

  abstract int decodeTo(byte[] target, CharSequence chars) throws DecodingException;

  CharSequence trimTrailingPadding(CharSequence chars) {
    return checkNotNull(chars);
  }

  // Modified encoding generators

  /**

  public void testContainsPattern_apply() {
    Predicate<CharSequence> isFoobar = Predicates.containsPattern("^Fo.*o.*bar$");
    assertTrue(isFoobar.apply("Foxyzoabcbar"));
    assertFalse(isFoobar.apply("Foobarx"));
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // Predicates.containsPattern
  public void testContains_apply() {
    Predicate<CharSequence> isFoobar = Predicates.contains(Pattern.compile("^Fo.*o.*bar$"));

    public <T> Iterable<? super String> wildcardsMatchByLowerBound(
        List<? super CharSequence> list) {
      return isSubtype(list);
    }

    @TestSubtype(suppressGetSupertype = true, suppressGetSubtype = true)
    public <T> Iterable<? super CharSequence> wildCardsDoNotMatchByLowerBound(
        List<? super String> list) {
      return notSubtype(list);
    }

     * tolerance is implemented differently: Its implementation avoids calling this toString(Object)
     * method in the first place.)
     */
    requireNonNull(part);
    return (part instanceof CharSequence) ? (CharSequence) part : part.toString();
  }

  private static Iterable<@Nullable Object> iterable(
      @CheckForNull Object first, @CheckForNull Object second, @Nullable Object[] rest) {
    checkNotNull(rest);

    //
    // message building methods modelled after Ansi methods
    //

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    MessageBuilder append(CharSequence cs);

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    MessageBuilder append(CharSequence cs, int start, int end);

    @Nonnull
    @Override
    MessageBuilder append(char c);

    /**
     * Append content to the message buffer.
     *

   * surprising behavior of {@code toUpperCase()} and {@code toLowerCase()}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(CharSequence s1, CharSequence s2) {
    // Calling length() is the null pointer check (so do it before we can exit early).
    int length = s1.length();
    if (s1 == s2) {
      return true;
    }
    if (length != s2.length()) {

   * surprising behavior of {@code toUpperCase()} and {@code toLowerCase()}.
   *
   * @since 16.0
   */
  public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(CharSequence s1, CharSequence s2) {
    // Calling length() is the null pointer check (so do it before we can exit early).
    int length = s1.length();
    if (s1 == s2) {
      return true;
    }
    if (length != s2.length()) {

 * javadoc for details.
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class CommonPattern {
  public abstract CommonMatcher matcher(CharSequence t);

  public abstract String pattern();

  public abstract int flags();

  // Re-declare this as abstract to force subclasses to override.
  @Override
  public abstract String toString();

 * javadoc for details.
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class CommonPattern {
  public abstract CommonMatcher matcher(CharSequence t);

  public abstract String pattern();

  public abstract int flags();

  // Re-declare this as abstract to force subclasses to override.
  @Override
  public abstract String toString();

   * {@code b} have no common prefix, returns the empty string.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  public static String commonPrefix(CharSequence a, CharSequence b) {
    checkNotNull(a);
    checkNotNull(b);

    int maxPrefixLength = Math.min(a.length(), b.length());
    int p = 0;
    while (p < maxPrefixLength && a.charAt(p) == b.charAt(p)) {
      p++;