*       the {@code Converter} type using a mocking framework.
 *   <li>Extend this class and implement its {@link #doForward} and {@link #doBackward} methods.
 *   <li><b>Java 8+ users:</b> you may prefer to pass two lambda expressions or method references to
 *       the {@link #from from} factory method.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Using a converter:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Convert one instance in the "forward" direction using {@code converter.convert(a)}.

   *     string} has a length of zero or cannot be parsed as a {@code float} value
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code string} is {@code null}
   * @since 14.0
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // regular expressions
  @CheckForNull
  public static Float tryParse(String string) {
    if (Doubles.FLOATING_POINT_PATTERN.matcher(string).matches()) {
      // TODO(lowasser): could be potentially optimized, but only with

 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code ToIntFunction}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>To use an existing function (say, named {@code function}) in a context where the <i>other

   * in preference if at least one of the parameters is known to contain only ASCII characters.
   *
   * <p>Note however that this method does not always behave identically to expressions such as:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code string.toUpperCase().equals("UPPER CASE ASCII")}
   *   <li>{@code string.toLowerCase().equals("lower case ascii")}
   * </ul>
   *

  private interface Impossible {}

  /**
   * Ensures the truth of an expression involving one or more parameters to the calling method.
   *
   * @param expression a boolean expression
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code expression} is false
   */
  public static void checkArgument(boolean expression) {
    if (!expression) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }
  }

  /**

 * instance, but has the chance to act on values <i>before</i> handing off to that backing instance.
 * As a result, it usually helps to read chained ordering expressions <i>backwards</i>. For example,
 * when {@code compare} is called on the above ordering:
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>First, if only one {@code Foo} is null, that null value is treated as <i>greater</i>

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

/**
 * File name filter that only accepts files matching a regular expression. This class is thread-safe
 * and immutable.
 *
 * @author Apple Chow
 * @since 1.0
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 *       .compare(this.anInt, that.anInt)
 *       .compare(this.anEnum, that.anEnum, Ordering.natural().nullsLast())
 *       .result();
 * }
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>The value of this expression will have the same sign as the <i>first nonzero</i> comparison
 * result in the chain, or will be zero if every comparison result was zero.
 *

   * signed long. The implementation is branch-free, and benchmarks suggest it is measurably faster
   * than the straightforward ternary expression.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting
  static int lessThanBranchFree(long x, long y) {
    // Returns the sign bit of x - y.
    return (int) (~~(x - y) >>> (Long.SIZE - 1));
  }

  /**

but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened
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