checkNotClosed();
    target.append((char) c);
  }

  @Override
  public void write(String str) throws IOException {
    checkNotNull(str);
    checkNotClosed();
    target.append(str);
  }

  @Override
  public void write(String str, int off, int len) throws IOException {
    checkNotNull(str);
    checkNotClosed();
    // tricky: append takes start, end pair...
    target.append(str, off, off + len);
  }

 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.io;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.J2ktIncompatible;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??
  public int compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right) {
    checkNotNull(left); // for GWT
    checkNotNull(right);
    return ((Comparable<Object>) left).compareTo(right);
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??

  // be (optionally) be combined with another if needed (with something like
  // MultiplexingOutputStream).
  public HashingOutputStream(HashFunction hashFunction, OutputStream out) {
    super(checkNotNull(out));
    this.hasher = checkNotNull(hashFunction.newHasher());
  }

  @Override
  public void write(int b) throws IOException {
    hasher.putByte((byte) b);
    out.write(b);
  }

  @Override

 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.google.common.testing;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Equivalence;

      BoundType fromBoundType,
      @ParametricNullness E toElement,
      BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);
    checkNotNull(toBoundType);
    return tailMultiset(fromElement, fromBoundType).headMultiset(toElement, toBoundType);
  }

  abstract Iterator<Entry<E>> descendingEntryIterator();

 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.io;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.StandardSystemProperty.LINE_SEPARATOR;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.J2ktIncompatible;

 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.google.common.collect.testing.google;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.mapEntry;
import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      // checkNotNull for GWT (do not optimize)
      array[i] = (Character) checkNotNull(boxedArray[i]);
    }
    return array;
  }

  /**
   * Sorts the elements of {@code array} in descending order.
   *
   * @since 23.1
   */
  public static void sortDescending(char[] array) {
    checkNotNull(array);
    sortDescending(array, 0, array.length);
  }

   * @param target the array to search for as a sub-sequence of {@code array}
   */
  public static int indexOf(short[] array, short[] target) {
    checkNotNull(array, "array");
    checkNotNull(target, "target");
    if (target.length == 0) {
      return 0;
    }

    outer:
    for (int i = 0; i < array.length - target.length + 1; i++) {