* @return a hash code for the value
   */
  public static int hashCode(char value) {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Character#MAX_VALUE}

        .isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3},
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4}))
        .isEqualTo(2);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4},

  }

  private static CharMatcher.IsEither isEither(char c1, char c2) {
    return new CharMatcher.IsEither(c1, c2);
  }

  /** Implementation of {@link #anyOf(CharSequence)} for exactly two characters. */
  private static final class IsEither extends FastMatcher {

    private final char match1;
    private final char match2;

    IsEither(char match1, char match2) {
      this.match1 = match1;

   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *
   * However, for a variety of reasons, Google developers have written a ton of code over the past
   * decade that assumes that they can use checkNotNull for non-precondition checks. I had hoped to

   *       {@code MapJoiner} method that accepts entries as input, and receive output of the form
   *       {@code key1=A&key1=B&key2=C}.
   *   <li>To output a single entry for each key, pass {@code multimap.asMap()} to a {@code
   *       MapJoiner} method that accepts a map as input, and receive output of the form {@code
   *       key1=[A, B]&key2=C}.
   * </ul>
   *

  Hasher putBoolean(boolean b);

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  Hasher putChar(char c);

  /**
   * Equivalent to processing each {@code char} value in the {@code CharSequence}, in order. In
   * other words, no character encoding is performed; the low byte and high byte of each {@code
   * char} are hashed directly (in that order). The input must not be updated while this method is
   * in progress.
   *

  }

  private static CharMatcher.IsEither isEither(char c1, char c2) {
    return new CharMatcher.IsEither(c1, c2);
  }

  /** Implementation of {@link #anyOf(CharSequence)} for exactly two characters. */
  private static final class IsEither extends FastMatcher {

    private final char match1;
    private final char match2;

    IsEither(char match1, char match2) {
      this.match1 = match1;

   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *
   * However, for a variety of reasons, Google developers have written a ton of code over the past
   * decade that assumes that they can use checkNotNull for non-precondition checks. I had hoped to

   */
  public static char toLowerCase(char c) {
    return isUpperCase(c) ? (char) (c ^ CASE_MASK) : c;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the input string in which all {@linkplain #isLowerCase(char) lowercase ASCII
   * characters} have been converted to uppercase. All other characters are copied without
   * modification.
   */
  public static String toUpperCase(String string) {
    int length = string.length();

   */
  public static char toLowerCase(char c) {
    return isUpperCase(c) ? (char) (c ^ CASE_MASK) : c;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the input string in which all {@linkplain #isLowerCase(char) lowercase ASCII
   * characters} have been converted to uppercase. All other characters are copied without
   * modification.
   */
  public static String toUpperCase(String string) {
    int length = string.length();