* the {@code charSequence} is mutated while it is being read, so don't do that.
   *
   * @since 15.0 (since 14.0 as {@code CharStreams.asCharSource(String)})
   */
  public static CharSource wrap(CharSequence charSequence) {
    return charSequence instanceof String
        ? new StringCharSource((String) charSequence)
        : new CharSequenceCharSource(charSequence);
  }

  /**

  abstract int maxDecodedSize(int chars);

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

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

  // Modified encoding generators

  /**

     * 
     * @param delimiter
     * @param elements
     * @return elements separated by delimiter
     */
    public static String join ( CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence... elements ) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for ( CharSequence element : elements ) {
            if ( sb.length() > 0 ) {
                if ( delimiter != null ) {
                    sb.append(delimiter);
                }

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.settings.building;

import org.apache.maven.building.StringSource;

/**
 * Wraps an ordinary {@link CharSequence} as a settings source.
 *
 *
 * @deprecated instead use {@link StringSource}
 */
@Deprecated
public class StringSettingsSource extends StringSource implements SettingsSource {

    /**

    //
    // 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.
     *

  private static final Appendable NASTY_APPENDABLE =
      new Appendable() {
        @Override
        public Appendable append(@Nullable CharSequence csq) throws IOException {
          throw new IOException();
        }

        @Override
        public Appendable append(@Nullable CharSequence csq, int start, int end)
            throws IOException {
          throw new IOException();
        }

        @Override

 * but works with any {@link CharSequence}.
 *
 * @author Colin Decker
 */
// TODO(cgdecker): make this public? as a type, or a method in CharStreams?
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class CharSequenceReader extends Reader {

  @CheckForNull private CharSequence seq;
  private int pos;
  private int mark;

 * but works with any {@link CharSequence}.
 *
 * @author Colin Decker
 */
// TODO(cgdecker): make this public? as a type, or a method in CharStreams?
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class CharSequenceReader extends Reader {

  @CheckForNull private CharSequence seq;
  private int pos;
  private int mark;

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> When implementing an escaper it is a good idea to override this method for
   * efficiency by inlining the implementation of {@link #nextEscapeIndex(CharSequence, int, int)}
   * directly. Doing this for {@link com.google.common.net.PercentEscaper} more than doubled the
   * performance for unescaped strings (as measured by {@code CharEscapersBenchmark}).
   *

    k1 = mixK1(high);
    h1 = mixH1(h1, k1);

    return fmix(h1, Longs.BYTES);
  }

  @Override
  public HashCode hashUnencodedChars(CharSequence input) {
    int h1 = seed;

    // step through the CharSequence 2 chars at a time
    for (int i = 1; i < input.length(); i += 2) {
      int k1 = input.charAt(i - 1) | (input.charAt(i) << 16);
      k1 = mixK1(k1);
      h1 = mixH1(h1, k1);