private Strings() {}

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is non-null; the empty string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null
   */
  public static String nullToEmpty(@Nullable String string) {
    return Platform.nullToEmpty(string);
  }

  /**

        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(className)) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return (Class<T>) Class.forName(className, true, loader);
        } catch (final Throwable ignore) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * If the class is a primitive type, returns its wrapper class.
     *
     * @param className

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the class represented by this instance is parameterized.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the class represented by this instance is parameterized
     */
    boolean isParameterizedClass();

    /**
     * Returns the raw class.
     *
     * @param <T>
     *            the type of the raw class
     * @return the raw class

          return equivalence.equivalent(this.reference, that.reference);
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

    /** Returns the result of {@link Equivalence#hash(Object)} applied to the wrapped reference. */
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return equivalence.hash(reference);
    }

    /**

            return true;
        }
        if (requestLocale == null || !requestLocale.getLanguage().equals(targetLocale.getLanguage())
                || targetLocale.getCountry().length() > 0 && !requestLocale.getCountry().equals(targetLocale.getCountry())) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a set of matched label values.
     *

     *            the substring to find
     * @return true if the string contains the substring, false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean contains(final String s1, final String s2) {
        if (isEmpty(s1)) {
            return false;
        }
        return s1.indexOf(s2) >= 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether two strings are equal. If both are null, returns <code>true</code>.
     *
     * @param target1

    return construct(e1, e2, e3);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3, E e4) {
    return construct(e1, e2, e3, e4);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *

     * Returns the current working directory for the Maven execution.
     * This is typically the directory from which Maven was invoked.
     *
     * @return the current working directory path
     */
    @Nonnull
    Path cwd();

    /**
     * Returns the Maven installation directory.
     * This is usually set by the Maven launcher script using the "maven.home" system property.
     *

     */
    public String getToken() {
        return token;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the segmentation.
     *
     * @return The segmentation.
     */
    public String getSegmentation() {
        return segmentation;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the reading.
     *
     * @return The reading.
     */
    public String getReading() {
        return reading;

    }

    /**
     * Returns the access count.
     * @return The access count.
     */
    public long getAccessCount() {
        return accessCount.get();
    }

    /**
     * Increments the access count and returns the new value.
     * @return The incremented access count.
     */
    public long incrementAndGetAccessCount() {
        return accessCount.incrementAndGet();
    }