* @param pointer the pointer/offset to the string data
     */
    public PacUnicodeString(final short length, final short maxLength, final int pointer) {
        this.length = length;
        this.maxLength = maxLength;
        this.pointer = pointer;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the actual length of the string in bytes.
     *
     * @return the string length
     */
    public short getLength() {

        // Verify encoded length
        assertEquals(3, encodedLen, "Encoded length should be equal to the specified length");

        // Verify content
        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { (byte) 0xFF, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00 }, dest, "Encoded bytes should be placed at the correct offset");
    }

    @Test
    void testEncodeZeroLength() {
        // Test encoding with zero length
        byte[] data = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03 };

        assertEquals((testStringTrue.length() + 1) * 2, unicodeStringTrue.length, "Length should include zterm");
        assertEquals((testStringTrue.length() + 1) * 2, unicodeStringTrue.maximum_length, "Maximum length should include zterm");
        assertNotNull(unicodeStringTrue.buffer, "Buffer should not be null");
        assertEquals(testStringTrue.length() + 1, unicodeStringTrue.buffer.length, "Buffer length should include zterm");

   */
  static @Nullable Object[] copyAsObjectArray(@Nullable Object[] elements, int offset, int length) {
    checkPositionIndexes(offset, offset + length, elements.length);
    if (length == 0) {
      return new Object[0];
    }
    @Nullable Object[] result = new Object[length];
    arraycopy(elements, offset, result, 0, length);
    return result;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

        }
        if (isDirect) {
            out.writeDirect(buf, off, length, 1);
            return;
        }
        out.write(buf, off, length);
    }

    @Override
    protected void doReceiveFragment(final byte[] buf, final boolean isDirect) throws IOException {
        int off, flags, length;

        if (buf.length < max_recv) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("buffer too small");
        }

      result = murmurHash64WithSeed(bytes, offset, length, K0 ^ K1 ^ K2);
    } else if (length <= 64) {
      result = hashLength33To64(bytes, offset, length);
    } else {
      result = fullFingerprint(bytes, offset, length);
    }

    long u = length >= 8 ? load64(bytes, offset) : K0;
    long v = length >= 9 ? load64(bytes, offset + length - 8) : K0;
    result = hash128to64(result + v, u);

     * Tests the {@link PacUnicodeString#check(String)} method with a string of incorrect length.
     */
    @Test
    void testCheck_withInvalidLength_throwsException() {
        // Length is 10 bytes, so expected string length is 5 characters
        PacUnicodeString pacString = new PacUnicodeString((short) 10, (short) 20, 100);
        String testString = "too-long"; // Length is 8

        // Expect a PACDecodingException to be thrown

  static long fingerprint(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
    if (length <= 32) {
      if (length <= 16) {
        return hashLength0to16(bytes, offset, length);
      } else {
        return hashLength17to32(bytes, offset, length);
      }
    } else if (length <= 64) {
      return hashLength33To64(bytes, offset, length);
    } else {
      return hashLength65Plus(bytes, offset, length);
    }
  }

     * @param length maximum length to receive
     * @return number of bytes received
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    int recv(byte[] buf, int off, int length) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Send data to the pipe
     *
     * @param buf buffer containing data to send
     * @param off offset in the buffer
     * @param length length of data to send

     *
     * @param data the data buffer
     * @param offset the offset in the buffer
     * @param length the length of data to compress
     * @param algorithm the compression algorithm to use
     * @return the compressed data
     * @throws CIFSException if compression fails
     */
    byte[] compress(byte[] data, int offset, int length, int algorithm) throws CIFSException;

    /**