return this.namedPipeState;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the amount of data available to read from the pipe
     * @return the readDataAvailable
     */
    public int getReadDataAvailable() {
        return this.readDataAvailable;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the number of messages available in the pipe
     * @return the numberOfMessages
     */
    public int getNumberOfMessages() {

                req.setFlags(Smb2IoctlRequest.SMB2_O_IOCTL_IS_FSCTL);
                final Smb2IoctlResponse resp = th.send(req, RequestParam.NO_RETRY);
                return ((SrvPipePeekResponse) resp.getOutputData()).getReadDataAvailable();
            }
            final TransPeekNamedPipe req = new TransPeekNamedPipe(th.getConfig(), this.handle.getUncPath(), fd.getFid());