if (auth != null) {
            final NtlmPasswordAuthenticator newAuth =
                    NtlmAuthenticator.requestNtlmPasswordAuthentication(auth, locationHint, error instanceof SmbAuthException s ? s : null);
            if (newAuth != null) {
                this.creds = newAuth;
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

     */
    public XPath createXPath(final Consumer<XPathFactory> builder) {
        try {
            final XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
            builder.accept(factory);
            return factory.newXPath();
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            throw new CrawlerSystemException("Failed to create XPath instance.", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     *  Use an XPath string to select a nodelist.