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    }

    /**
     * Adds a replacement string for the given input character. The specified character will be
     * replaced by the given string whenever it occurs in the input, irrespective of whether it lies
     * inside or outside the 'safe' range.
     *
     * @param c the character to be replaced
     * @param replacement the string to replace the given character

     * @throws SmbException if an SMB-specific error occurs
     * @throws CIFSException if a general CIFS error occurs
     */
    void ensureDFSResolved() throws CIFSException;

    /**
     * Checks if the server has the specified capability
     * @param cap the capability flag to check
     * @return whether the capability is present
     * @throws CIFSException if an error occurs checking capabilities
     */

     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public PacDataInputStream(final InputStream in) throws IOException {
        this.dis = new DataInputStream(in);
        this.size = in.available();
    }

    /**
     * Aligns the stream position to the specified boundary.
     * @param mask the alignment mask (typically 2, 4, or 8)
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */

     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs during disconnection
     */
    boolean disconnect(boolean hard, boolean inuse) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Ensures the transport is connected to the remote server.
     *
     * @return whether the transport was connected
     * @throws SmbException if an SMB error occurs
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */

   *
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   */
  @Override
  public void writeChar(int v) throws IOException {
    writeShort(v);
  }

  /**
   * Writes a {@code String} as specified by {@link DataOutputStream#writeChars(String)}, except
   * each character is written using little-endian byte order.
   *
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   */
  @Override

     * @param forceSigning whether to enforce SMB signing
     * @return a connected transport
     * @throws UnknownHostException if the host cannot be resolved
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    SmbTransport getSmbTransport(CIFSContext tf, String name, int port, boolean exclusive, boolean forceSigning)
            throws UnknownHostException, IOException;

    /**
     * Get transport connection

     * @return session key of the underlying smb session
     * @throws CIFSException if an error occurs retrieving the session key
     */
    byte[] getSessionKey() throws CIFSException;

    /**
     * Gets the input stream for reading from this pipe.
     *
     * @return this pipe's input stream
     * @throws CIFSException if an error occurs getting the input stream
     */
    @Override