assertEquals(0x04, buffer[0] & 0xFF, "First byte must be SMB_COM_QUERY_INFORMATION type 0x04");
        // Verify that the string part ends with the null terminator
        assertArrayEquals(expectedString, subArray(buffer, 1, expectedString.length));
        assertEquals(0, buffer[1 + expectedString.length], "String must be null terminated");
    }

    @Test

        sdd.useUnicode = false;
        // format byte + path + null terminator
        byte[] expected = new byte[1 + dirName.length() + 1];
        expected[0] = 0x04; // buffer format
        System.arraycopy(dirName.getBytes(), 0, expected, 1, dirName.length());
        expected[dirName.length() + 1] = 0x00; // null terminator

        byte[] dst = new byte[100];
        int len = sdd.writeBytesWireFormat(dst, 0);

        buffer.put(domainNameBytes);
        buffer.put((byte) 0x00); // Null terminator

        byte[] byteData = buffer.array();

        // Call the method
        int bytesRead = response.readBytesWireFormat(byteData, 0);

        // Assertions
        // readBytesWireFormat returns bytes processed up to null terminator
        assertEquals(14, bytesRead); // 8 bytes key + 6 bytes domain name

        // Expected format: buffer format (0x04) + path string (null terminated)
        byte[] expected = new byte[directoryName.length() + 2];
        expected[0] = 0x04; // Buffer format
        System.arraycopy(directoryName.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), 0, expected, 1, directoryName.length());
        expected[directoryName.length() + 1] = 0x00; // Null terminator

        byte[] dst = new byte[100];

        System.arraycopy(pathBytes, 0, dst, dstIndex, pathBytes.length);
        dstIndex += pathBytes.length;
        SMBUtil.writeInt2(0, dst, dstIndex);
        dstIndex += 2; // null terminator
        return dstIndex - start;
    }

            buf.enc_ndr_long(charCount + 1); // MaximumCount (including null terminator)
            buf.enc_ndr_long(0); // Offset
            buf.enc_ndr_long(charCount + 1); // ActualCount (including null terminator)

            // String data in UTF-16LE
            buf.writeOctetArray(wideBytes, 0, wideBytes.length);
            buf.enc_ndr_short(0); // Wide null terminator

            // Pad to 4-byte boundary

 * This class wraps strings for use in RPC calls with optional zero termination.
 */
public class UnicodeString extends rpc.unicode_string {

    boolean zterm;

    /**
     * Constructs a UnicodeString with zero termination option.
     *
     * @param zterm whether the string should be zero terminated
     */
    public UnicodeString(final boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;
    }

 *
 */
public class UnicodeString extends rpc.unicode_string {

    boolean zterm;

    /**
     * Constructs a UnicodeString with zero termination option.
     *
     * @param zterm
     *            whether the string should be zero terminated
     */
    public UnicodeString(final boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;
    }

    /**

            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Interrupts the thread and waits for it to terminate.
     *
     * @param timeoutMillis
     *            The time to wait (in milliseconds)
     * @return <code>true</code> if the thread has terminated
     * @throws InterruptedException
     *             If interrupted while waiting
     */

            if (len > maxLen) {
                if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    log.warn("Failed to find string termination with max length " + maxLen);
                    log.debug(Hexdump.toHexString(buffer, bufferIndex, len));
                }
                throw new RuntimeCIFSException("zero termination not found");
            }
        }
        return len;
    }

    /**