public int getPointer() {
        return this.pointer;
    }

    /**
     * Validates the provided string against this structure's metadata.
     * Checks that the string length matches the expected length and that
     * null strings have a zero pointer.
     *
     * @param string the string to validate
     * @return the validated string
     * @throws PACDecodingException if validation fails
     */

     *
     * @param repositories the list of repositories to validate, may be {@code null}
     * @return the same list if validation passes, or {@code null} if input was {@code null}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the list contains duplicate repositories
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the list contains null repository entries
     */
    default List<RemoteRepository> validate(List<RemoteRepository> repositories) {

 * This class extends FessApiAction to provide admin-specific functionality
 * including enhanced access control for administrative operations.
 *
 * <p>Admin API actions require special permissions and access tokens
 * that are validated against the admin role configuration.</p>
 */
public abstract class FessApiAdminAction extends FessApiAction {

    /** Logger instance for this class. */

     */
    protected boolean isFileSystemPath(final String url) {
        return ComponentUtil.getProtocolHelper().isFileSystemPath(url);
    }

    /**
     * Validates if the URL is safe for redirection.
     *
     * @param url the URL to validate
     * @return true if the URL is valid for redirection, false otherwise
     */
    protected boolean isValidRedirectUrl(final String url) {

        return this.credentialType;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the server signature used to validate PAC integrity.
     * @return the server signature
     */
    public PacSignature getServerSignature() {
        return this.serverSignature;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the KDC signature used to validate PAC authenticity.
     * @return the KDC signature
     */
    public PacSignature getKdcSignature() {

            return 8; // Minimum size: count + padding + flags
        }
        return 8 + (this.compressionAlgorithms.length * 2);
    }

    /**
     * Validates if the compression algorithm is known.
     *
     * @param algorithm the algorithm to validate
     * @return true if the algorithm is known
     */
    private boolean isValidCompressionAlgorithm(int algorithm) {

/**
 * Validation annotation for URI type constraints.
 * This annotation validates URI strings based on specified protocol types.
 */
@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy = UriTypeValidator.class)
public @interface UriType {

    /**
     * Specifies the protocol type to validate against.
     *
     * @return the protocol type
     */

/**
 * SitemapsRule is a rule implementation that extends RegexRule to determine if a given response data
 * represents a valid sitemap. It uses a SitemapsHelper to validate the response body as an InputStream.
 * The rule checks if the URL matches the defined regex pattern and then validates the content as a sitemap.
 * If any exception occurs during the sitemap validation, it logs the error and returns false.
 *
 */

    }

    /**
     * Validates the current request by checking for stored web API exceptions.
     * Throws any stored WebApiException if found.
     *
     * @throws WebApiException If a web API exception was previously stored
     */
    public static void validate() {

* Validate **complex structures**:
    * Use of hierarchical Pydantic models, Python `typing`’s `List` and `Dict`, etc.
    * And validators allow complex data schemas to be clearly and easily defined, checked and documented as JSON Schema.
    * You can have deeply **nested JSON** objects and have them all validated and annotated.
* **Extensible**: