} unicode_string;

	/* 
	 * typedef struct _SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY {
	 *     UCHAR Value[6];
	 * } SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY, *PSID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY;
	 * 
	 * #define SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY           {0,0,0,0,0,5}
	 * 
	 * typedef struct _SID {
	 *    UCHAR Revision;
	 *    UCHAR SubAuthorityCount;
	 *    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY IdentifierAuthority;

	} unicode_string;

	/* 
	 * typedef struct _SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY {
	 *     UCHAR Value[6];
	 * } SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY, *PSID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY;
	 * 
	 * #define SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY           {0,0,0,0,0,5}
	 * 
	 * typedef struct _SID {
	 *    UCHAR Revision;
	 *    UCHAR SubAuthorityCount;
	 *    SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY IdentifierAuthority;

    /** WAVE DASH */
    public static final char WAVE_DASH = '\u301C';

    /** FULLWIDTH TILDE */
    public static final char FULLWIDTH_TILDE = '\uFF5E';

    /** DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE */
    public static final char DOUBLE_VERTICAL_LINE = '\u2016';

    /** PARALLEL TO */
    public static final char PARALLEL_TO = '\u2225';

    /** MINUS SIGN */
    public static final char MINUS_SIGN = '\u2212';

            return null;
        }
        final char[] chars = new char[text.length()];
        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
            final char c = text.charAt(i);
            if (c >= 'ａ' && c <= 'ｚ') {
                chars[i] = (char) (c - 'ａ' + 'a');
            } else if (c >= 'Ａ' && c <= 'Ｚ') {
                chars[i] = (char) (c - 'Ａ' + 'A');
            } else if (c >= '０' && c <= '９') {

        if (length == 0) {
            return;
        }

        final int s = length % 16;
        final int r = s == 0 ? length / 16 : length / 16 + 1;
        final char[] c = new char[r * (74 + NL_LENGTH)];
        final char[] d = new char[16];
        int i;
        int si = 0;
        int ci = 0;

        do {
            toHexChars(si, c, ci, 5);
            ci += 5;
            c[ci] = ':';

            int i = 0;
            do {
                if (i >= buf.length) {
                    final char[] nb = new char[buf.length * 2];
                    System.arraycopy(buf, 0, nb, 0, buf.length);
                    buf = nb;
                }
                buf[i++] = (char) peekc;
                peekc = read();
                peekct = peekc < 0 ? CT_WHITESPACE : peekc < 256 ? ctype[peekc] : CT_ALPHA;

        Field passwordField = NtlmPasswordAuthenticator.class.getDeclaredField("password");
        passwordField.setAccessible(true);

        char[] originalPassword = (char[]) passwordField.get(authenticator);
        char[] clonedPassword = (char[]) passwordField.get(cloned);

        assertNotSame(originalPassword, clonedPassword, "Cloned password should be a different array instance");

            final char originalChar1 = sb.charAt(i);
            final char originalChar2 = sb.charAt(i + 1);
            final char margedChar = mergeChar(originalChar1, originalChar2);
            if (margedChar != originalChar1) {
                sb.setCharAt(i, margedChar);
                sb.deleteCharAt(i + 1);
            } else {

            buffer[i] = (short) 0;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        final int len = length / 2 - (zterm ? 1 : 0);
        final char[] ca = new char[len];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            ca[i] = (char) buffer[i];
        }
        return new String(ca, 0, len);
    }

     * @return a hexadecimal string representation of the value, padded to the specified size
     */
    public static String toHexString(final int val, final int size) {
        final char[] c = new char[size];
        toHexChars(val, c, 0, size);
        return new String(c);
    }

    /**
     * Converts a long value to a hexadecimal string representation with specified padding.
     *