// file attribute encoding
    /**
     * File is marked read-only
     */
    static final int ATTR_READONLY = 0x01;
    /**
     * File is marked hidden
     */
    static final int ATTR_HIDDEN = 0x02;
    /**
     * File is marked a system file
     */
    static final int ATTR_SYSTEM = 0x04;
    /**
     * File is marked a volume
     */
    static final int ATTR_VOLUME = 0x08;
    /**

     */
    public boolean isDisconnected () {
        return this.state == 4 || this.state == 5 || this.state == 6 || this.state == 0;
    }


    /**
     * @return whether the transport is marked failed
     */
    public boolean isFailed () {
        return this.state == 5 || this.state == 6;
    }


    /**
     * Send a request message and recieve response
     * 
     * @param request

    /**
     * Tests to see if the file this SmbResource represents is marked as
     * hidden. This method will also return true for shares with names that
     * end with '$' such as <code>IPC$</code> or <code>C$</code>.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>SmbResource</code> is marked as being hidden
     * @throws CIFSException
     */
    boolean isHidden () throws CIFSException;

/* jcifs smb client library in Java
 * Copyright (C) 2000  "Michael B. Allen" <jcifs at samba dot org>
 *                     "Paul Walker" <jcifs at samba dot org>
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 

        if ( a.atMost(b) ) {
            return a;
        }
        return b;
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param a
     * @param b
     * @return larger of the two versions
     */
    public static DialectVersion max ( DialectVersion a, DialectVersion b ) {
        if ( a.atLeast(b) ) {
            return a;
        }
        return b;
    }

 * Tests to see if the file this <code>SmbFile</code> represents
 * exists and is not marked read-only. By default, resources are
 * considered to be read-only and therefore for <code>smb1://</code>,
 * <code>smb1://workgroup/</code>, and <code>smb1://server/</code> resources
 * will be read-only.
 *
 * @return  <code>true</code> if the resource exists is not marked
 *          read-only
 */