* @return the Base64-encoded Type 3 message
     * @throws NTLMEngineException if an NTLM engine error occurs
     * @throws CrawlingAccessException if an error occurs during message generation
     */
    @Override
    public String generateType3Msg(final String username, final String password, final String domain, final String workstation,
            final String challenge) throws NTLMEngineException {
        Type2Message type2Message;

     *
     * @param uri the URI to preprocess
     * @return the preprocessed URI
     * @throws CrawlerSystemException if the URI is empty
     */
    protected String preprocessUri(final String uri) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(uri)) {
            throw new CrawlerSystemException("The uri is empty.");
        }

        return uri;
    }

    /**

     *
     * @param uri the URI to preprocess
     * @return the preprocessed URI
     * @throws CrawlerSystemException if the URI is empty
     */
    protected String preprocessUri(final String uri) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(uri)) {
            throw new CrawlerSystemException("The uri is empty.");
        }

        return uri;
    }

    /**