public short getMaxLength() {
        return this.maxLength;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the pointer/offset to the string data.
     *
     * @return the pointer to the string data
     */
    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

        PacUnicodeString str = pdis.readUnicodeString();
        assertEquals(4, str.getLength());
        assertEquals(4, str.getMaxLength());
        assertEquals(0x1234, str.getPointer());
    }

    @Test
    public void testReadUnicodeStringMalformed() throws IOException {
        // length > maxLength
        byte[] data = new byte[] { 0x08, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x34, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00 };