buf.append('/');
        }
        return buf.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the NTLM password authentication.
     * @return The NTLM password authentication.
     */
    public NtlmPasswordAuthentication getAuthentication() {
        return new NtlmPasswordAuthentication(domain == null ? "" : domain, username, password);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the server address.
     * @return The server address.

     * @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;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the character set for the given SMB1 file.
     *

     * @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;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the character set for the given SMB file.
     *

     * @return the Base64-encoded Type 1 message
     * @throws NTLMEngineException if an NTLM engine error occurs
     */
    @Override
    public String generateType1Msg(final String domain, final String workstation) throws NTLMEngineException {
        final Type1Message type1Message = new Type1Message(cifsContext, TYPE_1_FLAGS, domain, workstation);