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");

    }

    /**
     * Test password in equals method
     */
    @Test
    public void testEqualsWithSecurePassword() {
        char[] password1 = "TestPass123!".toCharArray();
        char[] password2 = "TestPass123!".toCharArray();
        char[] password3 = "DifferentPass!".toCharArray();

        NtlmPasswordAuthenticator auth1 = new NtlmPasswordAuthenticator("DOMAIN", "user", password1);

    }

    /**
     * Convert char array to byte array (UTF-8)
     */
    private byte[] charsToBytes(char[] chars) {
        if (chars == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // Use UTF-8 encoding
        byte[] bytes = new byte[chars.length * 3]; // Max 3 bytes per char in UTF-8
        int byteIndex = 0;

        for (char c : chars) {
            if (c < 0x80) {

      "The hash code of a char is the int version of the char itself, so it's simplest to return"
          + " that.")
  public static int hashCode(char value) {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}

            return "";
        }
        final int mod = inData.length % 3;
        final int num = inData.length / 3;
        char[] outData = null;
        if (mod != 0) {
            outData = new char[(num + 1) * 4];
        } else {
            outData = new char[num * 4];
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
            encode(inData, i * 3, outData, i * 4);
        }
        if (mod == 1) {

        .isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3},
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4}))
        .isEqualTo(2);
    assertThat(
            Chars.indexOf(
                new char[] {(char) 2, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4, (char) 2, (char) 3, (char) 4},

        Arrays.fill(decrypted, '\0');
    }

    @Test
    public void testEncryptDecryptEmpty() throws Exception {
        char[] plaintext = new char[0];

        byte[] encrypted = storage.encryptCredentials(plaintext);
        assertNotNull(encrypted, "Encrypted empty data should not be null");

        char[] decrypted = storage.decryptCredentials(encrypted);
        assertNotNull(decrypted, "Decrypted empty data should not be null");

      "The hash code of a char is the int version of the char itself, so it's simplest to return"
          + " that.")
  public static int hashCode(char value) {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code char} type
   * @return the {@code char} value that equals {@code value}

            }
            count++;
        }

        return value;
    }

    static final char[] HEXCHARS = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' };

    private static String bin_to_hex(int value, final int length) {
        final char[] arr = new char[length];
        int ai = arr.length;
        while (ai-- > 0) {
            arr[ai] = HEXCHARS[value & 0xF];

     * @return the hexadecimal string representation
     */
    public static String bin_to_hex(int value, final int length) {
        final char[] arr = new char[length];
        int ai = arr.length;
        while (ai-- > 0) {
            arr[ai] = HEXCHARS[value & 0xF];
            value >>>= 4;
        }
        return new String(arr);
    }

    private static byte B(final int i) {