try {
            return Encdec.dec_utf8(b, 0, size);
        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            throw new SmbException("", ioe);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public final void writeBoolean(final boolean v) throws SmbException {
        tmp[0] = (byte) (v ? 1 : 0);
        write(tmp, 0, 1);
    }

    @Override
    public final void writeByte(final int v) throws SmbException {

        output.write(b, off, len);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeBoolean(boolean v) {
      try {
        output.writeBoolean(v);
      } catch (IOException impossible) {
        throw new AssertionError(impossible);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void writeByte(int v) {
      try {

        try {
            return Encdec.dec_utf8(b, 0, size);
        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            throw new SmbException("", ioe);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public final void writeBoolean(final boolean v) throws SmbException {
        this.tmp[0] = (byte) (v ? 1 : 0);
        write(this.tmp, 0, 1);
    }

    @Override
    public final void writeByte(final int v) throws SmbException {

        SmbRandomAccessFile raf = spy(newInstance("rw", false, true, false));
        // Intercept the 3-arg write to validate len
        doNothing().when(raf).write(any(byte[].class), anyInt(), anyInt());
        raf.writeBoolean(true);
        raf.writeByte(0x7F);
        ArgumentCaptor<Integer> lenCap = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Integer.class);
        verify(raf, atLeast(2)).write(any(byte[].class), anyInt(), lenCap.capture());