* Returns the {@code short} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code short} type
   * @return the {@code short} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Short#MAX_VALUE} or
   *     less than {@link Short#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;

   * Returns the {@code short} value that is equal to {@code value}, if possible.
   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code short} type
   * @return the {@code short} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Short#MAX_VALUE} or
   *     less than {@link Short#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;

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

      Short[] suffix = {(short) 86, (short) 99};
      Short[] all = concat(concat(prefix, elements), suffix);
      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Short[] concat(Short[] left, Short[] right) {
    Short[] result = new Short[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);

      Short[] suffix = {(short) 86, (short) 99};
      Short[] all = concat(concat(prefix, elements), suffix);
      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Short[] concat(Short[] left, Short[] right) {
    Short[] result = new Short[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);

        // Assert
        assertEquals(Short.MIN_VALUE, queryPolicy.level);
    }

    @Test
    void constructor_withMaximumShortValue() {
        // Arrange
        short level = Short.MAX_VALUE;

        // Act
        queryPolicy = new MsrpcQueryInformationPolicy(mockPolicyHandle, level, mockNdrObject);

        // Assert
        assertEquals(Short.MAX_VALUE, queryPolicy.level);
    }

        // Test with a positive value
        buffer.putShort(0, (short) 0x1234);
        assertEquals(0x1234, NtlmMessage.readUShort(data, 0), "Should read positive UShort correctly.");

        // Test with zero
        buffer.putShort(0, (short) 0);
        assertEquals(0, NtlmMessage.readUShort(data, 0), "Should read zero UShort correctly.");

        // Test with max short value (unsigned interpretation)

        bb.putShort((short) 3);
        bb.putShort((short) 65535); // max unsigned short
        bb.putShort((short) 65535);
        bb.putShort((short) 65535);
        bb.putShort((short) 65535);
        bb.putShort((short) 65535);
        bb.putShort((short) 0);
        bb.putShort((short) 0);
        bb.putShort((short) 0);

            bb.putShort((short) 20); // pathConsumed
            bb.putShort((short) 1); // numReferrals
            bb.putShort((short) 15); // tflags
            bb.putShort((short) 0); // tflags high bytes

            // Simple v1 referral
            bb.putShort((short) 1); // version
            bb.putShort((short) 16); // size
            bb.putShort((short) 1); // serverType

                (int) (int) (short) 'd', (int) (int) (short) 'e', (int) (short) 'f', (int) (short) 'g', (int) (short) 'h',
                (int) (short) 'i', (int) (short) 'j', (int) (short) 'k', (int) (short) 'l', (int) (short) 'm', (int) (short) 'n',
                (int) (short) 'o', (int) (short) 'p', (int) (short) 'q', (int) (short) 'r');