// 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)

        dest[offset + 3] = (byte) (ulong >> 24 & 0xff);
    }

    static void writeUShort(final byte[] dest, final int offset, final int ushort) {
        dest[offset] = (byte) (ushort & 0xff);
        dest[offset + 1] = (byte) (ushort >> 8 & 0xff);
    }

    static int writeSecurityBuffer(final byte[] dest, final int offset, final byte[] src) {
        final int length = src != null ? src.length : 0;

        assertEquals(0xBBAA, result, "UShort should be little‑endian");
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("readUShort throws on too short array")
    void testReadUShortOutOfBounds() {
        byte[] a = new byte[] { 0x02 };
        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -\u003e NtlmMessage.readUShort(a, 0));
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("readULong throws on too short array")
    void testReadULongOutOfBounds() {

   *
   * @param value a primitive {@code short} value
   * @return a hash code for the value
   */
  @InlineMe(replacement = "Short.hashCode(value)")
  @InlineMeValidationDisabled(
      "The hash code of a short is the int version of the short itself, so it's simplest to return"
          + " that.")
  public static int hashCode(short value) {
    return value;
  }

  /**

            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

      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);

        int data1 = (int) (mostSig >>> 32); // first 4 bytes
        short data2 = (short) (mostSig >>> 16); // next 2 bytes
        short data3 = (short) mostSig; // next 2 bytes

        // Write in little-endian format as specified by MS-SMB2
        bb.putInt(data1); // data1 (4 bytes, little-endian)
        bb.putShort(data2); // data2 (2 bytes, little-endian)
        bb.putShort(data3); // data3 (2 bytes, little-endian)

        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(34);
        buffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
        buffer.putShort((short) 0); // dialectIndex
        buffer.put((byte) 0x0F); // securityMode (user, encrypted, sigs enabled, sigs required)
        buffer.putShort((short) 50); // maxMpxCount
        buffer.putShort((short) 10); // maxNumberVcs
        buffer.putInt(8192); // maxBufferSize
        buffer.putInt(65536); // maxRawSize

                return f;
            }
            return Float.valueOf(0);
        } else if (type == short.class) {
            final Short s = ShortConversionUtil.toShort(o);
            if (s != null) {
                return s;
            }
            return Short.valueOf((short) 0);
        } else if (type == boolean.class) {
            final Boolean b = BooleanConversionUtil.toBoolean(o);