* all but the first smb of the chaain do not have a header
     * and therefore we do not want to writeHeaderWireFormat. We
     * just recursivly call writeAndXWireFormat.
     */

    @Override
    public int encode ( byte[] dst, int dstIndex ) {
        int start = this.headerStart = dstIndex;

        dstIndex += writeHeaderWireFormat(dst, dstIndex);
        dstIndex += writeAndXWireFormat(dst, dstIndex);