int encoded = originalContext.encode(buffer, 0);
            assertEquals(2 + (2 * maxCiphers), encoded);

            EncryptionNegotiateContext decodedContext = new EncryptionNegotiateContext();
            int decoded = decodedContext.decode(buffer, 0, encoded);

            assertEquals(encoded, decoded);
            assertArrayEquals(ciphers, decodedContext.getCiphers());

            int encoded = context.encode(largeBuffer, 0);
            assertEquals(2 + 200, encoded); // 2 for count + 100*2 for ciphers

            EncryptionNegotiateContext decoded = new EncryptionNegotiateContext();
            try {
                int decodedSize = decoded.decode(largeBuffer, 0, encoded);
                assertEquals(encoded, decodedSize);

        final byte[] decoded = Base64Util.decode(encoded);
        assertEquals("Decoded should have same length", 2, decoded.length);
        assertEquals("First byte should match", twoBytes[0], decoded[0]);
        assertEquals("Second byte should match", twoBytes[1], decoded[1]);
    }

    /**
     * Test backward compatibility with standard Base64
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */

        return len;
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a string from OEM-encoded bytes.
     *
     * @param src the byte array containing the encoded string
     * @param srcIndex the starting offset in the byte array
     * @param len the number of bytes to decode
     * @param config the configuration providing the OEM encoding
     * @return decoded string
     */

        byte[] buffer = new byte[8];
        int encoded = fileInfo.encode(buffer, 0);
        assertEquals(8, encoded);

        // Test decoding
        FileEndOfFileInformation decoded = new FileEndOfFileInformation();
        int decodedBytes = decoded.decode(buffer, 0, 8);
        assertEquals(8, decodedBytes);

        // Verify toString contains the value
        assertTrue(decoded.toString().contains(String.valueOf(endOfFile)));

        byte[] encoded = AvPairs.encode(pairs);

        assertNotNull(encoded, "Encoded data should not be null");
        assertEquals(4, encoded.length, "Should only have EOL (4 bytes)");
        assertEquals(AvPair.MsvAvEOL, SMBUtil.readInt2(encoded, 0), "Should be EOL");
        assertEquals(0, SMBUtil.readInt2(encoded, 2), "EOL length should be 0");
    }

    /**
     * Test round-trip encoding and decoding

				ok = false
				continue
			}
			// Delete first shard and reconstruct...
			first := encoded[0]
			encoded[0] = nil
			failOnErr(e.DecodeDataBlocks(encoded))
			if a, b := first, encoded[0]; !bytes.Equal(a, b) {
				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v: error on self-test [d:%d,p:%d]: want %#v, got %#v\n", algo, conf[0], conf[1], hex.EncodeToString(a), hex.EncodeToString(b))

        byte[] dest = new byte[5];

        int encodedLen = encodable.encode(dest, 0);

        // Verify encoded length
        assertEquals(3, encodedLen, "Encoded length should be equal to the specified length");

        // Verify content
        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, dest, "Encoded bytes should match the expected subset");
    }

    @Test

            int encoded = originalContext.encode(largeBuffer, 0);
            assertEquals(4 + (2 * maxAlgos) + salt.length, encoded);

            PreauthIntegrityNegotiateContext decodedContext = new PreauthIntegrityNegotiateContext();
            int decoded = decodedContext.decode(largeBuffer, 0, encoded);

            assertEquals(encoded, decoded);

    assertThat(encoding.encode(decoded.getBytes(UTF_8), offset, len)).isEqualTo(encoded);
  }

  private static void testDecodes(BaseEncoding encoding, String encoded, String decoded) {
    assertThat(encoding.canDecode(encoded)).isTrue();
    assertThat(encoding.decode(encoded)).isEqualTo(decoded.getBytes(UTF_8));
  }