int before = processCalled;
      super.processRemaining(bb);
      int after = processCalled;
      assertEquals(before + 1, after); // default implementation pads and calls process()
      processCalled--; // don't count the tail invocation (makes tests a bit more understandable)
    }

    // ensures that the number of invocations looks sane
    void assertInvariants(int expectedBytes) {

      int before = processCalled;
      super.processRemaining(bb);
      int after = processCalled;
      assertEquals(before + 1, after); // default implementation pads and calls process()
      processCalled--; // don't count the tail invocation (makes tests a bit more understandable)
    }

    // ensures that the number of invocations looks sane
    void assertInvariants(int expectedBytes) {