dstIndex += writeHeaderWireFormat(dst, dstIndex);
        dstIndex += writeAndXWireFormat(dst, dstIndex);
        this.length = dstIndex - start;

        if ( this.digest != null ) {
            this.digest.sign(dst, this.headerStart, this.length, this, this.getResponse());
        }

        return this.length;
    }


    /*
     * We overload this because we want readAndXWireFormat to

        dstIndex += writeHeaderWireFormat( dst, dstIndex );
        dstIndex += writeAndXWireFormat( dst, dstIndex );
        length = dstIndex - start;

        if( digest != null ) {
            digest.sign( dst, headerStart, length, this, response );
        }

        return length;
    }

    /*
     * We overload this because we want readAndXWireFormat to
     * read the parameter words and bytes. This is so when