// When sent as a parameter, the caller gives up ownership of the byte slice.
// When returned as response, the handler also gives up ownership of the byte slice.
func NewBytesWith(b []byte) *Bytes {
	bb := Bytes(b)
	return &bb
}

// NewBytesWithCopyOf returns a new byte slice with a copy of the provided content.
func NewBytesWithCopyOf(b []byte) *Bytes {
	if b == nil {
		bb := Bytes(nil)

func (v Value) ToTimestamp() (t time.Time, ok bool) {
	t, ok = v.value.(time.Time)
	return
}

// ToBytes returns the value if byte-slice.
func (v Value) ToBytes() (val []byte, ok bool) {
	val, ok = v.value.([]byte)
	return
}

// ToArray returns the value if it is a slice of values.
func (v Value) ToArray() (val []Value, ok bool) {
	val, ok = v.value.([]Value)
	return
}

			return BucketRemoteTargetNotVersioned{Bucket: tgt.TargetBucket}
		}
	}

	// Check if target is a MinIO server and alive
	hcCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 3*time.Second)
	scheme := "http"
	if tgt.Secure {
		scheme = "https"
	}
	result := <-sys.hcClient.Alive(hcCtx, madmin.AliveOpts{}, madmin.ServerProperties{
		Endpoint: tgt.Endpoint,
		Scheme:   scheme,
	})

	cancel()

		// Append roleARN
		res = append(res, madmin.IDPCfgInfo{
			Key:   "roleARN",
			Value: provCfg.roleArn.String(),
			IsCfg: false,
		})
	}

	// sort the structs by the key
	sort.Slice(res, func(i, j int) bool {
		return res[i].Key < res[j].Key
	})

	return res, nil
}

// GetConfigList - list openID configurations

// https://github.com/minio/minio/issues.
func getUserAgent(mode string) string {
	userAgentParts := []string{}
	// Helper function to concisely append a pair of strings to a
	// the user-agent slice.
	uaAppend := func(p, q string) {
		userAgentParts = append(userAgentParts, p, q)
	}
	uaAppend(MinioUAName, " (")
	uaAppend("", runtime.GOOS)
	uaAppend("; ", runtime.GOARCH)
	if mode != "" {

	}
	defer done(&err)

	w := xioutil.NewDeadlineWorker(globalDriveConfig.GetMaxTimeout())
	return w.Run(func() error { return p.storage.Delete(ctx, volume, path, deleteOpts) })
}

// DeleteVersions deletes slice of versions, it can be same object
// or multiple objects.
func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) DeleteVersions(ctx context.Context, volume string, versions []FileInfoVersions, opts DeleteOptions) (errs []error) {

	// Decode signature string to binary byte-sequence representation is required
	// as Base64 encoding of a value is not unique:
	// For example "aGVsbG8=" and "aGVsbG8=\r" will result in the same byte slice.
	signature1, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(sig1)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	signature2, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(sig2)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}

					queued: time.Now(),
				})
			}
		}
	}

	result := make([]BucketInfo, 0, len(resultMap))
	for _, bi := range resultMap {
		result = append(result, bi)
	}

	sort.Slice(result, func(i, j int) bool {
		return result[i].Name < result[j].Name
	})

	return result, nil
}

// GetBucketInfo returns bucket stat info about bucket on disk across all peers

// Order is preserved, but the underlying slice is modified.
func (m *metaCacheEntriesSorted) filterObjectsOnly() {
	dst := m.o[:0]
	for _, o := range m.o {
		if !o.isDir() {
			dst = append(dst, o)
		}
	}
	m.o = dst
}

// filterPrefixesOnly will remove objects.
// Order is preserved, but the underlying slice is modified.
func (m *metaCacheEntriesSorted) filterPrefixesOnly() {

	// return 503 server closed error, consider it as an offline node
	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), http.ErrServerClosed.Error()):
		return true
	// Corner case, the server closed the connection with a keep-alive timeout
	// some requests are not retried internally, such as POST request with written body
	case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "server closed idle connection"):
		return true
	}

	return false
}