*/

    @Override
    public int decode ( byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex ) throws SMBProtocolDecodingException {
        int start = this.headerStart = bufferIndex;

        bufferIndex += readHeaderWireFormat(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += readAndXWireFormat(buffer, bufferIndex);

        int len = bufferIndex - start;
        this.length = len;

     * readAndXWireFormat without reading the non-existent header.
     */

    int decode( byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex ) {
        int start = headerStart = bufferIndex;

        bufferIndex += readHeaderWireFormat( buffer, bufferIndex );
        bufferIndex += readAndXWireFormat( buffer, bufferIndex );

        length = bufferIndex - start;
        return length;
    }