}

    val questionCount = buf.readShort().toInt() and 0xffff
    val answerCount = buf.readShort().toInt() and 0xffff
    buf.readShort() // authority record count
    buf.readShort() // additional record count

    for (i in 0 until questionCount) {
      skipName(buf) // name
      buf.readShort() // type
      buf.readShort() // class
    }

    for (i in 0 until answerCount) {

     * @return the short value in little-endian format
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public short readShort() throws IOException {
        align(2);
        return Short.reverseBytes(this.dis.readShort());
    }

    /**
     * Reads a 32-bit integer value with proper alignment and byte order.
     * @return the integer value in little-endian format

    // Get frame length, optionally reading from follow-up bytes if indicated by special values.
    frameLength = (b1 and B1_MASK_LENGTH).toLong()
    if (frameLength == PAYLOAD_SHORT.toLong()) {
      frameLength = (source.readShort() and 0xffff).toLong() // Value is unsigned.
    } else if (frameLength == PAYLOAD_LONG.toLong()) {
      frameLength = source.readLong()
      if (frameLength < 0L) {
        throw ProtocolException(

   * Reads a {@code short} as specified by {@link DataInputStream#readShort()}, except using
   * little-endian byte order.
   *
   * @return the next two bytes of the input stream, interpreted as a {@code short} in little-endian
   *     byte order.
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  public short readShort() throws IOException {

            else -> InetAddress.getByName(domainName)
          }
        }

        else -> throw ProtocolException("unsupported address type: $addressType")
      }

    val port = fromSource.readShort() and 0xffff

    when (command) {
      COMMAND_CONNECT -> {
        val toSocket = Socket(toAddress, port)
        val localAddress = toSocket.localAddress.address
        if (localAddress.size != 4) {

  @Override
  byte readByte();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip a byte
  @Override
  int readUnsignedByte();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  short readShort();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  int readUnsignedShort();

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  char readChar();

        // Little-endian 0x1234 -> 0x34 0x12
        byte[] data = new byte[] { 0x34, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00 };
        PacDataInputStream pdis = createInputStream(data);
        assertEquals((short) 0x1234, pdis.readShort());
    }

    @Test
    public void testReadInt() throws IOException {
        // Little-endian 0x12345678 -> 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12
        byte[] data = new byte[] { 0x78, 0x56, 0x34, 0x12 };

        assertTrue(raf.readBoolean());
        assertEquals((byte) 0xFF, raf.readByte());
        assertEquals(0xFF, raf.readUnsignedByte());
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("readShort/UnsignedShort/Char: big-endian decoding")
    void read_twoByteVariants() throws Exception {
        SmbRandomAccessFile raf = spy(newInstance("r", false, false, false));
        doAnswer(inv -> {

            final PacUnicodeString homeDriveString = pacStream.readUnicodeString();

            // Some counts
            this.logonCount = pacStream.readShort();
            this.badPasswordCount = pacStream.readShort();

            // IDs for user
            final SID userId = pacStream.readId();
            final SID groupId = pacStream.readId();

            // Groups information

    assertEquals(100, in.readByte());
    assertEquals(-100, in.readByte());
    assertEquals(200, in.readUnsignedByte());
    assertEquals('\u6100', in.readChar());
    assertEquals(-12150, in.readShort());
    assertEquals(20675, in.readUnsignedShort());
    assertEquals(0xBEBAFECA, in.readInt());
    assertEquals(0xBEBAFECAEFBEADDEL, in.readLong());
    assertEquals("Herby Derby", in.readUTF());