*/
  static @Nullable Object[] copyAsObjectArray(@Nullable Object[] elements, int offset, int length) {
    checkPositionIndexes(offset, offset + length, elements.length);
    if (length == 0) {
      return new Object[0];
    }
    @Nullable Object[] result = new Object[length];
    System.arraycopy(elements, offset, result, 0, length);
    return result;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

            return a;
        }
        if (a.length == 0) {
            return b;
        }
        if (b.length == 0) {
            return a;
        }
        final boolean[] array = (boolean[]) Array.newInstance(boolean.class, a.length + b.length);
        System.arraycopy(a, 0, array, 0, a.length);
        System.arraycopy(b, 0, array, a.length, b.length);
        return array;
    }

    /**

  int count;

  @Param({"1", "10"})
  int length;

  private String originalString;

  @BeforeExperiment
  void setUp() {
    originalString = Strings.repeat("x", length);
  }

  @Benchmark
  void oldRepeat(long reps) {
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
      String x = oldRepeat(originalString, count);
      if (x.length() != (originalString.length() * count)) {

     *
     * @param data The data.
     * @param offset The starting offset at which the SMB header begins.
     * @param length The length of the SMB data starting at offset. 
     */
    void sign(byte[] data, int offset, int length,
                ServerMessageBlock request, ServerMessageBlock response) {
        request.signSeq = signSequence;
        if( response != null ) {

   */
  public static byte[] concat(byte[]... arrays) {
    int length = 0;
    for (byte[] array : arrays) {
      length += array.length;
    }
    byte[] result = new byte[length];
    int pos = 0;
    for (byte[] array : arrays) {
      System.arraycopy(array, 0, result, pos, array.length);
      pos += array.length;
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**

      offset = Math.min(offset, this.length);
      length = Math.min(length, this.length - offset);
      int newOffset = this.offset + (int) offset;
      return new ByteArrayByteSource(bytes, newOffset, (int) length);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return "ByteSource.wrap("

      String[] suffix = {"f", "g"};
      String[] all = new String[elements.length + suffix.length];
      System.arraycopy(elements, 0, all, 0, elements.length);
      System.arraycopy(suffix, 0, all, elements.length, suffix.length);
      return ImmutableList.copyOf(all).subList(0, elements.length);
    }
  }

  public static class ImmutableListTailSubListGenerator extends TestStringListGenerator {

        writeHeaderWireFormat( dst, dstIndex );
        return HEADER_LENGTH + length;
    }
    int readWireFormat( InputStream in, byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex ) throws IOException {
        readHeaderWireFormat( in, buffer, bufferIndex );
        return HEADER_LENGTH + readTrailerWireFormat( in, buffer, bufferIndex );
    }
    int writeHeaderWireFormat( byte[] dst, int dstIndex ) {

        if (isDirect) {
            out.writeDirect( buf, off, length, 1 );
            return;
        }
        out.write(buf, off, length);
    }
    protected void doReceiveFragment(byte[] buf, boolean isDirect) throws IOException {
        int off, flags, length;

        if (buf.length < max_recv)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("buffer too small");

        if ( buf[ 0 ] != 5 || buf[ 1 ] != 0 ) {
            throw new IOException("Unexpected DCERPC PDU header");
        }

        int length = Encdec.dec_uint16le(buf, 8);
        if ( length > getMaxRecv() ) {
            throw new IOException("Unexpected fragment length: " + length);
        }

        while ( off < length ) {
            int r = this.handle.recv(buf, off, length - off);