* Select a channel for the given message
     *
     * @param message message to send
     * @return selected channel
     */
    public ChannelInfo selectChannel(CommonServerMessageBlock message) {
        return loadBalancer.selectChannel(message);
    }

    /**
     * Handle channel failure
     *
     * @param channel failed channel
     * @param error error that caused failure
     */

 *
 * @author mbechler
 */
public interface Decodable {

    /**
     * Decode data from a byte buffer
     *
     * @param buffer the byte buffer containing the data to decode
     * @param bufferIndex the starting index in the buffer
     * @param len the maximum length of data to decode
     * @return decoded length
     * @throws SMBProtocolDecodingException if decoding fails
     */

     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @return The converted {@link BigInteger}
     */
    public static BigInteger toBigInteger(final Object o) {
        return toBigInteger(o, null);
    }

    /**
     * Converts to {@link BigInteger}.
     *
     * @param o
     *            The object to convert
     * @param pattern
     *            The pattern string

    /**
     * The value that caused the conversion error.
     */
    private final Object value;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance.
     *
     * @param propertyName
     *            Property name
     * @param value
     *            Value
     * @param cause
     *            Cause
     */
    public ConverterRuntimeException(final String propertyName, final Object value, final Throwable cause) {

     * The name of the field.
     */
    private final String fieldName;

    /**
     * Creates a {@link NoSuchFieldRuntimeException}.
     *
     * @param targetClass
     *            Target class
     * @param fieldName
     *            Field name
     * @param cause
     *            The cause of the exception
     */

    /**
     * Creates a plugin exception with message and cause.
     *
     * @param message the error message
     * @param cause the cause
     */
    public PluginException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
        super(message, cause);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a plugin exception with message.
     *
     * @param message the error message
     */
    public PluginException(final String message) {

        this(260, 255, true, false);
    }

    /**
     * Create path validator with custom settings
     *
     * @param maxPathLength maximum total path length
     * @param maxComponentLength maximum length for path components
     * @param allowUncPaths whether to allow UNC paths
     * @param strictMode strict validation mode
     */

    }

    /**
     * Sets up the condition builder for querying elevate words based on pager criteria.
     *
     * @param cb the condition builder to configure
     * @param elevateWordPager the pager containing search criteria
     */
    protected void setupListCondition(final ElevateWordCB cb, final ElevateWordPager elevateWordPager) {
        if (elevateWordPager.id != null) {

     * Reads bytes into the specified array.
     * @param b the byte array to read into
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    public void readFully(final byte[] b) throws IOException {
        this.dis.readFully(b);
    }

    /**
     * Reads bytes into the specified array at the given offset.
     * @param b the byte array to read into
     * @param off the start offset in the array

     * Constructs a NetServerEnumIterator for enumerating network servers
     * @param parent
     *            the parent SMB file
     * @param th
     *            the tree handle to use
     * @param wildcard
     *            wildcard pattern for filtering servers
     * @param searchAttributes
     *            attributes to search for
     * @param filter
     *            optional resource name filter
     * @throws CIFSException