/**
     *
     */
    private Strings() {
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string into bytes using the specified encoding.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode
     * @param encoding the character encoding to use
     * @return encoded byte array, or empty array if str is null
     */
    public static byte[] getBytes(final String str, final Charset encoding) {

     */
    int encode(byte[] dst, int dstIndex);

    /**
     * Returns the size in bytes that this object will occupy when encoded.
     *
     * @return the encoded size
     */
    int size();

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a URL by encoding non-URL-safe characters.
     * Uses the request's character encoding if available, otherwise defaults to UTF-8.
     * Only encodes characters that are not considered URL-safe according to CharUtil.
     *
     * @param url the URL to encode
     * @return the encoded URL with non-URL-safe characters properly encoded
     */

    }

    /**
     * Encodes an object name to a URL-safe base64 string.
     *
     * @param objectName the object name to encode
     * @return base64 encoded string
     */
    private String encodeId(final String objectName) {
        if (objectName == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }

      super(message);
    }
  }

  /** Encodes the specified byte array, and returns the encoded {@code String}. */
  public String encode(byte[] bytes) {
    return encode(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
  }

  /**
   * Encodes the specified range of the specified byte array, and returns the encoded {@code
   * String}.
   */
  public final String encode(byte[] bytes, int off, int len) {

    }

    /**
     * Encodes an object name to a URL-safe base64 string.
     *
     * @param objectName the object name to encode
     * @return base64 encoded string
     */
    private String encodeId(final String objectName) {
        if (objectName == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }

    /**
     * Base-64 encodes the supplied block of data.  Line wrapping is not
     * applied on output.
     *
     * @param bytes The block of data that is to be Base-64 encoded.
     * @return A <code>String</code> containing the encoded data.
     */
    public static String encode(final byte[] bytes) {
        int length = bytes.length;
        if (length == 0) {

        align(2);
        final int val = Encdec.dec_uint16le(this.buf, this.index);
        advance(2);
        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a long integer (4 bytes) in NDR format.
     *
     * @param l the long integer value to encode
     */
    public void enc_ndr_long(final int l) {
        align(4);
        Encdec.enc_uint32le(l, this.buf, this.index);
        advance(4);

        @Test
        @DisplayName("Should handle rapid successive encodes")
        void testRapidSuccessiveEncodes() {
            String path = "\\\\server\\share\\folder\\file.dat";
            buffer = new DfsReferralRequestBuffer(path, 3);

            byte[] dst = new byte[buffer.size()];

            // Perform many rapid encodes
            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {

            }
        }
        return LaResponseUtil.getResponse().encodeURL(sb.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string for similar document hash processing.
     *
     * @param input the string to encode
     * @return encoded string, or the original input if blank
     */
    public static String sdh(final String input) {