{* ../../docs_src/path_params_numeric_validations/tutorial003.py hl[7] *}

### Better with `Annotated` { #better-with-annotated }

Keep in mind that if you use `Annotated`, as you are not using function parameter default values, you won't have this problem, and you probably won't need to use `*`.

    val buffer = Buffer()
    buffer.write(byteString)
    deflate(buffer)
    return buffer.readByteString()
  }

  private fun MessageInflater.inflate(byteString: ByteString): ByteString {
    val buffer = Buffer()
    buffer.write(byteString)
    inflate(buffer)
    return buffer.readByteString()
  }

        bufferIndex += 2;
        parameterOffset = readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 2;
        parameterDisplacement = readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 2;
        dataCount = readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 2;
        dataOffset = readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 2;
        dataDisplacement = readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);

        byte[] buffer = new byte[50];
        int used = nullPathCmd.writeBytesWireFormat(buffer, 0);
        // Should write command byte + null terminator only
        assertEquals(2, used, "Null path should result in command byte + NUL");
        assertEquals(0x04, buffer[0] & 0xFF, "First byte must still be 0x04");
        assertEquals(0, buffer[1], "Second byte must be null terminator");
    }

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        } else {
          var buffer = Buffer()
          requestBody.writeTo(buffer)

          var gzippedLength: Long? = null
          if ("gzip".equals(headers["Content-Encoding"], ignoreCase = true)) {
            gzippedLength = buffer.size
            GzipSource(buffer).use { gzippedResponseBody ->
              buffer = Buffer()
              buffer.writeAll(gzippedResponseBody)
            }

        /**
         * The buffer containing the Unicode characters.
         */
        public short[] buffer;

        @Override
        public void encode(NdrBuffer _dst) throws NdrException {
            _dst.align(4);
            _dst.enc_ndr_short(length);
            _dst.enc_ndr_short(maximum_length);
            _dst.enc_ndr_referent(buffer, 1);

            if (buffer != null) {

        byte[] buffer = new byte[100];
        int offset = 10;

        // When
        int bytesWritten = request.writeBytesWireFormat(buffer, offset);

        // Then
        assertEquals(4, bytesWritten, "Should write 4 bytes");
        // Check that structure size (4) is written as 2-byte little-endian
        assertEquals(4, buffer[offset] | (buffer[offset + 1] << 8), "Structure size should be 4");

        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        // Create buffer for encoding - initially allocate some space
        byte[] encodeBuffer = new byte[1024];
        NdrBuffer dst = new NdrBuffer(encodeBuffer, 0);
        info1.encode(dst);

        ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray());
        // Use the encoded buffer for decoding
        NdrBuffer src = new NdrBuffer(encodeBuffer, 0);

    protected int readParameterWordsWireFormat(final byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex) {
        if (this.wordCount == 0) {
            return 0;
        }
        this.fileAttributes = SMBUtil.readInt2(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 2;
        this.lastWriteTime = SMBUtil.readUTime(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 4;
        this.fileSize = SMBUtil.readInt4(buffer, bufferIndex);
        return 20;
    }