int len = sequence.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);
      if (matches(c)) {
        if (c == replacement && (i == len - 1 || !matches(sequence.charAt(i + 1)))) {
          // a no-op replacement
          i++;
        } else {
          StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(len).append(sequence, 0, i).append(replacement);

)

func pathJoinOld(elem ...string) string {
	trailingSlash := ""
	if len(elem) > 0 {
		if hasSuffixByte(elem[len(elem)-1], SlashSeparatorChar) {
			trailingSlash = SlashSeparator
		}
	}
	return path.Join(elem...) + trailingSlash
}

func concatNaive(ss ...string) string {
	rs := ss[0]
	for i := 1; i < len(ss); i++ {
		rs += ss[i]
	}
	return rs
}

				t.Errorf("Test%d (%s): Expected parse error got %t , want %t", i+1, test.name, err, test.expErr)
			}
			continue
		}
		if len(dsc.targetsMap) != len(test.expDsc.targetsMap) {
			t.Errorf("Test%d (%s): Invalid number of entries in targetsMap  got %d , want %d", i+1, test.name, len(dsc.targetsMap), len(test.expDsc.targetsMap))
		}
		for arn, tdsc := range dsc.targetsMap {
			expDsc, ok := test.expDsc.targetsMap[arn]

     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see jcifs.Decodable#decode(byte[], int, int)
     */
    @Override
    public int decode(final byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex, final int len) throws SMBProtocolDecodingException {
        final int start = bufferIndex;
        if (len < 24) {
            throw new SMBProtocolDecodingException("Invalid resume key");
        }

        this.resumeKey = new byte[24];

        return this.data;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see Decodable#decode(byte[], int, int)
     */
    @Override
    public int decode(final byte[] buffer, int bufferIndex, final int len) throws SMBProtocolDecodingException {
        final int start = bufferIndex;
        this.namedPipeState = SMBUtil.readInt4(buffer, bufferIndex);
        bufferIndex += 4;

    }

    static int readn(final InputStream in, final byte[] b, final int off, final int len) throws IOException {
        int i = 0, n;

        while (i < len) {
            n = in.read(b, off + i, len - i);
            if (n <= 0) {
                break;
            }
            i += n;
        }

        return i;
    }

    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("initSecContext with null buffer and non-zero len throws NPE")
    void testInitSecContextNullBufferNonZeroLen() throws Exception {
        SpnegoContext ctx = newContext();
        // A null buffer with non-zero len leads to NPE while slicing input
        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> ctx.initSecContext(null, 0, 1));

	// Copy tags. We hold read lock already.
	tags := make(map[string]any, len(req.tags))
	for _, entry := range req.tags {
		tags[entry.Key] = entry.Val
	}

	// Get the cause for the Error
	deploymentID := req.DeploymentID
	if req.DeploymentID == "" {
		deploymentID = xhttp.GlobalDeploymentID
	}

	objects := make([]log.ObjectVersion, 0, len(req.Objects))
	for _, ov := range req.Objects {

		if r.bytesRead > 0 {
			return nil, errors.New("hash: already read from hash reader")
		}
		if len(r.checksum) != 0 && len(MD5) != 0 && !etag.Equal(r.checksum, MD5) {
			return nil, BadDigest{
				ExpectedMD5:   r.checksum.String(),
				CalculatedMD5: md5Hex,
			}
		}
		if len(r.contentSHA256) != 0 && len(SHA256) != 0 && !bytes.Equal(r.contentSHA256, SHA256) {
			return nil, SHA256Mismatch{

     * @param offset the index of the first {@code char} to append
     * @param len the number of {@code char}s to append
     * @return the current builder
     */
    @Nonnull
    default MessageBuilder a(char[] value, int offset, int len) {
        return append(String.valueOf(value, offset, len));
    }

    /**
     * Append content to the message buffer.
     *