* that are important in the context of using jCIFS. They are:
 *
 * <ul>
 * <li> <code>CallNamedPipe</code> A message-type pipe call that opens,
 *      writes to, reads from, and closes the pipe in a single operation.
 * <li> <code>TransactNamedPipe</code> A message-type pipe call that
 *      writes to and reads from an existing pipe descriptor in one operation.
 * <li> <code>CreateFile</code>, <code>ReadFile</code>,

 *
 * <p>{@code ByteSink} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a stream:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned stream is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

 *
 * <p>{@code ByteSink} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a stream:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned stream is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

   * with as many copies of {@code padChar} as are necessary to reach that length. For example,
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code padStart("7", 3, '0')} returns {@code "007"}
   *   <li>{@code padStart("2010", 3, '0')} returns {@code "2010"}
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>See {@link java.util.Formatter} for a richer set of formatting capabilities.
   *

 *
 * <p>{@code CharSource} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a reader:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned reader is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

 *
 * <p>{@code CharSource} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a reader:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned reader is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are

 * user-defined properties.
 *
 * <p>A {@code Graph} built by this class has the following default properties:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>does not allow self-loops
 *   <li>orders {@link Graph#nodes()} in the order in which the elements were added (insertion
 *       order)
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>{@code Graph}s built by this class also guarantee that each collection-returning accessor

   * The hashtable object. This can be either:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>a byte[], short[], or int[], with size a power of two, created by
   *       CompactHashing.createTable, whose values are either
   *       <ul>
   *         <li>UNSET, meaning "null pointer"
   *         <li>one plus an index into the entries and elements array
   *       </ul>

   *
   * <p>Accepts a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number given by specifying the following prefix:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code 0x}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0X}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code #}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0}<i>OctalDigits</i>
   * </ul>
   *
   * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a valid unsigned {@code long}
   *     value

 *
 * <p>{@code CharSink} provides two kinds of methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><b>Methods that return a writer:</b> These methods should return a <i>new</i>, independent
 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned writer is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are