* @return a hexadecimal string representation of the value, padded to the specified size
     */
    public static String toHexString(final int val, final int size) {
        final char[] c = new char[size];
        toHexChars(val, c, 0, size);
        return new String(c);
    }

    /**
     * Converts a long value to a hexadecimal string representation with specified padding.
     *

        assertEquals(testStringTrue.length() + 1, unicodeStringTrue.buffer.length, "Buffer length should include zterm");
        for (int i = 0; i < testStringTrue.length(); i++) {
            assertEquals(testStringTrue.charAt(i), (char) unicodeStringTrue.buffer[i], "Character mismatch");
        }
        assertEquals(0, unicodeStringTrue.buffer[testStringTrue.length()], "Last character should be zero");

        // Test with a non-empty string and zterm = false

        String input = "Test" + String.valueOf((char) 0x0020) // space
                + String.valueOf((char) 0x0009) // tab
                + String.valueOf((char) 0x000A) // line feed
                + String.valueOf((char) 0x000D) // carriage return
                + String.valueOf((char) 0xD7FF) + String.valueOf((char) 0xE000) + String.valueOf((char) 0xFFFD);
        String result = XmlUtil.stripInvalidXMLCharacters(input);

            }
            count++;
        }

        return value;
    }

    static final char[] HEXCHARS = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' };

    private static String bin_to_hex(int value, final int length) {
        final char[] arr = new char[length];
        int ai = arr.length;
        while (ai-- > 0) {
            arr[ai] = HEXCHARS[value & 0xF];

        }
        return Encdec.dec_uint16be(tmp, 0) & 0xFFFF;
    }

    @Override
    public final char readChar() throws SmbException {
        if (read(tmp, 0, 2) < 0) {
            throw new SmbException("EOF");
        }
        return (char) Encdec.dec_uint16be(tmp, 0);
    }

    @Override
    public final int readInt() throws SmbException {
        if (read(tmp, 0, 4) < 0) {

     * @return the hexadecimal string representation
     */
    public static String bin_to_hex(int value, final int length) {
        final char[] arr = new char[length];
        int ai = arr.length;
        while (ai-- > 0) {
            arr[ai] = HEXCHARS[value & 0xF];
            value >>>= 4;
        }
        return new String(arr);
    }

    private static byte B(final int i) {

        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        final int len = this.length / 2 - (this.zterm ? 1 : 0);
        final char[] ca = new char[len];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            ca[i] = (char) this.buffer[i];
        }
        return new String(ca, 0, len);
    }

        final DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = DecimalFormatSymbolsUtil.getDecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
        final char decimalSep = symbols.getDecimalSeparator();
        final char groupingSep = symbols.getGroupingSeparator();
        final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(20);
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (c == groupingSep) {
                continue;

            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
        return OptionalEntity.empty();
    }

    /**
     * Create a char mapping item.
     * @param form The create form.
     * @param hook The error hook.
     * @return An optional entity of a char mapping item.
     */
    protected OptionalEntity<CharMappingItem> createCharMappingItem(final CreateForm form, final VaErrorHook hook) {
        try {

     */
    public static String dec_utf8(final byte[] src, int si, final int slim) throws IOException {
        final char[] uni = new char[slim - si];
        int ui, ch;

        for (ui = 0; si < slim && (ch = src[si++] & 0xFF) != 0; ui++) {
            if (ch < 0x80) {
                uni[ui] = (char) ch;
            } else if ((ch & 0xE0) == 0xC0) {
                if (slim - si < 2) {
                    break;