// Check the parameters for sanity now.
	if dataBlocks <= 0 || parityBlocks < 0 {
		return e, reedsolomon.ErrInvShardNum
	}

	if dataBlocks+parityBlocks > 256 {
		return e, reedsolomon.ErrMaxShardNum
	}

	e = Erasure{
		dataBlocks:   dataBlocks,
		parityBlocks: parityBlocks,
		blockSize:    blockSize,
	}

	// Encoder when needed.
	var enc reedsolomon.Encoder

		return key, ErrMissingCustomerKeyMD5
	}

	clientKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCopyCustomerKey))
	if err != nil || len(clientKey) != 32 { // The client key must be 256 bits long
		return key, ErrInvalidCustomerKey
	}
	keyMD5, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(h.Get(xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCopyCustomerKeyMD5))

    assertEquals(8581389452482819506L, fingerprint("test".getBytes(UTF_8)));
    // 32 characters long
    assertEquals(-4196240717365766262L, fingerprint(Strings.repeat("test", 8).getBytes(UTF_8)));
    // 256 characters long
    assertEquals(3500507768004279527L, fingerprint(Strings.repeat("test", 64).getBytes(UTF_8)));
  }

  public void testStringsConsistency() {

    // The number of bytes in the input.
    private long b = 0;

    // The final 64-bit chunk includes the last 0 through 7 bytes of m followed by null bytes
    // and ending with a byte encoding the positive integer b mod 256.
    private long finalM = 0;

    SipHasher(int c, int d, long k0, long k1) {
      super(CHUNK_SIZE);
      this.c = c;
      this.d = d;
      this.v0 ^= k0;
      this.v1 ^= k1;
      this.v2 ^= k0;

     */
    public List<Artifact> getMissingArtifacts() {
        return missingArtifacts;
    }

    private static String constructMessage(List<Artifact> artifacts) {
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(256);

        buffer.append("Missing:").append(LS);
        buffer.append("----------").append(LS);

        int counter = 0;

        for (Artifact artifact : artifacts) {

- Erasure coding used by MinIO is [Reed-Solomon](https://github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon) erasure coding scheme, which has a total shard maximum of 256 i.e 128 data and 128 parity. MinIO design goes beyond this limitation by doing some practical architecture choices.

  private val ASCII = Charsets.US_ASCII

  fun encodeQuery(
    host: String,
    type: Int,
  ): ByteString =
    Buffer().apply {
      writeShort(0) // query id
      writeShort(256) // flags with recursion
      writeShort(1) // question count
      writeShort(0) // answerCount
      writeShort(0) // authorityResourceCount
      writeShort(0) // additional

      val nameBuf = Buffer()

          .put("SHA1", Hashing.sha1()) // Not the official name, but still works
          .put("sHa-1", Hashing.sha1()) // Not the official name, but still works
          .put("SHA-1", Hashing.sha1())
          .put("SHA-256", Hashing.sha256())
          .put("SHA-384", Hashing.sha384())
          .put("SHA-512", Hashing.sha512())
          .build();

  public void testHashing() {
    for (String stringToTest : INPUTS) {

	case "EC":
		if key.Crv == "" || key.X == "" || key.Y == "" {
			return nil, errMalformedJWKECKey
		}

		var curve elliptic.Curve
		switch key.Crv {
		case "P-224":
			curve = elliptic.P224()
		case "P-256":
			curve = elliptic.P256()
		case "P-384":
			curve = elliptic.P384()
		case "P-521":
			curve = elliptic.P521()
		default:
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown curve type: %s", key.Crv)
		}

  }

  /** Returns a hash function implementing the SHA-256 algorithm (256 hash bits). */
  public static HashFunction sha256() {
    return Sha256Holder.SHA_256;
  }

  private static class Sha256Holder {
    static final HashFunction SHA_256 =
        new MessageDigestHashFunction("SHA-256", "Hashing.sha256()");
  }

  /**