return str.getBytes(encoding);
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string into UTF-16LE (Unicode Little Endian) bytes.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode
     * @return the string as bytes (UTF16-LE)
     */
    public static byte[] getUNIBytes(final String str) {
        return getBytes(str, UNI_ENCODING);
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string into ASCII bytes.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode

                this.root_directory.encode(_dst);

            }
            if (this.object_name != null) {
                _dst = _dst.deferred;
                this.object_name.encode(_dst);

            }
            if (this.security_quality_of_service != null) {
                _dst = _dst.deferred;
                this.security_quality_of_service.encode(_dst);

            }
        }

    }

    @Test
    void testEncode() throws NdrException {
        // Test the encode method
        long testValue = 987654321098765L;
        NdrHyper ndrHyper = new NdrHyper(testValue);

        // Call the encode method with the mocked NdrBuffer
        ndrHyper.encode(mockNdrBuffer);

        // Verify that enc_ndr_hyper was called exactly once with the correct value

        // When - Decode
        FileBasicInfo decodedInfo = new FileBasicInfo();
        int bytesDecoded = decodedInfo.decode(buffer, 0, bytesEncoded);

        // Then
        assertEquals(40, bytesEncoded);
        assertEquals(36, bytesDecoded); // decode returns 36, encode returns 40
        assertEquals(originalInfo.getCreateTime(), decodedInfo.getCreateTime());

        @Override
        public void encode(NdrBuffer _dst) throws NdrException {
            _dst.align(4);
            _dst.enc_ndr_referent(netname, 1);

            if (netname != null) {
                _dst = _dst.deferred;
                _dst.enc_ndr_string(netname);

            }
        }

        @Override
        public void decode(NdrBuffer _src) throws NdrException {
            _src.align(4);

     */
    public int size() {
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Encode this request (no-op since there's no data)
     *
     * @param dst destination buffer
     * @param dstIndex starting offset
     * @return number of bytes written (always 0)
     */
    public int encode(byte[] dst, int dstIndex) {
        // No data to encode
        return 0;
    }

        bufferSize);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new input stream that will encode the characters from {@code reader} into bytes using
   * the given character set encoder.
   *
   * @param reader input source
   * @param encoder character set encoder used for encoding chars to bytes
   * @param bufferSize size of internal input and output buffers

     */
    protected Base64Util() {
    }

    /**
     * Encodes data in Base64.
     * <p>
     * This method uses {@link java.util.Base64.Encoder} for encoding.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param inData
     *            The data to encode
     * @return The encoded data, or an empty string if the input is null or empty
     */
    public static String encode(final byte[] inData) {
        if (ArrayUtil.isEmpty(inData)) {

      (
        codePoint == '\t'.code ||
          codePoint == '\n'.code ||
          codePoint == '\u000c'.code ||
          codePoint == '\r'.code
      )
    ) {
      // Skip this character.
    } else if (codePoint == ' '.code && encodeSet === FORM_ENCODE_SET) {
      // Encode ' ' as '+'.
      writeUtf8("+")
    } else if (codePoint == '+'.code && plusIsSpace) {

    class EncodingTests {

        @Test
        @DisplayName("encode should validate size calculation")
        void testEncodeValidSize() {
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            testRequest.setTestSize(64);
            testRequest.setTestLength(64);

            int result = testRequest.encode(buffer, 0);

            assertEquals(64, result);
        }

        @Test