request.setImpersonationLevel(Smb2CreateRequest.SMB2_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL_DELEGATE);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        request.writeBytesWireFormat(buffer, 0);

        // Read impersonation level from buffer (offset 4-7)
        int impLevel = (buffer[4] & 0xFF) | ((buffer[5] & 0xFF) << 8) | ((buffer[6] & 0xFF) << 16) | ((buffer[7] & 0xFF) << 24);

        Metadata recessive = read(existing);

        merge(recessive);

        write(result, metadata);

        merged = true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isMerged() {
        return merged;
    }

    protected abstract void merge(Metadata recessive);

    static Metadata read(Path metadataPath) throws RepositoryException {

     * ServerMessageBlock would have to perform the same read
     * operation on the input stream, we might as will pull that
     * common functionality into the superclass and read wordCount
     * and byteCount worth of data.
     *
     * We will still use the readXxxWireFormat return values to
     * indicate how many bytes(note: readParameterWordsWireFormat
     * returns bytes read and not the number of words(but the

**FastAPI** will make sure to read that data from the right place instead of JSON.

/// note | Technical Details

Data from forms is normally encoded using the "media type" `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.

But when the form includes files, it is encoded as `multipart/form-data`. You'll read about handling files in the next chapter.

type result struct {
	dir     string
	entries []string
}

// Test to read empty directory.
func setupTestReadDirEmpty(t *testing.T) (testResults []result) {
	// Add empty entry slice for this test directory.
	testResults = append(testResults, result{t.TempDir(), []string{}})
	return testResults
}

// Test to read non-empty directory with only files.
func setupTestReadDirFiles(t *testing.T) (testResults []result) {

                                        "type": "array",
                                        "items": {"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Item"},
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                        }
                    },
                    "summary": "Read Items",

     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.

     * @return The deserialized settings, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be deserialized.
     * @throws SettingsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Settings read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, SettingsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the settings from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.

     * @throws IOException If the toolchains could not be deserialized.
     * @throws ToolchainsParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    PersistedToolchains read(File input, Map<String, ?> options) throws IOException, ToolchainsParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the toolchains from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the
     * method returns.

      InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
      ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      byte[] buffer = new byte[100];
      int read;
      while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
        out.write(buffer, 0, read);
      }
      return out.toByteArray();
    }
  }

  private static class FileCharSourceFactory extends FileFactory implements CharSourceFactory {