}

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to {@code true} if the given predicate evaluates to {@code
   * false}.
   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using {@code predicate.negate()}.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<T> not(Predicate<T> predicate) {
    return new NotPredicate<>(predicate);
  }

  /**

        assertTrue(readAndXClose >= 0, "ReadAndX.Close batch limit should be non-negative");

        int treeConnectCheck = config.getBatchLimit("TreeConnectAndX.CheckDirectory");
        assertTrue(treeConnectCheck >= 0, "TreeConnectAndX.CheckDirectory batch limit should be non-negative");

        int treeConnectCreate = config.getBatchLimit("TreeConnectAndX.CreateDirectory");

        // Test with a negative integer
        int negativeFlags = -12345;
        AvFlags negAvFlags = new AvFlags(negativeFlags);
        assertNotNull(negAvFlags, "AvFlags object should not be null for negative flags");
        assertEquals(negativeFlags, negAvFlags.getFlags(), "Flags should match the negative input integer");
    }

    /**
     * Test getFlags method.

        if (min < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The min parameter cannot be negative.");
        }
        if (max < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The max parameter cannot be negative.");
        }
        if (max < min) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The length cannot be negative.");
        }
    }

    }

    @Test
    void testConstructor_negativeValue() {
        // Test with a negative value, expecting it to be masked to a positive byte
        NdrSmall ndrSmall = new NdrSmall(-1); // -1 & 0xFF = 255
        assertEquals(255, ndrSmall.value, "Negative value should be masked to its unsigned byte equivalent.");
    }

    @Test
    void testConstructor_overflowValue() {

    }

    /**
     * Test validation of negative buffer sizes.
     */
    @Test
    public void testNegativeBufferSizes() {
        byte[] buffer = createBasicNegotiateResponseBuffer();

        // Test negative maxReadSize
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(1024 * 1024, buffer, 28); // 1MB transact - valid
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(-1, buffer, 32); // Negative read size

   * #previous()} can retrieve the preceding {@code position} elements.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or is greater than {@code
   *     size}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is negative
   */
  protected AbstractIndexedListIterator(int size, int position) {
    checkPositionIndex(position, size);
    this.size = size;
    this.position = position;

    }

    @Test
    void testReadParameterWordsWireFormat() {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int result = response.readParameterWordsWireFormat(buffer, 0);

        // The method should read parameter words
        assertTrue(result >= 0, "readParameterWordsWireFormat should return non-negative value");
    }

    @Test

    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("writeUShort handles negative values as unsigned")
    void testWriteUShortNegative() {
        byte[] dest = new byte[2];
        NtlmMessage.writeUShort(dest, 0, -2);
        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { -2, -1 }, dest, "Negative short should be encoded unsigned");
    }

    @Test

        // Test with max int value (unsigned interpretation)
        buffer.putInt(0, 0xFFFFFFFF);
        assertEquals(0xFFFFFFFF, NtlmMessage.readULong(data, 0), "Should read max ULong correctly.");

        // Test with a negative int (should be interpreted as unsigned positive)
        buffer.putInt(0, -1); // -1 is 0xFFFFFFFF
        assertEquals(0xFFFFFFFF, NtlmMessage.readULong(data, 0), "Should interpret -1 as unsigned max ULong.");
    }