private Strings() {
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string into bytes using the specified encoding.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode
     * @param encoding the character encoding to use
     * @return encoded byte array, or empty array if str is null
     */
    public static byte[] getBytes(final String str, final Charset encoding) {
        if (str == null) {
            return new byte[0];
        }

        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the encoding used for text extraction.
     * @return the encoding
     */
    public String getEncoding() {
        return encoding;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the encoding.
     * @param encoding The encoding to set.
     */
    public void setEncoding(final String encoding) {
        this.encoding = encoding;
    }

     * @param params The parameter string.
     * @param paramList Additional parameters.
     * @param encoding The encoding.
     * @return The HttpEntity containing the parsed parameters.
     */
    protected HttpEntity parseRequestParameters(final String params, final List<Pair<String, String>> paramList, final String encoding) {
        try {
            final List<BasicNameValuePair> parameters =

        assertFileExistence(dir, filename, true);

        File file = new File(dir, filename);

        String contents = FileUtils.fileRead(file, encoding);

        assertEquals(contentsTest, contents);
    }

    public File createFile(File dir, String filename, String contents, String encoding) throws IOException {

      .build()
  }

  internal fun lookupDecompressor(encoding: String): DecompressionAlgorithm? =
    algorithms.find {
      it.encoding.equals(encoding, ignoreCase = true)
    }

  /**
   * A decompression algorithm such as Gzip. Must provide the Accept-Encoding value and decompress a Source.
   */
  interface DecompressionAlgorithm {
    val encoding: String

    fun decompress(compressedSource: BufferedSource): Source

     */
    public void setFlag(final int flag) {
        this.flag = flag;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the encoding for URL decoding.
     *
     * @param encoding the encoding to set
     */
    public void setEncoding(final String encoding) {
        this.encoding = encoding;
    }

    }

    /**
     * Get the encoding.
     * @return encoding
     */
    public String getEncoding() {
        return encoding;
    }

    /**
     * Set the encoding.
     * @param encoding the encoding to set
     */
    public void setEncoding(final String encoding) {
        this.encoding = encoding;
    }

    /**

        }

        return normalizeEncoding(encoding);
    }

    /**
     * Normalizes the encoding name using the encoding helper.
     *
     * @param encoding the encoding name to normalize
     * @return the normalized encoding name
     */
    protected String normalizeEncoding(final String encoding) {
        try {

    /**
     * Reads text from a file with the specified encoding.
     *
     * @param path
     *            The file path. Must not be {@literal null} or empty.
     * @param encoding
     *            The encoding. Must not be {@literal null} or empty.
     * @return The text read from the file.
     */
    public static String readText(final String path, final String encoding) {
        assertArgumentNotEmpty("path", path);

        }
    }

    @Nested
    @DisplayName("Encoding Tests")
    class EncodingTests {

        @Test
        @DisplayName("Should encode value correctly")
        void testEncode() throws NdrException {
            // Given: NdrShort with test value
            int testValue = 123;
            NdrShort ndrShort = new NdrShort(testValue);

            // When: Encoding the value
            ndrShort.encode(mockBuffer);