+ " in '"
                + seq
                + "'");
      }
    }
    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index exceeds specified range");
  }

  /**
   * Helper method to grow the character buffer as needed, this only happens once in a while so it's
   * ok if it's in a method call. If the index passed in is 0 then no copying will be done.
   */

                + " in '"
                + seq
                + "'");
      }
    }
    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index exceeds specified range");
  }

  /**
   * Helper method to grow the character buffer as needed, this only happens once in a while so it's
   * ok if it's in a method call. If the index passed in is 0 then no copying will be done.
   */

            return entity;
        });
    }

    // ===================================================================================
    //                                                                        Small Helper
    //                                                                        ============
    /**
     * Verify the CRUD mode.
     * @param crudMode The CRUD mode.
     * @param expectedMode The expected mode.

            response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
            response.getWriter().write("Complex response");
            chain.doFilter(request, response);
        }
    }

    // Test helper classes

    private static class TestFilterChain implements FilterChain {
        private boolean doFilterCalled = false;

        @Override

//
// Any change here should be discussed by opening an issue at
// https://github.com/minio/minio/issues.
func getUserAgent(mode string) string {
	userAgentParts := []string{}
	// Helper function to concisely append a pair of strings to a
	// the user-agent slice.
	uaAppend := func(p, q string) {
		userAgentParts = append(userAgentParts, p, q)
	}
	uaAppend(MinioUAName, " (")

        // Decode
        fileBothDirectoryInfo.decode(buffer, 0, buffer.length);

        // Verify
        assertEquals(expectedFilename, fileBothDirectoryInfo.getFilename());
    }

    // Helper methods to create valid buffer data
    private byte[] createValidBuffer(String filename, String shortName, boolean unicode) {
        int filenameLength = unicode ? filename.length() * 2 : filename.length();

        FileEntry[] results = getResults(response);
        SmbShareInfo share = (SmbShareInfo) results[0];
        assertEquals(shareName, share.netName);
    }

    // Helper methods using reflection to access private fields

    private int getStatus(NetShareEnumResponse response) throws Exception {
        Field field = getSuperclassField(response.getClass(), "status");

  public Stream<String> lines() throws IOException {
    BufferedReader reader = openBufferedStream();
    return reader.lines().onClose(() -> closeUnchecked(reader));
  }

  @IgnoreJRERequirement // helper for lines()
  /*
   * If we make these calls inline inside the lambda inside lines(), we get an Animal Sniffer error,
   * despite the @IgnoreJRERequirement annotation there. For details, see ImmutableSortedMultiset.
   */

  @MustBeClosed
  public Stream<String> lines() throws IOException {
    BufferedReader reader = openBufferedStream();
    return reader.lines().onClose(() -> closeUnchecked(reader));
  }

  @IgnoreJRERequirement // helper for lines()
  /*
   * If we make these calls inline inside the lambda inside lines(), we get an Animal Sniffer error,
   * despite the @IgnoreJRERequirement annotation there. For details, see ImmutableSortedMultiset.
   */

	}
	return object
}

func isDirObject(object string) bool {
	if obj := encodeDirObject(object); obj != object {
		object = obj
	}
	return HasSuffix(object, globalDirSuffix)
}

// Helper method to return total number of nodes in cluster
func totalNodeCount() int {
	totalNodesCount := len(globalEndpoints.Hostnames())
	if totalNodesCount == 0 {
		totalNodesCount = 1 // For standalone erasure coding
	}