return entity;
        });
    }

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

        int lastNameStart = domainStart + domain.length() + 1;
        String writtenLastName = readNullTerminatedString(dst, lastNameStart);
        assertEquals("", writtenLastName);
    }

    // Helper methods

    private Object getFieldValue(Object obj, String fieldName) {
        try {
            Field field = getField(obj.getClass(), fieldName);
            field.setAccessible(true);

        // nothing
    }

    // ===================================================================================
    //                                                                      General Helper
    //                                                                      ==============
    protected void assertObjectNotNull(String variableName, Object value) {
        if (variableName == null) {

        // nothing
    }

    // ===================================================================================
    //                                                                      General Helper
    //                                                                      ==============
    protected void assertObjectNotNull(String variableName, Object value) {
        if (variableName == null) {

            f.setAccessible(true);
            return f.get(target);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    // Helper: find field in class hierarchy
    private static Field findField(Class<?> clazz, String name) throws NoSuchFieldException {
        Class<?> current = clazz;
        while (current != null) {
            try {

            return entity;
        });
    }

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

- Replaced Boolean-pointer-helper functions with the `k8s.io/utils/ptr` implementations. ([#132794](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132794), [@PatrickLaabs](https://github.com/PatrickLaabs)) [SIG API Machinery, Auth, CLI, Node and Testing]

  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.
   */

        digest.update(data, 2, 4); // Only update with bytes at index 2-5
        byte[] result = digest.digest();

        assertNotNull(result);
        assertTrue(result.length > 0);
    }

    // Helper method to setup transport mocks
    private void setupTransportMocks(int lmCompatibility) throws Exception {
        byte[] serverEncryptionKey = new byte[8];
        byte[] unicodeHash = new byte[24];