checkNotNull(target);
      checkPositionIndexes(off, off + len, bytes.length);
      for (int i = 0; i < len; i += alphabet.bytesPerChunk) {
        encodeChunkTo(target, bytes, off + i, min(alphabet.bytesPerChunk, len - i));
      }
    }

    void encodeChunkTo(Appendable target, byte[] bytes, int off, int len) throws IOException {
      checkNotNull(target);

// the corresponding error in errs slice is not nil
func evalDisks(disks []StorageAPI, errs []error) []StorageAPI {
	if len(errs) != len(disks) {
		bugLogIf(GlobalContext, errors.New("unexpected drives/errors slice length"))
		return nil
	}
	newDisks := make([]StorageAPI, len(disks))
	for index := range errs {
		if errs[index] == nil {
			newDisks[index] = disks[index]
		} else {
			newDisks[index] = nil

}

func isLocked(uid string) bool {
	return len(uid) > 0
}

// NewDRWMutex - initializes a new dsync RW mutex.
func NewDRWMutex(clnt *Dsync, names ...string) *DRWMutex {
	restClnts, _ := clnt.GetLockers()
	sort.Strings(names)
	return &DRWMutex{
		writeLocks:           make([]string, len(restClnts)),
		readLocks:            make([]string, len(restClnts)),
		Names:                names,

	assert.Equal(t, len(fds), 1)
	// in theory we should close the fd, but it's just a test..

	assert.Equal(t, m.Payload.(*zdsapi.WorkloadRequest_Add).Add.Uid, uid)
	// send ack so the server doesn't wait for us.
	sendAck(ztunClient)

	// second message should be the snap sent message
	m, fds = readRequest(t, ztunClient)
	assert.Equal(t, len(fds), 0)

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgrebalanceInfo(b *testing.B) {
	v := rebalanceInfo{}

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgBatchJobExpire(b *testing.B) {

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	left, err := v.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after UnmarshalMsg(): %q", len(left), left)
	}

	left, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if len(left) > 0 {
		t.Errorf("%d bytes left over after Skip(): %q", len(left), left)
	}
}

func BenchmarkMarshalMsgAccElem(b *testing.B) {
	v := AccElem{}

        this.b = b;
        this.off = off;
        this.dataLength = len;
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param fid
     * @param offset
     * @param remaining
     * @param b
     * @param off
     * @param len
     */
    public final void setParam ( int fid, long offset, int remaining, byte[] b, int off, int len ) {
        this.fid = fid;
        this.offset = offset;

		body    = `[{"bio":"bada bing bada boom","id":1,"name":"Charles","falseVal":false}]`
	)

	decoder := NewDecoder(mkReader(body), 1)

	for mv = range decoder.Stream() {
		counter++
		t.Logf("depth=%d offset=%d len=%d (%v)", mv.Depth, mv.Offset, mv.Length, mv.Value)
	}

	if err := decoder.Err(); err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("decoder error: %s", err)
	}
}

func TestDecoderNested(t *testing.T) {
	var (
		counter int

func (x *xlMetaInlineData) serialize(plSize int, keys [][]byte, vals [][]byte) {
	if len(keys) != len(vals) {
		panic(fmt.Errorf("xlMetaInlineData.serialize: keys/value number mismatch"))
	}
	if len(keys) == 0 {
		*x = nil
		return
	}
	if plSize <= 0 {
		plSize = 1 + msgp.MapHeaderSize
		for i := range keys {
			plSize += len(keys[i]) + len(vals[i]) + msgp.StringPrefixSize + msgp.ArrayHeaderSize
		}
	}