}

    @Override
    public int decode(final byte[] buffer, final int bufferIndex) throws SMBProtocolDecodingException {
        return decode(buffer, bufferIndex, false);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the SMB2 message from the buffer.
     *
     * @param buffer the buffer containing the message
     * @param bufferIndex the starting position in the buffer
     * @param compound whether this is part of a compound chain

        byte[] buffer = new byte[8];

        // Path consumed (2 bytes)
        SMBUtil.writeInt2(0, buffer, 0);

        // Number of referrals (2 bytes) - 0
        SMBUtil.writeInt2(0, buffer, 2);

        // Flags (2 bytes)
        SMBUtil.writeInt2(0, buffer, 4);

        // Padding (2 bytes)
        buffer[6] = 0;
        buffer[7] = 0;

        return buffer;
    }

            byte[] buffer = new byte[64];
            SMBUtil.writeInt2(17, buffer, 0);
            SMBUtil.writeInt2(0, buffer, 2);
            SMBUtil.writeInt4(count, buffer, 4);
            SMBUtil.writeInt4(remaining, buffer, 8);
            SMBUtil.writeInt4(0, buffer, 12);
            SMBUtil.writeInt4(0, buffer, 16);
            return buffer;
        }
    }

        buffer[5] = 0x00;
        buffer[6] = 0x00;
        buffer[7] = 0x00;
        buffer[8] = 0x00;

        // Flags
        buffer[9] = 0x00;

        // Flags2 (2 bytes)
        buffer[10] = 0x00;
        buffer[11] = 0x00;

        // Process ID High (2 bytes)
        buffer[12] = 0x00;
        buffer[13] = 0x00;

        // Signature (8 bytes)
        for (int i = 14; i < 22; i++) {

        setPrivateField(cmd, "maxReferralLevel", 0x12AB);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[100];
        int len = cmd.writeParametersWireFormat(buffer, 0);
        assertTrue(len >= 2);
        // writeInt2 writes in little-endian format (LSB first)
        assertEquals(0xAB, buffer[0] & 0xFF);
        assertEquals(0x12, buffer[1] & 0xFF);
        // Check that the path is written after the referral level

        offset += 8;
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(expectedNumberOfLinks, buffer, offset);
        offset += 4;
        buffer[offset++] = (byte) (expectedDeletePending ? 1 : 0);
        buffer[offset++] = (byte) (expectedDirectory ? 1 : 0);

        // Decode and verify
        fileStandardInfo.decode(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
        assertEquals(expectedEndOfFile, fileStandardInfo.getSize());
    }

        // The validation in getBuffer() ensures size is within bounds (0 < size <= 1MB)
        assertTrue(buffer.length > 0, "Buffer size should be positive");
        assertTrue(buffer.length <= 0x100000, "Buffer size should not exceed 1MB");
    }

    /**
     * Test that releaseBuffer validates buffer before accepting it.
     */
    @Test

    /**
     * Buffer type for server checksum signature.
     */
    int SERVER_CHECKSUM = 6;
    /**
     * Buffer type for privilege server (KDC) checksum signature.
     */
    int PRIVSVR_CHECKSUM = 7;

    /**
     * Buffer type for client name information.
     */
    int CLIENT_NAME_TYPE = 0xA;
    /**
     * Buffer type for constrained delegation information.
     */
    int CONSTRAINT_DELEGATIION_TYPE = 0xB;

If a container runtime does not support the `v1` API, Kubernetes will fall back to the `v1alpha2` implementation.
There is no intermediate action required by end-users, because `v1` and `v1alpha2` do not differ in their implementation.
It is likely that `v1alpha2` will be removed in one of the future Kubernetes releases to be able to develop `v1`.

### Structured logging graduate to Beta

        // Given
        byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
        SMBUtil.writeInt2(16, buffer, 0);
        buffer[2] = (byte) 0xFF; // Max share type
        buffer[3] = 0;
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(0xFFFFFFFF, buffer, 4); // Max share flags
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(0xFFFFFFFF, buffer, 8); // Max capabilities
        SMBUtil.writeInt4(0xFFFFFFFF, buffer, 12); // Max access

        // When