code:     private boolean isSameAs(
          byte[]  a,
          byte[]  b)
      {
          if (a.length != b.length)
          {
              return false;
          }
          
          for (int i = 0; i != a.length; i++)
          {
              if (a[i] != b[i])
              {
                  return false;
              }
          }
          
          return true;
      }
  
  