code: private final void serializeCommonFields (final ByteBuffer byteBuffer, final int index) {
          byteBuffer.position(index);
          byteBuffer.put(descriptorType.getValue());
          byteBuffer.put((byte) additionalLength);
      }
docs: Serializes the fields common to all sense data descriptors.
  
  @param byteBuffer where the serialized fields will be stored
  @param index the position of the first byte of the sense data descriptor in the {@link ByteBuffer}