protected void _writeBinary(
      Base64Variant b64variant, byte[] input, int inputPtr, final int inputEnd)
      throws IOException, JsonGenerationException {
    // Encoding is by chunks of 3 input, 4 output chars, so:
    int safeInputEnd = inputEnd - 3;
    // Let's also reserve room for possible (and quoted) lf char each round
    int safeOutputEnd = _outputEnd - 6;
    int chunksBeforeLF = b64variant.getMaxLineLength() >> 2;

    // Ok, first we loop through all full triplets of data:
    while (inputPtr <= safeInputEnd) {
      if (_outputTail > safeOutputEnd) { // need to flush
        _flushBuffer();
      }
      // First, mash 3 bytes into lsb of 32-bit int
      int b24 = ((int) input[inputPtr++]) << 8;
      b24 |= ((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF;
      b24 = (b24 << 8) | (((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF);
      _outputTail = b64variant.encodeBase64Chunk(b24, _outputBuffer, _outputTail);
      if (--chunksBeforeLF <= 0) {
        // note: must quote in JSON value
        _outputBuffer[_outputTail++] = '\\';
        _outputBuffer[_outputTail++] = 'n';
        chunksBeforeLF = b64variant.getMaxLineLength() >> 2;
      }
    }

    // And then we may have 1 or 2 leftover bytes to encode
    int inputLeft = inputEnd - inputPtr; // 0, 1 or 2
    if (inputLeft > 0) { // yes, but do we have room for output?
      if (_outputTail > safeOutputEnd) { // don't really need 6 bytes but...
        _flushBuffer();
      }
      int b24 = ((int) input[inputPtr++]) << 16;
      if (inputLeft == 2) {
        b24 |= (((int) input[inputPtr++]) & 0xFF) << 8;
      }
      _outputTail = b64variant.encodeBase64Partial(b24, inputLeft, _outputBuffer, _outputTail);
    }
  }