/** Convert the component into a byte[]. */
 public byte[] pack(IField<?> c) throws MessageException {
   try {
     byte[] data = (byte[]) c.getValue();
     int packedLength = prefixer.getPackedLength();
     if (packedLength == 0) {
       if (data.length != getLength()) {
         throw new MessageException(
             "Binary data length not the same as the packager length ("
                 + data.length
                 + "/"
                 + getLength()
                 + ")");
       }
     }
     byte[] ret = new byte[interpreter.getPackedLength(data.length) + packedLength];
     prefixer.encodeLength(data.length, ret);
     interpreter.interpret(data, ret, packedLength);
     return ret;
   } catch (Exception e) {
     throw new MessageException(makeExceptionMessage(c, "packing"), e);
   }
 }
 @Test
 public void interpret() {
   byte[] result = new byte[binaryData.length];
   interpreter.interpret(binaryData, result, 0);
   assertThat(result, is(EBCDICDATA));
 }