/**
* Method that encodes given input using provided {@link ChunkEncoder}, and aggregating it into a
* single byte array and returning that.
*
* <p>NOTE: method does NOT call {@link ChunkEncoder#close}; caller is responsible for doing that
* after it is done using the encoder.
*/
public static byte[] encode(ChunkEncoder enc, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
int left = length;
int chunkLen = Math.min(LZFChunk.MAX_CHUNK_LEN, left);
LZFChunk first = enc.encodeChunk(data, offset, chunkLen);
left -= chunkLen;
// shortcut: if it all fit in, no need to coalesce:
if (left < 1) {
return first.getData();
}
// otherwise need to get other chunks:
int resultBytes = first.length();
offset += chunkLen;
LZFChunk last = first;
do {
chunkLen = Math.min(left, LZFChunk.MAX_CHUNK_LEN);
LZFChunk chunk = enc.encodeChunk(data, offset, chunkLen);
offset += chunkLen;
left -= chunkLen;
resultBytes += chunk.length();
last.setNext(chunk);
last = chunk;
} while (left > 0);
// and then coalesce returns into single contiguous byte array
byte[] result = new byte[resultBytes];
int ptr = 0;
for (; first != null; first = first.next()) {
ptr = first.copyTo(result, ptr);
}
return result;
}
