sources/huffman/bitwriter.h

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1 /*
2 * skulltag::BitWriter class - Enables writing arbitrary bit lengths of data.
3 *
4 * Copyright 2009 Timothy Landers
5 * email: code.vortexcortex@gmail.com
6 *
7 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
8 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
9 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
10 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
11 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
12 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
13 *
14 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
15 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
16 *
17 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
18 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
19 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
20 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
21 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
22 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
23 * THE SOFTWARE.
24 */
25
26 #ifndef _BIT_WRITER_VERSION
27 #define _BIT_WRITER_VERSION 1
28
29 /** Prevents naming convention problems via encapsulation. */
30 namespace skulltag { // scope limitation
31
32 /** BitWriter - Allows writing of varying amounts of bits to a char buffer. <br>
33 * Very usefull for outputting variable bit length encodings such as Huffman. */
34
35 class BitWriter {
36 int bufferBits; /**< intermediary buffer of bits. */
37 int bitsLeft; /**< number of bits left in the buffer. */
38 unsigned char * currentByte; /**< position in memory the next char will be stored. */
39 int bytesAvailable; /**< amount of available space left in the output buffer in bytes. Excludes the contents of bufferBits. */
40 int bitsAvailable; /**< amount of available space left in the output buffer in bits. Includes the contents of bufferBits. */
41 int maximumBytes; /**< total amount of bytes that can be written to the output buffer. */
42 static int mask[]; /**< maps a number of bits to a bit mask containing as many bits. */
43 static int intSize; /**< number of chars in an int. */
44 public:
45
46 /** Creates a new BitWriter. */
47 BitWriter();
48
49 /** Creates a new BitWriter.
50 * @param output Destination that bits will be written to.
51 * @param max Maximum number of chars to output. */
52 BitWriter( unsigned char * const output, int const &max );
53
54 /** Appends a char worth of bits to the buffer.
55 * @param bits the bits to append.
56 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
57 bool put( unsigned char const &bits );
58
59 /** Appends a short worth of bits to the buffer.
60 * @param bits the bits to append.
61 * @return true if successful, false otherwise.
62 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
63 bool put( short const &bits );
64
65 /** Appends an int worth of bits to the buffer.
66 * @param bits the bits to append.
67 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
68 bool put( int const &bits );
69
70 /** Appends a specified number of bits from an int to the buffer.
71 * @param bits the bits to append. <br>
72 * The bits should be stored in the least significant portion of the int.
73 * @param count the number of bits to append.
74 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
75 bool put( int const &bits, int count );
76
77 /** Appends multiple chars from a buffer to this BitWriter.
78 * @param inputBuffer pointer to char data
79 * @param count number of chars to read
80 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
81 bool put( unsigned char const * const inputBuffer, int count );
82
83 /** Sets the output buffer that bytes will be written to.
84 * @param output Destination that bits will be written to.
85 * @param max Maximum number of chars to output.
86 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
87 bool outputBuffer( unsigned char * const output, int const &max );
88
89 /** Writes any full chars of data stored in this BitWriter to the output char buffer.
90 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
91 bool flush();
92
93 /** Flushes this BitWriter then outputs any partial chars by padding them with zeros. <br>
94 * After calling finish() all other calls to update the BitWriter will fail until a buffer is set via outputBuffer().
95 * @param bytesWritten out: the number of bytes written to the output buffer.
96 * @param paddingBits out: the number of padding bits used in the final byte of output.
97 * @return true if successful, false if an error occurs. */
98 bool finish( int &bytesWritten, int &paddingBits );
99
100 private:
101
102 /** Initializes this BitWriter. */
103 void init();
104
105 };
106
107 }
108 #endif
109

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