implemented variable length field

src/zutil/ByteUtil.java

@@ -43,36 +43,44 @@ public class ByteUtil {
     };
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new subbyte from offset and with a length and shifts the data to the left
+     * Creates a new sub byte from index and with a length and shifts the data to the left
      *
      * @param   data    is the byte data
-     * @param   offset   is the bit index, valid values 0-7
+     * @param   index   is the bit index, valid values 0-7
      * @param   length  is the length of bits to return, valid values 1-8
-     * @return a new byte containing a subbyte defined by the offset and length
+     * @return a new byte containing a sub byte defined by the index and length
      */
-    public static byte getShiftedBits(byte data, int offset, int length){
-        int ret = 0xFF & getBits(data, offset, length);
-        ret = ret >>> offset+1-length;
+    public static byte getShiftedBits(byte data, int index, int length){
+        int ret = 0xFF & getBits(data, index, length);
+        ret = ret >>> index+1-length;
         return (byte) ret;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new subbyte from offset and with a length
+     * Creates a new sub byte from index and with a length
      *
      * @param   data    is the byte data
-     * @param   offset   is the bit index, valid values 0-7
+     * @param   index   is the bit index, valid values 0-7
      * @param   length  is the length of bits to return, valid values 1-8
-     * @return a new byte containing a subbyte defined by the offset and length
+     * @return a new byte containing a sub byte defined by the index and length
      */
-    public static byte getBits(byte data, int offset, int length){
+    public static byte getBits(byte data, int index, int length){
         length--;
-        if(0 > offset || offset > 7)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid index argument, allowed value is 0-7");
-        if(length < 0 && offset-length < 0)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid length argument: "+length+", allowed values 1-8 depending on index");
-
-        byte ret = (byte) (data & BYTE_MASK[offset][length]);
+        byte ret = (byte) (data & getBitMask(index, length));
         return  ret;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a byte bitmask
+     *
+     * @param   index   start index of the mask, valid values 0-7
+     * @param   length  length of mask from index, valid values 1-8
+     */
+    public static byte getBitMask(int index, int length) {
+        if(0 > index || index > 7)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid index argument, allowed value is 0-7");
+        if(length < 0 && index-length < 0)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid length argument: "+length+", allowed values 1-8 depending on index");
+        return (byte) BYTE_MASK[index][length];
+    }
 }

src/zutil/parser/binary/BinaryStructOutputStream.java

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 package zutil.parser.binary;
 
+import zutil.ByteUtil;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -39,14 +42,14 @@ public class BinaryStructOutputStream {
 
     private OutputStream out;
     private byte rest;
-    private int restLength;
+    private int restBitLength; // length from Most Significant Bit
 
 
     public BinaryStructOutputStream(OutputStream out){
         this.out = out;
 
         rest = 0;
-        restLength = 0;
+        restBitLength = 0;
     }
 
 
@@ -54,9 +57,13 @@ public class BinaryStructOutputStream {
      * Generate a binary byte array from the provided struct.
      * The byte array will be left
      */
-/*    public byte[] serialize(BinaryStruct struct) {
-
-    }*/
+    public static byte[] serialize(BinaryStruct struct) throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        BinaryStructOutputStream out = new BinaryStructOutputStream(buffer);
+        out.write(struct);
+        out.flush();
+        return buffer.toByteArray();
+    }
 
     /**
      * Generate a binary stream from the provided struct and
@@ -68,8 +75,19 @@ public class BinaryStructOutputStream {
         for (BinaryFieldData field : structDataList){
             byte[] data = field.getValue(struct);
 
-            for (int i=data.length-1; i>=0; --i) {
-                out.write(data[i]);
+            int fieldBitLength = field.getBitLength();
+            for (int i=data.length-1; fieldBitLength>0; fieldBitLength-=8, --i) {
+                byte b = data[i];
+                if (restBitLength == 0 && fieldBitLength >= 8)
+                    out.write(0xFF & b);
+                else {
+                    b <<= 8-restBitLength-fieldBitLength;
+                    b &= ByteUtil.getBitMask(7-restBitLength, fieldBitLength);
+                    rest |= b;
+                    restBitLength += fieldBitLength;
+                    if (restBitLength >= 8)
+                        localFlush();
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -79,12 +97,15 @@ public class BinaryStructOutputStream {
      * Writes any outstanding data to the stream
      */
     public void flush() throws IOException {
-        if(restLength > 0){
+        localFlush();
+        out.flush();
+    }
+    private void localFlush() throws IOException {
+        if(restBitLength > 0){
             out.write(0xFF & rest);
             rest = 0;
-            restLength = 0;
+            restBitLength = 0;
         }
-        out.flush();
     }
 
     /**