Nybble
NybbleOutputStream writes a dense stream of nybbles, i.e., values in 0,15, backed by an underlying ByteArrayOutputStream.
Author
Todd L Smith
Parameters
The initial capacity of the underlying data storage, in nybbles.
Functions
Apply a variable-length universal coding strategy to the supplied value, encoding it onto the receiver. The coding is not efficient for large instruction sets, but is quite efficient for a very small instruction set, i.e., fewer than 32 instructions.
Answer a NybbleArray that contains the contents of the receiver. The answered array is disjoint from the receiver's underlying storage, and may be safely modified by the caller.
Apply a variable-length universal coding strategy to the supplied value, encoding it onto the receiver using a nybble-based variant of MIDI VLQ. The value must be non-negative.