Coder (dsiutil 2.7.3)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PrefixCoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

CodeWordCoder, Fast64CodeWordCoder
```
public interface Coder
```
Coding methods for a specific compression technique.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanIterator`	`encode(int symbol)`	Encodes a symbol.
`int`	`encode(int symbol, OutputBitStream obs)`	Encodes a symbol.
`it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanIterator`	`flush()`	Flushes the coder.
`int`	`flush(OutputBitStream obs)`	Flushes the coder.

- Method Detail
  - encode
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it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanIterator encode(int symbol)
```
    Encodes a symbol.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symbol - a symbol.
    
    Returns:
    
    a boolean iterator returning the bits coding symbol.
  - encode
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int encode(int symbol,
           OutputBitStream obs)
    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Encodes a symbol.
    
    Parameters:
    
    symbol - a symbol.
    
    obs - the output bit stream where the encoded symbol will be written.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bits written.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - flush
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int flush(OutputBitStream obs)
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    Flushes the coder. Warning: this method will not flush obs.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obs - the output bit stream where the flushing bits will be written.
    
    Returns:
    
    the number of bits written to flush the coder.
  - flush
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it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.booleans.BooleanIterator flush()
```
    Flushes the coder.
    
    Returns:
    
    a boolean iterator returning the bits used to flush this coder.