// Copyright 2001, FreeHEP.
package org.freehep.util.io;

import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Class to read bits from a Stream, allowing for byte synchronization. Signed,
 * Unsigned, Booleans and Floats can be read.
 * 
 * @author Mark Donszelmann
 * @author Charles Loomis
 * @version $Id: BitInputStream.java 8584 2006-08-10 23:06:37Z duns $
 */
public class BitInputStream extends DecompressableInputStream {

    final protected static int MASK_SIZE = 8;

    final protected static int ZERO = 0;

    final protected static int ONES = ~0;

    final protected static int[] BIT_MASK = new int[MASK_SIZE];

    final protected static int[] FIELD_MASK = new int[MASK_SIZE];

    // Generate the needed masks for various bit fields and for
    // individual bits.
    static {
        int tempBit = 1;
        int tempField = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < MASK_SIZE; i++) {

            // Set the masks.
            BIT_MASK[i] = tempBit;
            FIELD_MASK[i] = tempField;

            // Update the temporary values.
            tempBit <<= 1;
            tempField <<= 1;
            tempField++;
        }
    }

    /**
     * This is a prefetched byte used to construct signed and unsigned numbers
     * with an arbitrary number of significant bits.
     */
    private int bits;

    /**
     * The number of valid bits remaining in the bits field.
     */
    private int validBits;

    /**
     * Create a Bit input stream from viven input
     * 
     * @param in stream to read from
     */
    public BitInputStream(InputStream in) {
        super(in);

        bits = 0;
        validBits = 0;
    }

    /**
     * A utility method to fetch the next byte in preparation for constructing a
     * bit field. There is no protection for this method; ensure that it is only
     * called when a byte must be fetched.
     * 
     * @throws IOException if read fails
     */
    protected void fetchByte() throws IOException {

        bits = read();
        if (bits < 0)
            throw new EOFException();
        validBits = MASK_SIZE;
    }

    /**
     * A utility to force the next read to be byte-aligned.
     */
    public void byteAlign() {
        validBits = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Read a bit from the input stream and interpret this as a boolean value. A
     * 1-bit is true; a 0-bit is false.
     * 
     * @return true if read bit was 1
     * @throws IOException if read fails
     */
    public boolean readBitFlag() throws IOException {

        if (validBits == 0)
            fetchByte();
        return ((bits & BIT_MASK[--validBits]) != 0);
    }

    /**
     * Read a signed value of n-bits from the input stream.
     * 
     * @param n number of bits to read
     * @return value made up of read bits
     * @throws IOException if read fails
     */
    public long readSBits(int n) throws IOException {

        if (n == 0)
            return 0;
        int value = (readBitFlag()) ? ONES : ZERO;
        value <<= (--n);
        return (value | readUBits(n));
    }

    /**
     * Read a float value of n-bits from the stream.
     * 
     * @param n number of bits to read
     * @return value made up of read bits
     * @throws IOException if read fails
     */
    public float readFBits(int n) throws IOException {

        if (n == 0)
            return 0.0f;
        return ((float) readSBits(n)) / 0x1000;
    }

    /**
     * Read an unsigned value of n-bits from the input stream.
     * 
     * @param n number of bits to read
     * @return value made up of read bits
     * @throws IOException if read fails
     */
    public long readUBits(int n) throws IOException {

        long value = ZERO;
        while (n > 0) {

            // Take the needed bits or the number which are valid
            // whichever is less.
            if (validBits == 0)
                fetchByte();
            int nbits = (n > validBits) ? validBits : n;

            // Take the bits and update the counters.
            int temp = ((bits >> (validBits - nbits)) & FIELD_MASK[nbits - 1]);
            validBits -= nbits;
            n -= nbits;

            // Shift the value up to accomodate new bits.
            value <<= nbits;
            value |= temp;
        }
        return value;
    }
}

 

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