/// <summary>
/// Converts data to a byte buffer. The first two bytes contain the size of this simple bloom filter. Thus, the bloom filter can only be of length 65536.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="buffer"></param>
public void ToByteBuffer(AlternativeCompositeByteBuf buffer)
{
sbyte[] tmp = BitArray.ToByteArray();
int currentByteArraySize = tmp.Length;
buffer.WriteShort((short)(_byteArraySize + SizeHeader));
buffer.WriteInt(ExpectedElements);
buffer.WriteBytes(tmp);
buffer.WriteZero(_byteArraySize - currentByteArraySize);
}
