public bool compress(ByteBuffer @in, ByteBuffer @out, ByteBuffer overflow)
        {
            int inBytes = @in.remaining();

            // I should work on a patch for Snappy to support an overflow buffer
            // to prevent the extra buffer copy.
            byte[] compressed = new byte[Snappy.maxCompressedLength(inBytes)];
            int    outBytes   =
                Snappy.compress(@in.array(), @in.arrayOffset() + @in.position(), inBytes,
                                compressed, 0);

            if (outBytes < inBytes)
            {
                int remaining = @out.remaining();
                if (remaining >= outBytes)
                {
                    Array.Copy(compressed, 0, @out.array(), @out.arrayOffset() +
                               @out.position(), outBytes);
                    @out.position(@out.position() + outBytes);
                }
                else
                {
                    Array.Copy(compressed, 0, @out.array(), @out.arrayOffset() +
                               @out.position(), remaining);
                    @out.position(@out.limit());
                    Array.Copy(compressed, remaining, overflow.array(),
                               overflow.arrayOffset(), outBytes - remaining);
                    overflow.position(outBytes - remaining);
                }
                return(true);
            }
            else
            {
                return(false);
            }
        }