public static byte[] Encode(byte[] input, bool clearEnd = false, bool flushDictionary = true, int maxBits = 11)
{
Dictionary <string, int> dictionary = EncodeDictionary(clearEnd);
ByteList byteList = new ByteList();
if (clearEnd)
{
byteList.Add(dictionary["CLR"], dictionary.Count);
}
byte[] entry = new byte[0];
for (int i = 0; i < input.Length; i++)
{
byte[] newEntry = Append(entry, input[i]);
if (dictionary.ContainsKey(string.Join(",", newEntry)))
{
entry = newEntry;
continue;
}
byteList.Add(dictionary[string.Join(",", entry)], dictionary.Count);
if (flushDictionary)
{
if (CodeLength(dictionary.Count) <= maxBits)
{
dictionary.Add(string.Join(",", newEntry), dictionary.Count);
}
else
{
dictionary = EncodeDictionary(clearEnd);
}
}
else if (CodeLength(dictionary.Count + 1) <= maxBits)
{
dictionary.Add(string.Join(",", newEntry), dictionary.Count);
}
entry = new byte[] { input[i] };
}
if (entry.Length > 0)
{
byteList.Add(dictionary[string.Join(",", entry)], dictionary.Count);
}
if (clearEnd)
{
byteList.Add(dictionary["END"], dictionary.Count);
}
byteList.Close();
return(byteList.ToArray());
}