private void SetMetaData(List <CharacterNode> list)
{
//number of different characters
metadata.Add(Convert.ToByte(list.Count));
//PRUEBA////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int max_frequency = FindMaxLenght(list);
string bin = Convert.ToString(max_frequency, 2);
///normalize the max lenght
while (bin.Length % 8 != 0)
{
bin = "0" + bin;
}
//number of bytes for each character frequencie
int number_bytes = bin.Length / 8;
metadata.Add(Convert.ToByte(number_bytes));
for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
CharacterNode _node = list[i];
metadata.Add(Convert.ToByte(_node.Character));
byte[] complete_frequency = GetNormalizeFrequency(_node.Frequency, number_bytes);
for (int j = 0; j < complete_frequency.Length; j++)
{
metadata.Add(complete_frequency[j]);
}
}
}
public CharacterNode()
{
Character = 00;
Frequency = 0;
Percentage = 0;
Code = " ";
Left = null;
Right = null;
}
public byte[] EncodeData(byte[] content)
{
count_chars = content.Length;
queue.PriorityComparison = PriorityComparison;
//count all frequencies
List <CharacterNode> base_frequencies = ProbeFrequencies(content);
CharacterNode root = CreateTree(base_frequencies);
GenerateCodes(root, "");
//swap each char for its binary code
string content_encoded = "";
for (int i = 0; i < content.Length; i++)
{
content_encoded += codes_encode[content[i]];
}
//complete the last octet
while (content_encoded.Length % 8 != 0)
{
content_encoded += "0";
}
//converting each binary code to a decimal number and then converting to byte
List <byte> encode_final = metadata;
for (int i = 0; i < content_encoded.Length; i += 8)
{
string code_bin = content_encoded.Substring(i, 8);
int code_dec = Convert.ToInt32(code_bin, 2);
encode_final.Add(Convert.ToByte(code_dec));
}
original_weight = content.Length;
compressed_weight = encode_final.Count;
return(encode_final.ToArray());
}
private void GenerateCodes(CharacterNode root, string current_code)
{
if (root.Left == null && root.Right == null)
{
root.Code = current_code;
codes_encode.Add(root.Character, root.Code);
codes_decode.Add(root.Code, root.Character);
return;
}
if (root.Left != null)
{
current_code += "0";
GenerateCodes(root.Left, current_code);
current_code = current_code.Substring(0, current_code.Length - 1);
}
if (root.Right != null)
{
current_code += "1";
GenerateCodes(root.Right, current_code);
}
}
private CharacterNode CreateTree(List <CharacterNode> list)
{
List <CharacterNode> list_complete = SetPercentages(list);
SetMetaData(list_complete);
SetQueue(list_complete);
while (queue.Count != 1)
{
CharacterNode left_node = queue.Pop();
CharacterNode right_node = queue.Pop();
CharacterNode intermadiate_note = new CharacterNode()
{
Percentage = (left_node.Percentage + right_node.Percentage), Left = left_node, Right = right_node
};
queue.Push(intermadiate_note);
}
return(queue.Pop());
}
private List <CharacterNode> ProbeFrequencies(byte[] text)
{
List <CharacterNode> data_list = new List <CharacterNode>();
int text_length = text.Length;
for (int i = 0; i < text_length; i++)
{
int position_character = DetectPositionCharacter(data_list, text[i]);
if (position_character != -1)
{
data_list.ElementAt(position_character).Frequency++;
}
else
{
CharacterNode new_character = new CharacterNode {
Character = text[i], Frequency = 1
};
data_list.Add(new_character);
}
}
return(data_list);
}
public byte[] DecodeData(byte[] content)
{
int characters = content[0];
int length = content[1];
//generates the codes with the metadata
queue.PriorityComparison = PriorityComparison;
List <CharacterNode> list = new List <CharacterNode>(characters);
if (length == 2)
{
int chars_added = 0;
int index = 2;
while (chars_added < characters)
{
byte char_byte = content[index];
List <byte> complex_frequency = new List <byte>();
complex_frequency.Add(content[index + 1]);
complex_frequency.Add(content[index + 2]);
int total_frequency = GetFrequency(complex_frequency);
CharacterNode c_node = new CharacterNode()
{
Character = char_byte, Frequency = total_frequency
};
list.Add(c_node);
count_chars += total_frequency;
index += length + 1;
chars_added++;
}
CharacterNode root = CreateTree(list);
GenerateCodes(root, "");
}
if (length == 1)
{
int chars_added = 0;
int index = 2;
while (chars_added < characters)
{
byte char_byte = content[index];
int total_frequency = content[index + 1];
CharacterNode c_node = new CharacterNode()
{
Character = char_byte, Frequency = total_frequency
};
list.Add(c_node);
count_chars += total_frequency;
index += length + 1;
chars_added++;
}
CharacterNode root = CreateTree(list);
GenerateCodes(root, "");
}
//convert the bytes to binary code
string content_decoded = "";
int start = ((length + 1) * characters) + 2;
for (int i = start; i < content.Length; i++)
{
int dec = content[i];
string bin = Convert.ToInt32(Convert.ToString(dec, 2)).ToString("D8");
content_decoded += bin;
}
//replace all binary code to the equivalent byte
List <byte> result = new List <byte>();
string current_code = "";
int replaced = 0;
int j = 0;
while (replaced < count_chars)
{
current_code += content_decoded[j];
if (codes_decode.ContainsKey(current_code))
{
result.Add(codes_decode[current_code]);
current_code = "";
replaced++;
}
j++;
}
return(result.ToArray());
}