public EncodedFile encodeFile()
{
char[] charset = getCharset();
int[] weights = getCharFrequencies(charset);
HuffmanTree tree = new HuffmanTree(charset, weights);
string[] codes = tree.getCodes(charset);
string encoded = encodeToString(charset, codes);
string huffmanData = tree.getBinaryRepresentation();
Console.WriteLine(tree.getHuffmanCode(',')); //TEST TEST TEST
EncodedFile enf = new EncodedFile("E:\\Users\\Alexander Weaver\\My Documents\\encodedTEST.hct", EncodedFile.CREATE_NEW);
writeEncodedFile(enf, huffmanData, encoded);
return enf;
}
//gets an encoded file from the user
private EncodedFile getEncodedFile()
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the location of the encoded file you want to view.");
string fp = Console.ReadLine();
EncodedFile file;
while (true) {
try {
file = new EncodedFile(fp, EncodedFile.USE_EXISTING);
}
catch (ArgumentException) {
Console.WriteLine("Invalid filepath.");
Console.WriteLine("Please enter a new filepath.");
fp = Console.ReadLine();
continue;
}
break;
}
return file;
//return new EncodedFile("E:\\Users\\Alexander Weaver\\My Documents\\encodedTEST.hct", EncodedFile.USE_EXISTING); //testing purposes
}
private void writeEncodedFile(EncodedFile enf, string huffmanData, string body)
{
BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(enf.Filepath, FileMode.Create));
writeBinaryString(huffmanData, writer, true);
writeBinaryString(body, writer, false);
}