/// <summary>
/// Compress the value into a byte array.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public virtual byte[] Compress()
{
if (!CompressionEnabled)
{
return(GetDefaultSerialization());
}
uint range = GetValueRange();
uint requiredBytes = Arithmetics <T> .GetRequiredBytes(range, GetSizeOf());
T compressed = GetCompressedValue();
byte[] source = GetDefaultSerialization();
byte[] destination = new byte[requiredBytes];
Array.Copy(source, destination, requiredBytes);
return(destination);
}