/// <summary>
/// Recode the incoming object to a String, compacting it into a
/// BCF2 string if the value is a list.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"> a String or List<String> to encode, or null </param>
/// <returns> a non-null string to encode </returns>
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER TODO TASK: Most Java annotations will not have direct .NET equivalent attributes:
//ORIGINAL LINE: @Ensures("result != null") private String javaStringToBCF2String(final Object value)
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: 'final' parameters are not allowed in .NET:
private string javaStringToBCF2String(object value)
{
if (value == null)
{
return("");
}
else if (value is IList)
{
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: The original Java variable was marked 'final':
//ORIGINAL LINE: final java.util.List<String> l = (java.util.List<String>)value;
IList <string> l = (IList <string>)value;
if (l.Count == 0)
{
return("");
}
else
{
return(BCF2Utils.collapseStringList(l));
}
}
else
{
return((string)value);
}
}
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER TODO TASK: Most Java annotations will not have direct .NET equivalent attributes:
//ORIGINAL LINE: @Ensures("encodeStream.size() > old(encodeStream.size())") public final void encodeTyped(List<? extends Object> v, final org.broadinstitute.variant.bcf2.BCF2Type type) throws java.io.IOException
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: Method 'throws' clauses are not available in .NET:
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: 'final' parameters are not allowed in .NET:
public void encodeTyped <T1>(IList <T1> v, BCF2Type type) where T1 : Object
{
if (type == BCF2Type.CHAR && v.Count != 0)
{
//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: The original Java variable was marked 'final':
//ORIGINAL LINE: final String s = org.broadinstitute.variant.bcf2.BCF2Utils.collapseStringList((List<String>) v);
string s = BCF2Utils.collapseStringList((IList <string>)v);
v = stringToBytes(s);
}
encodeType(v.Count, type);
encodeRawValues(v, type);
}