/// <summary>
/// Iterator can be used for large GIF-files in order to display progress bar.
/// </summary>
public static byte[] EncodeIteratorExample(Gif gif)
{
var bytes = new List <byte>();
var parts = gif.EncodeIterator();
var iteratorSize = gif.GetEncodeIteratorSize();
var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
var index = 0;
var time = 0d;
stopwatch.Start();
foreach (var part in parts)
{
if (index == iteratorSize - 1) // GIF header should be placed to sequence start!
{
bytes.InsertRange(0, part);
}
else
{
bytes.AddRange(part);
}
stopwatch.Stop();
time += stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
Console.WriteLine("GIF part #{0} encoded in {1:n4}s", index++, stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
stopwatch.Reset();
stopwatch.Start();
}
Console.WriteLine("GIF encoded with iterator in {0:n4}s", time);
return(bytes.ToArray());
}