/// <summary>
/// Writes an NBT tag to a stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="stream">Stream to save to.</param>
/// <param name="name">Name of the root tag.</param>
/// <param name="compression">The compression to use.</param>
/// <param name="encoding">The encoding to use for strings. Uses Java's weird MUTF8 encoding by default.</param>
/// <param name="endianness">The endianness to use. PC = Big, Pocket Edition = Little.</param>
/// <param name="ensureCompound">If true, throws an exception if the root tag isn't a compound.</param>
public void WriteTo(Stream stream, string name,
NbtCompression compression, Encoding encoding = null,
Endianness endianness = Endianness.Big, bool ensureCompound = true)
{
if (name == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
if (ensureCompound && (Type != TagType.Compound))
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Root tag is not a compound");
}
encoding = encoding ?? MUTF8Encoding.Instance;
using (stream = compression.Compress(stream)) {
var writer = new NBTStreamWriter(stream, encoding, endianness);
writer.Write(this, name);
}
}
