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Translates between byte arrays and strings of "0"s and "1"s.

    
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/**
 * Translates between byte arrays and strings of "0"s and "1"s.
 * 
 * @todo may want to add more bit vector functions like and/or/xor/nand
 * @todo also might be good to generate boolean[] from byte[] et. cetera.
 * 
 * @author Apache Software Foundation
 * @since 1.3
 * @version $Id $
 */
public class BinaryCodec {
  /*
   * tried to avoid using ArrayUtils to minimize dependencies while using these
   * empty arrays - dep is just not worth it.
   */
  /** Empty char array. */
  private static final char[] EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY = new char[0];

  /** Empty byte array. */
  private static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[0];

  /** Mask for bit 0 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_0 = 1;

  /** Mask for bit 1 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_1 = 0x02;

  /** Mask for bit 2 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_2 = 0x04;

  /** Mask for bit 3 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_3 = 0x08;

  /** Mask for bit 4 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_4 = 0x10;

  /** Mask for bit 5 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_5 = 0x20;

  /** Mask for bit 6 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_6 = 0x40;

  /** Mask for bit 7 of a byte. */
  private static final int BIT_7 = 0x80;

  private static final int[] BITS = { BIT_0, BIT_1, BIT_2, BIT_3, BIT_4, BIT_5, BIT_6, BIT_7 };

  /**
   * Converts an array of raw binary data into an array of ascii 0 and 1
   * characters.
   * 
   * @param raw
   *          the raw binary data to convert
   * @return 0 and 1 ascii character bytes one for each bit of the argument
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder#encode(byte[])
   */
  public byte[] encode(byte[] raw) {
    return toAsciiBytes(raw);
  }

  /**
   * Converts an array of raw binary data into an array of ascii 0 and 1 chars.
   * 
   * @param raw
   *          the raw binary data to convert
   * @return 0 and 1 ascii character chars one for each bit of the argument
   * @throws EncoderException
   *           if the argument is not a byte[]
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.Encoder#encode(java.lang.Object)
   */
  public Object encode(Object raw) throws RuntimeException {
    if (!(raw instanceof byte[])) {
      throw new RuntimeException("argument not a byte array");
    }
    return toAsciiChars((byte[]) raw);
  }

  /**
   * Decodes a byte array where each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'.
   * 
   * @param ascii
   *          each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'
   * @return the raw encoded binary where each bit corresponds to a byte in the
   *         byte array argument
   * @throws DecoderException
   *           if argument is not a byte[], char[] or String
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.Decoder#decode(java.lang.Object)
   */
  public Object decode(Object ascii) throws RuntimeException {
    if (ascii == null) {
      return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    }
    if (ascii instanceof byte[]) {
      return fromAscii((byte[]) ascii);
    }
    if (ascii instanceof char[]) {
      return fromAscii((char[]) ascii);
    }
    if (ascii instanceof String) {
      return fromAscii(((String) ascii).toCharArray());
    }
    throw new RuntimeException("argument not a byte array");
  }

  /**
   * Decodes a byte array where each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'.
   * 
   * @param ascii
   *          each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'
   * @return the raw encoded binary where each bit corresponds to a byte in the
   *         byte array argument
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.Decoder#decode(Object)
   */
  public byte[] decode(byte[] ascii) {
    return fromAscii(ascii);
  }

  /**
   * Decodes a String where each char of the String represents an ascii '0' or
   * '1'.
   * 
   * @param ascii
   *          String of '0' and '1' characters
   * @return the raw encoded binary where each bit corresponds to a byte in the
   *         byte array argument
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.Decoder#decode(Object)
   */
  public byte[] toByteArray(String ascii) {
    if (ascii == null) {
      return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    }
    return fromAscii(ascii.toCharArray());
  }

  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //
  // static codec operations
  //
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Decodes a byte array where each char represents an ascii '0' or '1'.
   * 
   * @param ascii
   *          each char represents an ascii '0' or '1'
   * @return the raw encoded binary where each bit corresponds to a char in the
   *         char array argument
   */
  public static byte[] fromAscii(char[] ascii) {
    if (ascii == null || ascii.length == 0) {
      return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    }
    // get length/8 times bytes with 3 bit shifts to the right of the length
    byte[] l_raw = new byte[ascii.length >> 3];
    /*
     * We decr index jj by 8 as we go along to not recompute indices using
     * multiplication every time inside the loop.
     */
    for (int ii = 0, jj = ascii.length - 1; ii < l_raw.length; ii++, jj -= 8) {
      for (int bits = 0; bits < BITS.length; ++bits) {
        if (ascii[jj - bits] == '1') {
          l_raw[ii] |= BITS[bits];
        }
      }
    }
    return l_raw;
  }

  /**
   * Decodes a byte array where each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'.
   * 
   * @param ascii
   *          each byte represents an ascii '0' or '1'
   * @return the raw encoded binary where each bit corresponds to a byte in the
   *         byte array argument
   */
  public static byte[] fromAscii(byte[] ascii) {
    if (ascii == null || ascii.length == 0) {
      return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    }
    // get length/8 times bytes with 3 bit shifts to the right of the length
    byte[] l_raw = new byte[ascii.length >> 3];
    /*
     * We decr index jj by 8 as we go along to not recompute indices using
     * multiplication every time inside the loop.
     */
    for (int ii = 0, jj = ascii.length - 1; ii < l_raw.length; ii++, jj -= 8) {
      for (int bits = 0; bits < BITS.length; ++bits) {
        if (ascii[jj - bits] == '1') {
          l_raw[ii] |= BITS[bits];
        }
      }
    }
    return l_raw;
  }

  /**
   * Converts an array of raw binary data into an array of ascii 0 and 1
   * character bytes - each byte is a truncated char.
   * 
   * @param raw
   *          the raw binary data to convert
   * @return an array of 0 and 1 character bytes for each bit of the argument
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder#encode(byte[])
   */
  public static byte[] toAsciiBytes(byte[] raw) {
    if (raw == null || raw.length == 0) {
      return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    }
    // get 8 times the bytes with 3 bit shifts to the left of the length
    byte[] l_ascii = new byte[raw.length << 3];
    /*
     * We decr index jj by 8 as we go along to not recompute indices using
     * multiplication every time inside the loop.
     */
    for (int ii = 0, jj = l_ascii.length - 1; ii < raw.length; ii++, jj -= 8) {
      for (int bits = 0; bits < BITS.length; ++bits) {
        if ((raw[ii] & BITS[bits]) == 0) {
          l_ascii[jj - bits] = '0';
        } else {
          l_ascii[jj - bits] = '1';
        }
      }
    }
    return l_ascii;
  }

  /**
   * Converts an array of raw binary data into an array of ascii 0 and 1
   * characters.
   * 
   * @param raw
   *          the raw binary data to convert
   * @return an array of 0 and 1 characters for each bit of the argument
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder#encode(byte[])
   */
  public static char[] toAsciiChars(byte[] raw) {
    if (raw == null || raw.length == 0) {
      return EMPTY_CHAR_ARRAY;
    }
    // get 8 times the bytes with 3 bit shifts to the left of the length
    char[] l_ascii = new char[raw.length << 3];
    /*
     * We decr index jj by 8 as we go along to not recompute indices using
     * multiplication every time inside the loop.
     */
    for (int ii = 0, jj = l_ascii.length - 1; ii < raw.length; ii++, jj -= 8) {
      for (int bits = 0; bits < BITS.length; ++bits) {
        if ((raw[ii] & BITS[bits]) == 0) {
          l_ascii[jj - bits] = '0';
        } else {
          l_ascii[jj - bits] = '1';
        }
      }
    }
    return l_ascii;
  }

  /**
   * Converts an array of raw binary data into a String of ascii 0 and 1
   * characters.
   * 
   * @param raw
   *          the raw binary data to convert
   * @return a String of 0 and 1 characters representing the binary data
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder#encode(byte[])
   */
  public static String toAsciiString(byte[] raw) {
    return new String(toAsciiChars(raw));
  }
}

   
    
    
    
  








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