genProto/test/cs/LittleEndianBitConverter.cs


namespace MiscUtil.Conversion
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Implementation of EndianBitConverter which converts to/from little-endian
	/// byte arrays.
	/// </summary>
	public sealed class LittleEndianBitConverter : EndianBitConverter
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Indicates the byte order ("endianess") in which data is converted using this class.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// Different computer architectures store data using different byte orders. "Big-endian"
		/// means the most significant byte is on the left end of a word. "Little-endian" means the 
		/// most significant byte is on the right end of a word.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <returns>true if this converter is little-endian, false otherwise.</returns>
		public sealed override bool IsLittleEndian()
		{
			return true;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Indicates the byte order ("endianess") in which data is converted using this class.
		/// </summary>
		public sealed override Endianness Endianness 
		{ 
			get { return Endianness.LittleEndian; }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Copies the specified number of bytes from value to buffer, starting at index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">The value to copy</param>
		/// <param name="bytes">The number of bytes to copy</param>
		/// <param name="buffer">The buffer to copy the bytes into</param>
		/// <param name="index">The index to start at</param>
		protected override void CopyBytesImpl(long value, int bytes, byte[] buffer, int index)
		{
			for (int i=0; i < bytes; i++)
			{
				buffer[i+index] = unchecked((byte)(value&0xff));
				value = value >> 8;
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns a value built from the specified number of bytes from the given buffer,
		/// starting at index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="buffer">The data in byte array format</param>
		/// <param name="startIndex">The first index to use</param>
		/// <param name="bytesToConvert">The number of bytes to use</param>
		/// <returns>The value built from the given bytes</returns>
		protected override long FromBytes(byte[] buffer, int startIndex, int bytesToConvert)
		{
			long ret = 0;
			for (int i=0; i < bytesToConvert; i++)
			{
				ret = unchecked((ret << 8) | buffer[startIndex+bytesToConvert-1-i]);
			}
			return ret;
		}
	}
}