// The BitOutputStream and BitInputStream classes provide the ability to // write and read individual bits to a file in a compact form. One major // limitation of this approach is that the resulting file will always have // a number of bits that is a multiple of 8. In effect, whatever bits are // output to the file are padded at the end with 0's to make the total // number of bits a multiple of 8. import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class BitOutputStream { private PrintStream output; private List buffer; private int currentByte; // a buffer used to build up next set of digits private int numBits; // how many digits are currently in the buffer private boolean debug; // set to true to write ASCII 0s and 1s rather than // bits private static final int BYTE_SIZE = 8; // digits per byte // Creates a BitOutputStream sending output to the given stream. If debug // is set to true, bits are printed as ASCII 0s and 1s. public BitOutputStream(PrintStream output, boolean debug) { this.buffer = new ArrayList(); this.output = output; this.debug = debug; } // Writes given bit to output public void write(int bit) { if (this.debug) { System.out.print(bit); } if (bit < 0 || bit > 1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal bit: " + bit); } this.currentByte += bit << this.numBits; this.numBits++; if (this.numBits == BYTE_SIZE) { this.buffer.add(this.currentByte); this.numBits = 0; this.currentByte = 0; } } // post: output is closed public void close() { int remaining = BYTE_SIZE - this.numBits; if (remaining == 8) { remaining = 0; } /* Flush the last byte (if there is one) */ if (remaining > 0) { this.buffer.add(this.currentByte); } /* Now that we've received all the output, prepend it with the number * of missing bits from the end. */ this.output.write(remaining); for (int b : this.buffer) { this.output.write(b); } this.output.close(); } // included to ensure that the stream is closed protected void finalize() { this.close(); } }