Encoding (htsjdk 2.16.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - data series type

All Known Implementing Classes:

BetaIntegerEncoding, ByteArrayLenEncoding, ByteArrayStopEncoding, ExternalByteArrayEncoding, ExternalByteEncoding, ExternalIntegerEncoding, ExternalLongEncoding, GammaIntegerEncoding, GolombIntegerEncoding, GolombLongEncoding, GolombRiceIntegerEncoding, HuffmanByteEncoding, HuffmanIntegerEncoding, NullEncoding, SubexponentialIntegerEncoding
```
public interface Encoding<T>
```
An interface to describe how a data series is encoded. It also has methods to serialize/deserialize to/from byte array and a method to construct a BitCodec instance.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`BitCodec<T>`	`buildCodec(Map<Integer,InputStream> inputMap, Map<Integer,ExposedByteArrayOutputStream> outputMap)`
`void`	`fromByteArray(byte[] data)`
`EncodingID`	`id()`
`byte[]`	`toByteArray()`

Method Detail

id
```
EncodingID id()
```

toByteArray
```
byte[] toByteArray()
```

fromByteArray
```
void fromByteArray(byte[] data)
```

buildCodec

BitCodec<T> buildCodec(Map<Integer,InputStream> inputMap,
                       Map<Integer,ExposedByteArrayOutputStream> outputMap)