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package io.netty.example.factorial;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;

import java.math.BigInteger;

Encodes a Number into the binary representation prepended with a magic number ('F' or 0x46) and a 32-bit length prefix. For example, 42 will be encoded to { 'F', 0, 0, 0, 1, 42 }. /**
 * Encodes a {@link Number} into the binary representation prepended with
 * a magic number ('F' or 0x46) and a 32-bit length prefix.  For example, 42
 * will be encoded to { 'F', 0, 0, 0, 1, 42 }.
 */
public class NumberEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<Number> {

    @Override
    protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Number msg, ByteBuf out) {
        // Convert to a BigInteger first for easier implementation.
        BigInteger v;
        if (msg instanceof BigInteger) {
            v = (BigInteger) msg;
        } else {
            v = new BigInteger(String.valueOf(msg));
        }

        // Convert the number into a byte array.
        byte[] data = v.toByteArray();
        int dataLength = data.length;

        // Write a message.
        out.writeByte((byte) 'F'); // magic number
        out.writeInt(dataLength);  // data length
        out.writeBytes(data);      // data
    }
}