Sets the next bit (or not) and moves the bit pointer.

Writes the given long to the stream using bits amount of meaningful bits. @param value Value to be written to the stream @param bits How many bits ar

Writes the given long to the stream using bits amount of meaningful bits. This command does not check input values, so if they're larger than what can

Writes a natural number in &delta; coding. The &delta; coding of a positive number of <var>k</var> bits is obtained writing <var>k</var>-1 in &gamma;

Writes a given amount of natural numbers in &delta; coding. @param a an array at least <code>count</code> natural numbers. @param count the number of

Writes a given amount of natural numbers in &gamma; coding. @param a an array at least <code>count</code> natural numbers. @param count the number of

Writes a natural number in Golomb coding. <p>Golomb coding with modulo <var>b</var> writes a natural number <var>x</var> as the quotient of the divis

Writes a long natural number in &delta; coding. @param x a long natural number. @return the number of bits written. @throws IllegalArgumentException

Writes a long natural number in &gamma; coding. @param x a long natural number. @return the number of bits written. @throws IllegalArgumentException

Writes a long natural number in Golomb coding. @param x a long natural number. @param b the modulus for the coding. @return the number of bits writte

Writes a long natural number in variable-length nibble coding. @param x a long natural number. @return the number of bits written. @throws IllegalArg

Writes a long natural number in shifted &gamma; coding. @param x a natural number. @return the number of bits written. @throws IllegalArgumentExcepti

Writes a long natural number in skewed Golomb coding. <P>This method implements also the case in which <code>b</code> is 0: in this case, the argumen

Writes a long natural number in &zeta; coding. @param x a long natural number. @param k the shrinking factor. @return the number of bits written. @th

Writes a natural number in variable-length nibble coding. <P>Variable-length nibble coding records a natural number by padding its binary representat

Writes a natural number in shifted &gamma; coding. The shifted &gamma; coding of 0 is 1. The coding of a positive number of <var>k</var> bits is obta

Writes a given amount of natural numbers in shifted &gamma; coding. @param a an array at least <code>count</code> natural numbers. @param count the n

Writes a natural number in skewed Golomb coding. <P>This method implements also the case in which <code>b</code> is 0: in this case, the argument <co

Writes a natural number in &zeta; coding. <P>&zeta; coding (with modulo <var>k</var>) records positive numbers in the intervals [1,2<sup><var>k</var>

Returns the number of bits written to this bit stream. @return the number of bits written so far.