de.jarnbjo.util.io
Class HuffmanNode

java.lang.Object
  de.jarnbjo.util.io.HuffmanNode

public final class HuffmanNode

extends java.lang.Object

Representation of a node in a Huffman tree, used to read Huffman compressed codewords from e.g. a Vorbis stream.

Constructor Summary

HuffmanNode()
creates a new Huffman tree root node

Method Summary

boolean

setNewValue(int depth, int value) creates a new tree node at the first free location at the given depth, and assigns the value to it

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HuffmanNode

public HuffmanNode()

creates a new Huffman tree root node

Method Detail

setNewValue

public boolean setNewValue(int depth,
                           int value)

creates a new tree node at the first free location at the given depth, and assigns the value to it

Parameters:

depth - the tree depth of the new node (codeword length in bits)

value - the node's new value