class BinData::IO::Write

See IO::Read for more information.
The IO can handle bitstreams in either big or little endian format.
object.
If io is a string it will be automatically wrapped in an StringIO
Create a new IO Write wrapper around io. io must provide #write.

def flushbits

To be called after all +writebits+ have been applied. 
def flushbits
  raise "Internal state error nbits = #{@wnbits}" if @wnbits >= 8
  if @wnbits > 0
    writebits(0, 8 - @wnbits, @wendian)
  end
end

def initialize(io) 

def initialize(io)
  if self.class === io
    raise ArgumentError, "io must not be a #{self.class}"
  end
  # wrap strings in a StringIO
  if io.respond_to?(:to_str)
    io = BinData::IO.create_string_io(io.to_str)
  end
  @io = RawIO.new(io)
  @wnbits  = 0
  @wval    = 0
  @wendian = nil
end

def mask(nbits) 

def mask(nbits)
  (1 << nbits) - 1
end

def seek_to_abs_offset(n)

Seek to an absolute offset within the io stream. 
def seek_to_abs_offset(n)
  raise IOError, "stream is unseekable" unless @io.seekable?
  flushbits
  @io.seek_abs(n)
end

def transform(io)

yields +self+ and +io+ to the given block

+io+ must be an instance of +Transform+.

See +BinData::Buffer+ as an example.
Allow transforming data in the output stream. 
def transform(io)
  flushbits
  saved = @io
  @io = io.prepend_to_chain(@io)
  yield(self, io)
  io.after_write_transform
ensure
  @io = saved
end

def write(data) 

def write(data)
  @io.write(data)
end

def write_big_endian_bits(val, nbits) 

def write_big_endian_bits(val, nbits)
  while nbits > 0
    bits_req = 8 - @wnbits
    if nbits >= bits_req
      msb_bits = (val >> (nbits - bits_req)) & mask(bits_req)
      nbits -= bits_req
      val &= mask(nbits)
      @wval   = (@wval << bits_req) | msb_bits
      write(@wval.chr)
      @wval   = 0
      @wnbits = 0
    else
      @wval = (@wval << nbits) | val
      @wnbits += nbits
      nbits = 0
    end
  end
end

def write_little_endian_bits(val, nbits) 

def write_little_endian_bits(val, nbits)
  while nbits > 0
    bits_req = 8 - @wnbits
    if nbits >= bits_req
      lsb_bits = val & mask(bits_req)
      nbits -= bits_req
      val >>= bits_req
      @wval   = @wval | (lsb_bits << @wnbits)
      write(@wval.chr)
      @wval   = 0
      @wnbits = 0
    else
      @wval   = @wval | (val << @wnbits)
      @wnbits += nbits
      nbits = 0
    end
  end
end

def writebits(val, nbits, endian)

the bits are to be stored in +:big+ or +:little+ endian format.
Writes +nbits+ bits from +val+ to the stream. +endian+ specifies whether 
def writebits(val, nbits, endian)
  if @wendian != endian
    # don't mix bits of differing endian
    flushbits
    @wendian = endian
  end
  clamped_val = val & mask(nbits)
  if endian == :big
    write_big_endian_bits(clamped_val, nbits)
  else
    write_little_endian_bits(clamped_val, nbits)
  end
end

def writebytes(str)

Writes the given string of bytes to the io stream. 
def writebytes(str)
  flushbits
  write(str)
end