source: thirdparty/SZ/sz/src/TightDataPointStorageF.c @ 2c47b73

/**
 *  @file TightPointDataStorageF.c
 *  @author Sheng Di and Dingwen Tao
 *  @date Aug, 2016
 *  @brief The functions used to construct the tightPointDataStorage element for storing compressed bytes.
 *  (C) 2016 by Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS), Argonne National Laboratory.
 *      See COPYRIGHT in top-level directory.
 */

#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "TightDataPointStorageF.h"
#include "sz.h"
#include "Huffman.h"
//#include "rw.h"

void new_TightDataPointStorageF_Empty(TightDataPointStorageF **this)
{
        *this = (TightDataPointStorageF*)malloc(sizeof(TightDataPointStorageF));
        (*this)->dataSeriesLength = 0;
        (*this)->allSameData = 0;
        (*this)->exactDataNum = 0;
        (*this)->reservedValue = 0;
        (*this)->reqLength = 0;
        (*this)->radExpo = 0;

        (*this)->rtypeArray = NULL;
        (*this)->rtypeArray_size = 0;

        (*this)->typeArray = NULL; //its size is dataSeriesLength/4 (or xxx/4+1) 
        (*this)->typeArray_size = 0;

        (*this)->leadNumArray = NULL; //its size is exactDataNum/4 (or exactDataNum/4+1)
        (*this)->leadNumArray_size = 0;

        (*this)->exactMidBytes = NULL;
        (*this)->exactMidBytes_size = 0;

        (*this)->residualMidBits = NULL;
        (*this)->residualMidBits_size = 0;
        
        (*this)->intervals = 0;
        (*this)->isLossless = 0;
        
        (*this)->segment_size = 0;
        (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = NULL;
        (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes_size = 0;     
}

int new_TightDataPointStorageF_fromFlatBytes(TightDataPointStorageF **this, unsigned char* flatBytes, size_t flatBytesLength)
{
        new_TightDataPointStorageF_Empty(this);
        size_t i, index = 0;
        size_t pwrErrBoundBytes_size = 0, segmentL = 0, radExpoL = 0, pwrErrBoundBytesL = 0;
        char version[3];
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
                version[i] = flatBytes[index++]; //3
        unsigned char sameRByte = flatBytes[index++]; //1
        if(checkVersion(version)!=1)
        {
                //wrong version
                printf("Wrong version: \nCompressed-data version (%d.%d.%d)\n",version[0], version[1], version[2]);
                printf("Current sz version: (%d.%d.%d)\n", versionNumber[0], versionNumber[1], versionNumber[2]);
                printf("Please double-check if the compressed data (or file) is correct.\n");
                exit(0);
        }
        int same = sameRByte & 0x01;
        //confparams_dec->szMode = (sameRByte & 0x06)>>1;
        (*this)->isLossless = (sameRByte & 0x10)>>4;
        int isPW_REL = (sameRByte & 0x20)>>5;
        exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE = ((sameRByte & 0x40)>>6)==1?8:4;
        int errorBoundMode = ABS;
        if(isPW_REL)
        {
                errorBoundMode = PW_REL;
                segmentL = exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                pwrErrBoundBytesL = 4;
        }
        
        sz_params* params = convertBytesToSZParams(&(flatBytes[index]));
        int mode = confparams_dec->szMode;
        int predictionMode = confparams_dec->predictionMode;
        if(confparams_dec!=NULL)
                free(confparams_dec);
        confparams_dec = params;
        confparams_dec->szMode = mode;
        if(mode==SZ_TEMPORAL_COMPRESSION)
        {
                confparams_dec->szMode = SZ_TEMPORAL_COMPRESSION;
                confparams_dec->predictionMode = predictionMode;
        }
        
        index += MetaDataByteLength;
        
        unsigned char dsLengthBytes[8];
        for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                dsLengthBytes[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->dataSeriesLength = bytesToSize(dsLengthBytes);// 4 or 8        
        
        if((*this)->isLossless==1)
        {
                //(*this)->exactMidBytes = flatBytes+8;
                return errorBoundMode;
        }
        else if(same==1)
        {
                (*this)->allSameData = 1;
                size_t exactMidBytesLength = sizeof(float); //flatBytesLength - 3 - 1 - MetaDataByteLength - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                if(exactMidBytesLength>0)
                        (*this)->exactMidBytes = (unsigned char*)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*exactMidBytesLength);
                else
                        (*this)->exactMidBytes = NULL;
                for(i = 0;i<exactMidBytesLength;i++)
                        (*this)->exactMidBytes[i] = flatBytes[index++];
                return errorBoundMode;
        }
        else
                (*this)->allSameData = 0;

        int rtype_ = sameRByte & 0x08;          //=00001000
        unsigned char byteBuf[8];

        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        int max_quant_intervals = bytesToInt_bigEndian(byteBuf);// 4    

        confparams_dec->maxRangeRadius = max_quant_intervals/2;

        if(errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
        {
                (*this)->radExpo = flatBytes[index++];//1
                radExpoL = 1;
                for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                        byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
                params->segment_size = (*this)->segment_size = bytesToSize(byteBuf);// exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE 

                for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                        byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
                pwrErrBoundBytes_size = (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes_size = bytesToInt_bigEndian(byteBuf);// 4             
        }
        else
        {
                pwrErrBoundBytes_size = 0;
                (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = NULL;
        }
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->intervals = bytesToInt_bigEndian(byteBuf);// 4 

        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->medianValue = bytesToFloat(byteBuf); //4
        
        (*this)->reqLength = flatBytes[index++]; //1
        
        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->realPrecision = bytesToDouble(byteBuf);//8

        for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->typeArray_size = bytesToSize(byteBuf);// 4             
        if(rtype_!=0)
        {
                for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++) 
                        byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
                (*this)->rtypeArray_size = bytesToSize(byteBuf);//(ST)          
        }
        else
                (*this)->rtypeArray_size = 0;

        for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->exactDataNum = bytesToSize(byteBuf);// ST

        for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        (*this)->exactMidBytes_size = bytesToSize(byteBuf);// ST

        if (rtype_ != 0) {
                if((*this)->rtypeArray_size>0)
                        (*this)->rtypeArray = (unsigned char*)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*(*this)->rtypeArray_size);
                else
                        (*this)->rtypeArray = NULL;

                for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                        byteBuf[i] = flatBytes[index++];
                (*this)->reservedValue = bytesToFloat(byteBuf);//4
        }

        size_t logicLeadNumBitsNum = (*this)->exactDataNum * 2;
        if (logicLeadNumBitsNum % 8 == 0)
        {
                (*this)->leadNumArray_size = logicLeadNumBitsNum >> 3;
        }
        else
        {
                (*this)->leadNumArray_size = (logicLeadNumBitsNum >> 3) + 1;
        }

        if ((*this)->rtypeArray != NULL) 
        {
                (*this)->residualMidBits_size = flatBytesLength - 3 - 1 - MetaDataByteLength - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - 4 - radExpoL - segmentL - pwrErrBoundBytesL - 4 - 4 - 1 - 8 
                                - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - 4 - (*this)->rtypeArray_size
                                - (*this)->typeArray_size - (*this)->leadNumArray_size
                                - (*this)->exactMidBytes_size - pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
                for (i = 0; i < (*this)->rtypeArray_size; i++)
                        (*this)->rtypeArray[i] = flatBytes[index++];
        }
        else
        {
                (*this)->residualMidBits_size = flatBytesLength - 3 - 1 - MetaDataByteLength - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - 4 - radExpoL - segmentL - pwrErrBoundBytesL - 4 - 4 - 1 - 8 
                                - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE - (*this)->typeArray_size
                                - (*this)->leadNumArray_size - (*this)->exactMidBytes_size - pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
        }       

        (*this)->typeArray = &flatBytes[index]; 
        //retrieve the number of states (i.e., stateNum)
        (*this)->allNodes = bytesToInt_bigEndian((*this)->typeArray); //the first 4 bytes store the stateNum
        (*this)->stateNum = ((*this)->allNodes+1)/2;    

        index+=(*this)->typeArray_size;
        
        (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = &flatBytes[index];
        
        index+=pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
        
        (*this)->leadNumArray = &flatBytes[index];
        
        index+=(*this)->leadNumArray_size;
        
        (*this)->exactMidBytes = &flatBytes[index];
        
        index+=(*this)->exactMidBytes_size;
        
        (*this)->residualMidBits = &flatBytes[index];
        
        //index+=(*this)->residualMidBits_size;
        
        return errorBoundMode;
}

/**
 *
 * type's length == dataSeriesLength
 * exactMidBytes's length == exactMidBytes_size
 * leadNumIntArray's length == exactDataNum
 * escBytes's length == escBytes_size
 * resiBitLength's length == resiBitLengthSize
 * */
void new_TightDataPointStorageF(TightDataPointStorageF **this,
                size_t dataSeriesLength, size_t exactDataNum, 
                int* type, unsigned char* exactMidBytes, size_t exactMidBytes_size,
                unsigned char* leadNumIntArray,  //leadNumIntArray contains readable numbers....
                unsigned char* resiMidBits, size_t resiMidBits_size,
                unsigned char resiBitLength, 
                double realPrecision, float medianValue, char reqLength, unsigned int intervals, 
                unsigned char* pwrErrBoundBytes, size_t pwrErrBoundBytes_size, unsigned char radExpo) {
        
        *this = (TightDataPointStorageF *)malloc(sizeof(TightDataPointStorageF));
        (*this)->allSameData = 0;
        (*this)->realPrecision = realPrecision;
        (*this)->medianValue = medianValue;
        (*this)->reqLength = reqLength;

        (*this)->dataSeriesLength = dataSeriesLength;
        (*this)->exactDataNum = exactDataNum;

        (*this)->rtypeArray = NULL;
        (*this)->rtypeArray_size = 0;

        int stateNum = 2*intervals;
        HuffmanTree* huffmanTree = createHuffmanTree(stateNum);
        encode_withTree(huffmanTree, type, dataSeriesLength, &(*this)->typeArray, &(*this)->typeArray_size);
        SZ_ReleaseHuffman(huffmanTree);
                
        (*this)->exactMidBytes = exactMidBytes;
        (*this)->exactMidBytes_size = exactMidBytes_size;

        (*this)->leadNumArray_size = convertIntArray2ByteArray_fast_2b(leadNumIntArray, exactDataNum, &((*this)->leadNumArray));

        (*this)->residualMidBits_size = convertIntArray2ByteArray_fast_dynamic(resiMidBits, resiBitLength, exactDataNum, &((*this)->residualMidBits));
        
        (*this)->intervals = intervals;
        
        (*this)->isLossless = 0;
        
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = pwrErrBoundBytes;
        else
                (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = NULL;
                
        (*this)->radExpo = radExpo;
        
        (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes_size = pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
}

void new_TightDataPointStorageF2(TightDataPointStorageF **this,
                size_t dataSeriesLength, size_t exactDataNum, 
                int* type, unsigned char* exactMidBytes, size_t exactMidBytes_size,
                unsigned char* leadNumIntArray,  //leadNumIntArray contains readable numbers....
                unsigned char* resiMidBits, size_t resiMidBits_size,
                unsigned char* resiBitLength, size_t resiBitLengthSize, 
                double realPrecision, float medianValue, char reqLength, unsigned int intervals, 
                unsigned char* pwrErrBoundBytes, size_t pwrErrBoundBytes_size, unsigned char radExpo) {
        //int i = 0;
        *this = (TightDataPointStorageF *)malloc(sizeof(TightDataPointStorageF));
        (*this)->allSameData = 0;
        (*this)->realPrecision = realPrecision;
        (*this)->medianValue = medianValue;
        (*this)->reqLength = reqLength;

        (*this)->dataSeriesLength = dataSeriesLength;
        (*this)->exactDataNum = exactDataNum;

        (*this)->rtypeArray = NULL;
        (*this)->rtypeArray_size = 0;

        int stateNum = 2*intervals;
        HuffmanTree* huffmanTree = createHuffmanTree(stateNum);
        encode_withTree(huffmanTree, type, dataSeriesLength, &(*this)->typeArray, &(*this)->typeArray_size);
        SZ_ReleaseHuffman(huffmanTree);
        
        (*this)->exactMidBytes = exactMidBytes;
        (*this)->exactMidBytes_size = exactMidBytes_size;

        (*this)->leadNumArray_size = convertIntArray2ByteArray_fast_2b(leadNumIntArray, exactDataNum, &((*this)->leadNumArray));

        //(*this)->residualMidBits = resiMidBits;
        //(*this)->residualMidBits_size = resiMidBits_size;

        (*this)->residualMidBits_size = convertIntArray2ByteArray_fast_dynamic2(resiMidBits, resiBitLength, resiBitLengthSize, &((*this)->residualMidBits));
        
        (*this)->intervals = intervals;
        
        (*this)->isLossless = 0;
        
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = pwrErrBoundBytes;
        else
                (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes = NULL;
                
        (*this)->radExpo = radExpo;
        
        (*this)->pwrErrBoundBytes_size = pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
}

void convertTDPStoBytes_float(TightDataPointStorageF* tdps, unsigned char* bytes, unsigned char* dsLengthBytes, unsigned char sameByte)
{
        size_t i, k = 0;
        unsigned char intervalsBytes[4];
        unsigned char typeArrayLengthBytes[8];
        unsigned char exactLengthBytes[8];
        unsigned char exactMidBytesLength[8];
        unsigned char realPrecisionBytes[8];
        
        unsigned char medianValueBytes[4];
        
        unsigned char segment_sizeBytes[8];
        unsigned char pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes[4];
        unsigned char max_quant_intervals_Bytes[4];
        
        
        for(i = 0;i<3;i++)//3 bytes
                bytes[k++] = versionNumber[i];
        bytes[k++] = sameByte;  //1     byte    
        
        convertSZParamsToBytes(confparams_cpr, &(bytes[k]));
        k = k + MetaDataByteLength;
        
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST: 4 or 8 bytes
                bytes[k++] = dsLengthBytes[i];  
        intToBytes_bigEndian(max_quant_intervals_Bytes, confparams_cpr->max_quant_intervals);
        for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                bytes[k++] = max_quant_intervals_Bytes[i];              
        
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
        {
                bytes[k++] = tdps->radExpo; //1 byte                    
                
                sizeToBytes(segment_sizeBytes, confparams_cpr->segment_size);
                for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                        bytes[k++] = segment_sizeBytes[i];                              
                        
                intToBytes_bigEndian(pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes, tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size);
                for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                        bytes[k++] = pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes[i];                                     
        }
        
        intToBytes_bigEndian(intervalsBytes, tdps->intervals);
        for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                bytes[k++] = intervalsBytes[i];                 
        
        floatToBytes(medianValueBytes, tdps->medianValue);
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)// 4
                bytes[k++] = medianValueBytes[i];               

        bytes[k++] = tdps->reqLength; //1 byte

/*      if(errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                doubleToBytes(realPrecisionBytes, pw_relBoundRatio);
        else*/
        doubleToBytes(realPrecisionBytes, tdps->realPrecision);

        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)// 8
                bytes[k++] = realPrecisionBytes[i];                     

        sizeToBytes(typeArrayLengthBytes, tdps->typeArray_size);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = typeArrayLengthBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(exactLengthBytes, tdps->exactDataNum);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = exactLengthBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(exactMidBytesLength, tdps->exactMidBytes_size);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = exactMidBytesLength[i];

        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->typeArray, tdps->typeArray_size);
        k += tdps->typeArray_size;
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
        {
                memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes, tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size);
                k += tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
        }

        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->leadNumArray, tdps->leadNumArray_size);
        k += tdps->leadNumArray_size;
        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->exactMidBytes, tdps->exactMidBytes_size);
        k += tdps->exactMidBytes_size;

        if(tdps->residualMidBits!=NULL)
        {
                memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->residualMidBits, tdps->residualMidBits_size);
                k += tdps->residualMidBits_size;
        }       
}

void convertTDPStoBytes_float_reserve(TightDataPointStorageF* tdps, unsigned char* bytes, unsigned char* dsLengthBytes, unsigned char sameByte)
{
        size_t i, k = 0;
        unsigned char intervalsBytes[4];
        unsigned char typeArrayLengthBytes[8];
        unsigned char rTypeLengthBytes[8];
        unsigned char exactLengthBytes[8];
        unsigned char exactMidBytesLength[8];
        unsigned char realPrecisionBytes[8];
        unsigned char reservedValueBytes[4];
        
        unsigned char medianValueBytes[4];
        
        unsigned char segment_sizeBytes[8];
        unsigned char pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes[4];
        unsigned char max_quant_intervals_Bytes[4];     
        
        for(i = 0;i<3;i++)//3
                bytes[k++] = versionNumber[i];          
        bytes[k++] = sameByte;                  //1

        convertSZParamsToBytes(confparams_cpr, &(bytes[k]));
        k = k + MetaDataByteLength;
        
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = dsLengthBytes[i];          


        intToBytes_bigEndian(max_quant_intervals_Bytes, confparams_cpr->max_quant_intervals);
        for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                bytes[k++] = max_quant_intervals_Bytes[i];

        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
        {
                bytes[k++] = tdps->radExpo; //1 byte                    
                
                sizeToBytes(segment_sizeBytes, confparams_cpr->segment_size);
                for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                        bytes[k++] = segment_sizeBytes[i];                              
                        
                intToBytes_bigEndian(pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes, tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size);
                for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                        bytes[k++] = pwrErrBoundBytes_sizeBytes[i];                                     
        }
        
        intToBytes_bigEndian(intervalsBytes, tdps->intervals);
        for(i = 0;i<4;i++)//4
                bytes[k++] = intervalsBytes[i]; 

        floatToBytes(medianValueBytes, tdps->medianValue);
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)// 4
                bytes[k++] = medianValueBytes[i];               

        bytes[k++] = tdps->reqLength; //1 byte

        floatToBytes(realPrecisionBytes, tdps->realPrecision);
        for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)// 8
                bytes[k++] = realPrecisionBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(typeArrayLengthBytes, tdps->typeArray_size);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = typeArrayLengthBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(rTypeLengthBytes, tdps->rtypeArray_size);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = rTypeLengthBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(exactLengthBytes, tdps->exactDataNum);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = exactLengthBytes[i];

        sizeToBytes(exactMidBytesLength, tdps->exactMidBytes_size);
        for(i = 0;i<exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;i++)//ST
                bytes[k++] = exactMidBytesLength[i];

        floatToBytes(reservedValueBytes, tdps->reservedValue);
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)// 4
                bytes[k++] = reservedValueBytes[i];

        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->rtypeArray, tdps->rtypeArray_size);
        k += tdps->rtypeArray_size;
        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->typeArray, tdps->typeArray_size);
        k += tdps->typeArray_size;
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
        {
                memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes, tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size);
                k += tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;
        }
        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->leadNumArray, tdps->leadNumArray_size);
        k += tdps->leadNumArray_size;
        memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->exactMidBytes, tdps->exactMidBytes_size);
        k += tdps->exactMidBytes_size;
        if(tdps->residualMidBits!=NULL)
        {
                memcpy(&(bytes[k]), tdps->residualMidBits, tdps->residualMidBits_size);
                k += tdps->residualMidBits_size;
        }       
}

//convert TightDataPointStorageD to bytes...
void convertTDPStoFlatBytes_float(TightDataPointStorageF *tdps, unsigned char** bytes, size_t *size)
{
        size_t i, k = 0; 
        unsigned char dsLengthBytes[8];
        
        if(exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE==4)
                intToBytes_bigEndian(dsLengthBytes, tdps->dataSeriesLength);//4
        else
                longToBytes_bigEndian(dsLengthBytes, tdps->dataSeriesLength);//8
                
        unsigned char sameByte = tdps->allSameData==1?(unsigned char)1:(unsigned char)0;
        sameByte = sameByte | (confparams_cpr->szMode << 1);
        if(tdps->isLossless)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x10);
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x20); // 00100000, the 5th bit
        if(exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE==8)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x40); // 01000000, the 6th bit

        if(tdps->allSameData==1)
        {
                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + tdps->exactMidBytes_size;
                *bytes = (unsigned char *)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*totalByteLength);

                for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)//3
                        (*bytes)[k++] = versionNumber[i];
                (*bytes)[k++] = sameByte;
                
                convertSZParamsToBytes(confparams_cpr, &((*bytes)[k]));
                k = k + MetaDataByteLength;
                                
                for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                        (*bytes)[k++] = dsLengthBytes[i];
                
                for (i = 0; i < tdps->exactMidBytes_size; i++)
                        (*bytes)[k++] = tdps->exactMidBytes[i];

                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
        else if (tdps->rtypeArray == NULL)
        {
                size_t residualMidBitsLength = tdps->residualMidBits == NULL ? 0 : tdps->residualMidBits_size;
                size_t segmentL = 0, radExpoL = 0, pwrBoundArrayL = 0;
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                {                       
                        segmentL = exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                        radExpoL = 1;
                        pwrBoundArrayL = 4;
                }

                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + radExpoL + segmentL + pwrBoundArrayL + 4 + 4 + 1 + 8 
                                + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE  
                                + tdps->typeArray_size + tdps->leadNumArray_size 
                                + tdps->exactMidBytes_size + residualMidBitsLength + tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;

                *bytes = (unsigned char *)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*totalByteLength);

                convertTDPStoBytes_float(tdps, *bytes, dsLengthBytes, sameByte);
                
                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
        else //the case with reserved value
        {
                size_t residualMidBitsLength = tdps->residualMidBits == NULL ? 0 : tdps->residualMidBits_size;          
                size_t segmentL = 0, radExpoL = 0, pwrBoundArrayL = 0;
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                {
                        segmentL = exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                        radExpoL = 1;
                        pwrBoundArrayL = 4;
                }

                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + radExpoL + segmentL + pwrBoundArrayL + 4 + 4 + 1 + 8 
                                + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + tdps->rtypeArray_size
                                + tdps->typeArray_size + tdps->leadNumArray_size
                                + tdps->exactMidBytes_size + residualMidBitsLength + tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;

                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x08); // 00001000, the 4th bit
                // denotes whether it is
                // with "reserved value"
                
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                        sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x10); // 00001000, the 5th bit

                *bytes = (unsigned char*)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*totalByteLength);

                convertTDPStoBytes_float_reserve(tdps, *bytes, dsLengthBytes, sameByte);
                
                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
}

void convertTDPStoFlatBytes_float_args(TightDataPointStorageF *tdps, unsigned char* bytes, size_t *size)
{
        size_t i, k = 0; 
        unsigned char dsLengthBytes[8];
        
        if(exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE==4)
                intToBytes_bigEndian(dsLengthBytes, tdps->dataSeriesLength);//4
        else
                longToBytes_bigEndian(dsLengthBytes, tdps->dataSeriesLength);//8
                
        unsigned char sameByte = tdps->allSameData==1?(unsigned char)1:(unsigned char)0;
        sameByte = sameByte | (confparams_cpr->szMode << 1);
        if(tdps->isLossless)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x10);
        if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x20); // 00100000, the 5th bit
        if(exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE==8)
                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x40); // 01000000, the 6th bit
                
        if(tdps->allSameData==1)
        {
                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + tdps->exactMidBytes_size;
                //*bytes = (unsigned char *)malloc(sizeof(unsigned char)*totalByteLength);

                for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)//3
                        bytes[k++] = versionNumber[i];
                bytes[k++] = sameByte;

                convertSZParamsToBytes(confparams_cpr, &(bytes[k]));
                k = k + MetaDataByteLength;

                for (i = 0; i < exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE; i++)
                        bytes[k++] = dsLengthBytes[i];          
                for (i = 0; i < tdps->exactMidBytes_size; i++)
                        bytes[k++] = tdps->exactMidBytes[i];

                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
        else if (tdps->rtypeArray == NULL)
        {
                size_t residualMidBitsLength = tdps->residualMidBits == NULL ? 0 : tdps->residualMidBits_size;
                size_t segmentL = 0, radExpoL = 0, pwrBoundArrayL = 0;
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                {                       
                        segmentL = exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                        radExpoL = 1;
                        pwrBoundArrayL = 4;
                }

                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + radExpoL + segmentL + pwrBoundArrayL + 4 + 4 + 1 + 8 
                                + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE  
                                + tdps->typeArray_size + tdps->leadNumArray_size 
                                + tdps->exactMidBytes_size + residualMidBitsLength + tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;

                convertTDPStoBytes_float(tdps, bytes, dsLengthBytes, sameByte);
                
                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
        else //the case with reserved value
        {
                size_t residualMidBitsLength = tdps->residualMidBits == NULL ? 0 : tdps->residualMidBits_size;
                size_t segmentL = 0, radExpoL = 0, pwrBoundArrayL = 0;
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                {
                        segmentL = exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE;
                        radExpoL = 1;
                        pwrBoundArrayL = 4;
                }

                size_t totalByteLength = 3 + 1 + MetaDataByteLength + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + radExpoL + segmentL + pwrBoundArrayL + 4 + 4 + 1 + 8 
                                + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + exe_params->SZ_SIZE_TYPE + 4 + tdps->rtypeArray_size
                                + tdps->typeArray_size + tdps->leadNumArray_size
                                + tdps->exactMidBytes_size + residualMidBitsLength + tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes_size;

                sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x08); // 00001000, the 4th bit
                // denotes whether it is
                // with "reserved value"
                
                if(confparams_cpr->errorBoundMode>=PW_REL)
                        sameByte = (unsigned char) (sameByte | 0x10); // 00001000, the 5th bit

                convertTDPStoBytes_float_reserve(tdps, bytes, dsLengthBytes, sameByte);
                
                *size = totalByteLength;
        }
}

/**
 * to free the memory used in the compression
 * */
void free_TightDataPointStorageF(TightDataPointStorageF *tdps)
{                       
        if(tdps->rtypeArray!=NULL)
                free(tdps->rtypeArray);
        if(tdps->typeArray!=NULL)
                free(tdps->typeArray);
        if(tdps->leadNumArray!=NULL)
                free(tdps->leadNumArray);
        if(tdps->exactMidBytes!=NULL)
                free(tdps->exactMidBytes);
        if(tdps->residualMidBits!=NULL)
                free(tdps->residualMidBits);
        if(tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes!=NULL)
                free(tdps->pwrErrBoundBytes);
        free(tdps);
}

/**
 * to free the memory used in the decompression
 * */
void free_TightDataPointStorageF2(TightDataPointStorageF *tdps)
{                       
        free(tdps);
}