//
// ByteVector.cs: represents and performs operations on variable length list of
// bytes.
//
// Author:
//   Brian Nickel (brian.nickel@gmail.com)
//   Aaron Bockover (abockover@novell.com)
//
// Original Source:
//   tbytevector.cpp from TagLib
//
// Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Brian Nickel
// Copyright (C) 2006 Novell, Inc.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Scott Wheeler (Original Implementation)
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version
// 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
// USA
//

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace CommonTools.TagLib {
	/// <summary>
	///    Specifies the text encoding used when converting between a <see
	///    cref="string" /> and a <see cref="ByteVector" />.
	/// </summary>
	/// <remarks>
	///    This enumeration is used by <see
	///    cref="ByteVector.FromString(string,StringType)" /> and <see
	///    cref="ByteVector.ToString(StringType)" />.
	/// </remarks>
	public enum StringType {
		/// <summary>
		///    The string is to be Latin-1 encoded.
		/// </summary>
		Latin1 = 0,
		
		/// <summary>
		///    The string is to be UTF-16 encoded.
		/// </summary>
		UTF16 = 1,
		
		/// <summary>
		///    The string is to be UTF-16BE encoded.
		/// </summary>
		UTF16BE = 2,
		
		/// <summary>
		///    The string is to be UTF-8 encoded.
		/// </summary>
		UTF8 = 3,
		
		/// <summary>
		///    The string is to be UTF-16LE encoded.
		/// </summary>
		UTF16LE = 4
	}
	
	/// <summary>
	///    This class represents and performs operations on variable length
	///    list of <see cref="byte" /> elements.
	/// </summary>
	public class ByteVector : IList<byte>, IComparable<ByteVector>
	{
#region Private Static Fields
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Contains values to use in CRC calculation.
		/// </summary>
		private static uint [] crc_table = new uint[256] {
			0x00000000, 0x04c11db7, 0x09823b6e, 0x0d4326d9,
			0x130476dc, 0x17c56b6b, 0x1a864db2, 0x1e475005,
			0x2608edb8, 0x22c9f00f, 0x2f8ad6d6, 0x2b4bcb61,
			0x350c9b64, 0x31cd86d3, 0x3c8ea00a, 0x384fbdbd,
			0x4c11db70, 0x48d0c6c7, 0x4593e01e, 0x4152fda9,
			0x5f15adac, 0x5bd4b01b, 0x569796c2, 0x52568b75,
			0x6a1936c8, 0x6ed82b7f, 0x639b0da6, 0x675a1011,
			0x791d4014, 0x7ddc5da3, 0x709f7b7a, 0x745e66cd,
			0x9823b6e0, 0x9ce2ab57, 0x91a18d8e, 0x95609039,
			0x8b27c03c, 0x8fe6dd8b, 0x82a5fb52, 0x8664e6e5,
			0xbe2b5b58, 0xbaea46ef, 0xb7a96036, 0xb3687d81,
			0xad2f2d84, 0xa9ee3033, 0xa4ad16ea, 0xa06c0b5d,
			0xd4326d90, 0xd0f37027, 0xddb056fe, 0xd9714b49,
			0xc7361b4c, 0xc3f706fb, 0xceb42022, 0xca753d95,
			0xf23a8028, 0xf6fb9d9f, 0xfbb8bb46, 0xff79a6f1,
			0xe13ef6f4, 0xe5ffeb43, 0xe8bccd9a, 0xec7dd02d,
			0x34867077, 0x30476dc0, 0x3d044b19, 0x39c556ae,
			0x278206ab, 0x23431b1c, 0x2e003dc5, 0x2ac12072,
			0x128e9dcf, 0x164f8078, 0x1b0ca6a1, 0x1fcdbb16,
			0x018aeb13, 0x054bf6a4, 0x0808d07d, 0x0cc9cdca,
			0x7897ab07, 0x7c56b6b0, 0x71159069, 0x75d48dde,
			0x6b93dddb, 0x6f52c06c, 0x6211e6b5, 0x66d0fb02,
			0x5e9f46bf, 0x5a5e5b08,	0x571d7dd1, 0x53dc6066,
			0x4d9b3063, 0x495a2dd4, 0x44190b0d, 0x40d816ba,
			0xaca5c697, 0xa864db20, 0xa527fdf9, 0xa1e6e04e,
			0xbfa1b04b, 0xbb60adfc, 0xb6238b25, 0xb2e29692,
			0x8aad2b2f, 0x8e6c3698, 0x832f1041, 0x87ee0df6,
			0x99a95df3, 0x9d684044, 0x902b669d, 0x94ea7b2a,
			0xe0b41de7, 0xe4750050, 0xe9362689, 0xedf73b3e,
			0xf3b06b3b, 0xf771768c, 0xfa325055, 0xfef34de2,
			0xc6bcf05f, 0xc27dede8, 0xcf3ecb31, 0xcbffd686,
			0xd5b88683, 0xd1799b34, 0xdc3abded, 0xd8fba05a,
			0x690ce0ee, 0x6dcdfd59, 0x608edb80, 0x644fc637,
			0x7a089632, 0x7ec98b85, 0x738aad5c, 0x774bb0eb,
			0x4f040d56, 0x4bc510e1, 0x46863638, 0x42472b8f,
			0x5c007b8a, 0x58c1663d, 0x558240e4, 0x51435d53,
			0x251d3b9e, 0x21dc2629, 0x2c9f00f0, 0x285e1d47,
			0x36194d42, 0x32d850f5, 0x3f9b762c, 0x3b5a6b9b,
			0x0315d626, 0x07d4cb91, 0x0a97ed48, 0x0e56f0ff,
			0x1011a0fa, 0x14d0bd4d, 0x19939b94, 0x1d528623,
			0xf12f560e, 0xf5ee4bb9, 0xf8ad6d60, 0xfc6c70d7,
			0xe22b20d2, 0xe6ea3d65, 0xeba91bbc, 0xef68060b,
			0xd727bbb6, 0xd3e6a601, 0xdea580d8, 0xda649d6f,
			0xc423cd6a, 0xc0e2d0dd, 0xcda1f604, 0xc960ebb3,
			0xbd3e8d7e, 0xb9ff90c9, 0xb4bcb610, 0xb07daba7,
			0xae3afba2, 0xaafbe615, 0xa7b8c0cc, 0xa379dd7b,
			0x9b3660c6, 0x9ff77d71, 0x92b45ba8, 0x9675461f,
			0x8832161a, 0x8cf30bad, 0x81b02d74, 0x857130c3,
			0x5d8a9099, 0x594b8d2e, 0x5408abf7, 0x50c9b640,
			0x4e8ee645, 0x4a4ffbf2, 0x470cdd2b, 0x43cdc09c,
			0x7b827d21, 0x7f436096, 0x7200464f, 0x76c15bf8,
			0x68860bfd, 0x6c47164a, 0x61043093, 0x65c52d24,
			0x119b4be9, 0x155a565e, 0x18197087, 0x1cd86d30,
			0x029f3d35, 0x065e2082, 0x0b1d065b, 0x0fdc1bec,
			0x3793a651, 0x3352bbe6, 0x3e119d3f, 0x3ad08088,
			0x2497d08d, 0x2056cd3a, 0x2d15ebe3, 0x29d4f654,
			0xc5a92679, 0xc1683bce, 0xcc2b1d17, 0xc8ea00a0,
			0xd6ad50a5, 0xd26c4d12, 0xdf2f6bcb, 0xdbee767c,
			0xe3a1cbc1, 0xe760d676, 0xea23f0af, 0xeee2ed18,
			0xf0a5bd1d, 0xf464a0aa, 0xf9278673, 0xfde69bc4,
			0x89b8fd09, 0x8d79e0be, 0x803ac667, 0x84fbdbd0,
			0x9abc8bd5, 0x9e7d9662, 0x933eb0bb, 0x97ffad0c,
			0xafb010b1, 0xab710d06, 0xa6322bdf, 0xa2f33668,
			0xbcb4666d, 0xb8757bda, 0xb5365d03, 0xb1f740b4
		};
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Specifies whether or not to use a broken Latin-1
		///    behavior.
		/// </summary>
		private static bool use_broken_latin1 = false;
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Contains a one byte text delimiter.
		/// </summary>
		private static readonly ReadOnlyByteVector td1 =
			new ReadOnlyByteVector ((int)1);
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Contains a two byte text delimiter.
		/// </summary>
		private static readonly ReadOnlyByteVector td2 =
			new ReadOnlyByteVector ((int)2);
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Contains the last generic UTF-16 encoding read.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		///    When reading a collection of UTF-16 strings, sometimes
		///    only the first one will contain the BOM. In that case,
		///    this field will inform the file what encoding to use for
		///    the second string.
		/// </remarks>
		private static System.Text.Encoding last_utf16_encoding =
			System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Private Fields
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Contains the internal byte list.
		/// </summary>
		private List<byte> data = new List<byte>();
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Constructors
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> with a length of zero.
		/// </summary>
		public ByteVector ()
		{
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> by copying the values from another
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="vector">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector" /> object containing the bytes
		///    to be stored in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		public ByteVector (ByteVector vector)
		{
			if (vector != null)
				this.data.AddRange (vector);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> by copying the values from a
		///    specified <see cref="byte[]" />.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]" /> containing the bytes to be stored
		///    in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		public ByteVector (params byte [] data)
		{
			if (data != null)
				this.data.AddRange (data);
		}
		
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> by copying a specified number of
		///    values from a specified <see cref="byte[]" />.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]" /> containing the bytes to be stored
		///    in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="length">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the number of bytes
		///    to be copied to the new instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="length" /> is less than zero or greater
		///    than the length of the data.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector (byte [] data, int length)
		{
			if (length > data.Length)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ("length",
					"Length exceeds size of data.");
			
			if (length < 0)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ("length",
					"Length is less than zero.");
			
			if (length == data.Length) {
				this.data.AddRange (data);
			} else {
				byte [] array = new byte[length];
				System.Array.Copy (data, 0, array, 0, length);
				this.data.AddRange (array);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> of specified size containing bytes
		///    with a zeroed value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="size">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the number of bytes
		///    to be stored in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <remarks>
		///    Each element of the new instance will have a value of
		///    <c>0x00</c>. <see cref="ByteVector(int,byte)" /> to fill
		///    a new instance with a specified value.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="size" /> is less than zero.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector (int size) : this (size, 0)
		{
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Constructs and initializes a new instance of <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> of specified size containing bytes
		///    of a specified value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="size">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the number of bytes
		///    to be stored in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="byte" /> value specifying the value to be
		///    stored in the new instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="size" /> is less than zero.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector (int size, byte value)
		{
			if (size < 0)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ("size",
					"Size is less than zero.");
			
			if(size == 0)
				return;
			
			byte [] data = new byte [size];
			
			for (int i = 0; i < size; i ++)
				data[i] = value;
			
			this.data.AddRange (data);
		}
		
		#endregion
		
		
		
		#region Public Properties
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the data stored in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    A <see cref="byte[]" /> containing the data stored in the
		///    current instance.
		/// </value>
		public byte [] Data {
			get {return this.data.ToArray();}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets whether or not the current instance is empty.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    A <see cref="bool" /> value indicating whether or not the
		///    current instance is empty.
		/// </value>
		public bool IsEmpty {
			get {return this.data.Count == 0;}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the CRC-32 checksum of the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value containing the CRC-32 checksum
		///    of the current instance.
		/// </value>
		public uint Checksum {
			get {
				uint sum = 0;
				
				foreach(byte b in this.data)
					sum = (sum << 8) ^ crc_table
						[((sum >> 24) & 0xFF) ^ b];
				
				return sum;
			}
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Public Static Properties
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets and sets whether or not to use a broken behavior for
		///    Latin-1 strings, common to ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the broken behavior is to be
		///    used. Otherwise, <see langword="false" />.
		/// </value>
		/// <remarks>
		///    <para>Many media players and taggers incorrectly treat
		///    Latin-1 fields as "default encoding" fields. As such, a
		///    tag may end up with Windows-1250 encoded text. While this
		///    problem would be apparent when moving a file from one
		///    computer to another, it would not be apparent on the
		///    original machine. By setting this property to <see
		///    langword="true" />, your program will behave like Windows
		///    Media Player and others, who read tags with this broken
		///    behavior.</para>
		///    <para>Please note that TagLib# stores tag data in Unicode
		///    formats at every possible instance to avoid these
		///    problems in tags it has written.</para>
		/// </remarks>
		public static bool UseBrokenLatin1Behavior {
			get {return use_broken_latin1;}
			set {use_broken_latin1 = value;}
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Public Methods
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    containing a specified range of elements from the current
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="startIndex">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the index at which
		///    to start copying elements from the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="length">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the number of
		///    elements to copy from the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="startIndex" /> is less than zero or
		///    greater than or equal to <see cref="Count" />. OR
		///    <paramref name="length" /> is less than zero or greater
		///    than the amount of available data.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector Mid (int startIndex, int length)
		{
			if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex > Count)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (
					"startIndex");
			
			if (length < 0 || startIndex + length > Count)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (
					"length");
			
			if (length == 0)
				return new ByteVector ();
				
			if(startIndex + length > this.data.Count)
				length = this.data.Count - startIndex;
			
			byte [] data = new byte [length];
			
			this.data.CopyTo (startIndex, data, 0, length);
			
			return data;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    containing elements from the current instance starting
		///    from a specified point.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the index at which
		///    to start copying elements from the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="ndex" /> is less than zero or greater
		///    than or equal to <see cref="Count" />.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector Mid (int index)
		{
			return Mid(index, Count - index);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the first byte-aligned occurance of a pattern in
		///    the current instance, starting at a specified position.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start searching.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="byteAlign">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the byte alignment
		///    of the pattern to search for, relative to <paramref
		///    name="offset" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found. The
		///    difference between the position and <paramref
		///    name="offset" /> will be divisible by <paramref
		///    name="byteAlign" />.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero or
		///    <paramref name="byteAlign" /> is less than 1.
		/// </exception>
		public int Find (ByteVector pattern, int offset, int byteAlign)
		{
			if (pattern == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("pattern");
			
			if (offset < 0)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (
					"offset", "offset must be at least 0.");
			
			if (byteAlign < 1)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (
					"byteAlign",
					"byteAlign must be at least 1.");
			
			if (pattern.Count > Count - offset)
				return -1;
			
			// Let's go ahead and special case a pattern of size one
			// since that's common and easy to make fast.
			
			if (pattern.Count == 1) {
				byte p = pattern [0];
				for (int i = offset; i < this.data.Count;
					i += byteAlign)
					if (this.data [i] == p)
						return i;
				return -1;
			}
			
			int [] last_occurrence = new int [256];
			for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
				last_occurrence [i] = pattern.Count;
			
			for (int i = 0; i < pattern.Count - 1; ++i)
				last_occurrence [pattern [i]] =
					pattern.Count - i - 1;
			
			for (int i = pattern.Count - 1 + offset;
				i < this.data.Count;
				i += last_occurrence [this.data [i]]) {
				int iBuffer = i;
				int iPattern = pattern.Count - 1;
				
				while(iPattern >= 0 && this.data [iBuffer] ==
					pattern [iPattern]) {
					--iBuffer;
					--iPattern;
				}
				
				if (-1 == iPattern && (iBuffer + 1 - offset) %
					byteAlign == 0)
					return iBuffer + 1;
			}
			
			return -1;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the first occurance of a pattern in the current
		///    instance, starting at a specified position.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start searching.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero.
		/// </exception>
		public int Find(ByteVector pattern, int offset)
		{
			return Find(pattern, offset, 1);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the first occurance of a pattern in the current
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public int Find(ByteVector pattern)
		{
			return Find(pattern, 0, 1);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the last byte-aligned occurance of a pattern in
		///    the current instance, starting before a specified
		///    position.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start searching.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="byteAlign">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the byte alignment
		///    of the pattern to search for, relative to <paramref
		///    name="offset" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found. The
		///    difference between the position and <paramref
		///    name="offset" /> will be divisible by <paramref
		///    name="byteAlign" />.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero.
		/// </exception>
		public int RFind (ByteVector pattern, int offset, int byteAlign)
		{
			if (pattern == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("pattern");
			
			if (offset < 0)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException (
					"offset");
			
			if (pattern.Count == 0 || pattern.Count > Count - offset)
				return -1;
			
			// Let's go ahead and special case a pattern of size one
			// since that's common and easy to make fast.
			
			if (pattern.Count == 1) {
				byte p = pattern [0];
				for (int i = Count - offset - 1; i >= 0;
					i -= byteAlign)
					if (this.data [i] == p)
						return i;
				return -1;
			}
			
			int [] first_occurrence = new int [256];
			
			for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
				first_occurrence [i] = pattern.Count;
			
			for (int i = pattern.Count - 1; i > 0; --i)
				first_occurrence [pattern [i]] = i;
			
			for (int i = Count - offset - pattern.Count; i >= 0;
				i -= first_occurrence [this.data [i]])
				if ((offset - i) % byteAlign == 0 &&
					ContainsAt (pattern, i))
					return i;
			
			return -1;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the last occurance of a pattern in the current
		///    instance, starting before a specified position.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start searching.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero.
		/// </exception>
		public int RFind(ByteVector pattern, int offset)
		{
			return RFind (pattern, offset, 1);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Finds the last occurance of a pattern in the current
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the index at which
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> was found in the current
		///    instance, or -1 if the pattern was not found.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public int RFind(ByteVector pattern)
		{
			return RFind(pattern, 0, 1);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not a pattern appears at a specified
		///    position in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to check for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the offset in the
		///    current instance at which to check for the pattern.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="patternOffset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the position in
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> at which to start checking.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="patternLength">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the number of bytes
		///    in <paramref name="pattern" /> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true"/> if the pattern was found at the
		///    specified position. Otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public bool ContainsAt (ByteVector pattern, int offset, 
		                        int patternOffset, int patternLength)
		{
			if (pattern == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("pattern");
			
			if(pattern.Count < patternLength) {
				patternLength = pattern.Count;
			}
			
			// do some sanity checking -- all of these things are 
			// needed for the search to be valid
			if (patternLength > this.data.Count ||
				offset >= this.data.Count ||
				patternOffset >= pattern.Count ||
				patternLength <= 0 || offset < 0)
				return false;
			
			// loop through looking for a mismatch
			for (int i = 0; i < patternLength - patternOffset; i++)
				if (this.data[i + offset] !=
					pattern [i + patternOffset])
					return false;
			
			return true;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not a pattern appears at a specified
		///    position in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to check for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the offset in the
		///    current instance at which to check for the pattern.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="patternOffset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the position in
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> at which to start checking.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true"/> if the pattern was found at the
		///    specified position. Otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public bool ContainsAt (ByteVector pattern, int offset,
		                        int patternOffset)
		{
			return ContainsAt (pattern, offset, patternOffset,
				int.MaxValue);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not a pattern appears at a specified
		///    position in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to check for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the offset in the
		///    current instance at which to check for the pattern.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true"/> if the pattern was found at the
		///    specified position. Otherwise, <see langword="false"/>.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public bool ContainsAt (ByteVector pattern, int offset)
		{
			return ContainsAt (pattern, offset, 0);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not a pattern appears at the beginning
		///    of the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to check for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true"/> if the pattern was found at the
		///    beginning of the current instance. Otherwise, <see
		///    langword="false"/>.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public bool StartsWith (ByteVector pattern)
		{
			return ContainsAt (pattern, 0);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not a pattern appears at the end of the
		///    current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to check for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true"/> if the pattern was found at the
		///    end of the current instance. Otherwise, <see
		///    langword="false"/>.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="pattern" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public bool EndsWith (ByteVector pattern)
		{
			if (pattern == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("pattern");
			
			return ContainsAt (pattern,
				this.data.Count - pattern.Count);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Checks whether or not the current instance ends with part
		///    of a pattern.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="pattern">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the pattern
		///    to search for in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value containing the index at which
		///    a partial match was located, or -1 if no match was found.
		/// </returns>
		/// <remarks>
		///    <para>This function is useful for checking for patterns
		///    across multiple buffers.</para>
		/// </remarks>
		public int EndsWithPartialMatch (ByteVector pattern)
		{
			if (pattern == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("pattern");
			
			if(pattern.Count > this.data.Count) {
				return -1;
			}
			
			int start_index = this.data.Count - pattern.Count;
			
			// try to match the last n-1 bytes from the vector
			// (where n is the pattern size) -- continue trying to
			// match n-2, n-3...1 bytes
			
			for(int i = 1; i < pattern.Count; i++) {
				if (ContainsAt (pattern, start_index + i, 0,
					pattern.Count - i)) {
					return start_index + i;
				}
			}
			
			return -1;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Adds the contents of another <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    object to the end of the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing data to add
		///    to the end of the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Add (ByteVector data)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			if(data != null) {
				this.data.AddRange(data);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Adds the contents of an array to the end of the current
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]"/> containing data to add to the end
		///    of the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Add (byte [] data)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			if(data != null)
				this.data.AddRange(data);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Inserts the contents of another <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    object into the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index at which
		///    to insert the data.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing data to
		///    insert into the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Insert (int index, ByteVector data)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			if (data != null)
				this.data.InsertRange (index, data);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Inserts the contents of an array to insert into the
		///    current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the index at which
		///    to insert the data.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="data">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]"/> containing data to insert into the
		///    current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Insert (int index, byte [] data)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			if (data != null)
				this.data.InsertRange (index, data);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Resizes the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="size">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the new size of the
		///    current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="padding">
		///    A <see cref="byte"/> object containing the padding byte
		///    to use if the current instance is growing.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    The current instance.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public ByteVector Resize (int size, byte padding)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			if (this.data.Count > size)
				this.data.RemoveRange (size,
					this.data.Count - size);
			
			while (this.data.Count < size)
				this.data.Add (padding);
			
			return this;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Resizes the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="size">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the new size of the
		///    current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    The current instance.
		/// </returns>
		/// <remarks>
		///    If the current instance grows, the added bytes are filled
		///    with '0'. Use <see cref="Resize(int,byte)" /> to specify
		///    the padding byte.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		/// <seealso cref="Resize(int,byte)" />
		public ByteVector Resize (int size)
		{
			return Resize (size, 0);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Removes a range of data from the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the index at which
		///    to start removing data.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="count">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the number of bytes
		///    to remove.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void RemoveRange (int index, int count)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			this.data.RemoveRange (index, count);
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Conversions
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="int" /> value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
		///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
		///    first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the value read from
		///    the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public int ToInt (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			int ret = 0;
			int last = Count > 4 ? 3 : Count - 1;

			for (int i = 0; i <= last; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? last-i : i;
				ret |= (int) this[i] << (offset * 8);
			}

			return ret;
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="int" /> value using big-endian format.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value containing the value read from
		///    the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public int ToInt ()
		{
			return ToInt (true);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="uint" /> value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
		///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
		///    first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="uint"/> value containing the value read from
		///    the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public uint ToUInt (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			uint sum = 0;
			int last = Count > 4 ? 3 : Count - 1;
			
			for (int i = 0; i <= last; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? last-i : i;
				sum |= (uint) this[i] << (offset * 8);
			}
			
			return sum;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="uint" /> value using big-endian format.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="uint"/> value containing the value read from
		///    the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public uint ToUInt ()
		{
			return ToUInt (true);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first two bytes of the current instance to a
		///    <see cref="ushort" /> value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
		///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
		///    first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ushort"/> value containing the value read
		///    from the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public ushort ToUShort (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ushort sum = 0;
			int last = Count > 2 ? 1 : Count - 1;
			for (int i = 0; i <= last; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? last-i : i;
				sum |= (ushort)(this[i] << (offset * 8));
			}
			
			return sum;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first two bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="ushort" /> value using big-endian format.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ushort"/> value containing the value read
		///    from the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public ushort ToUShort ()
		{
			return ToUShort (true);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first eight bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="ulong" /> value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
		///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
		///    first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ulong"/> value containing the value read
		///    from the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public ulong ToULong (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ulong sum = 0;
			int last = Count > 8 ? 7 : Count - 1;
			for(int i = 0; i <= last; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? last-i : i;
				sum |= (ulong) this[i] << (offset * 8);
			}
			return sum;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an first eight bytes of the current instance to
		///    a <see cref="ulong" /> value using big-endian format.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ulong"/> value containing the value read
		///    from the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public ulong ToULong ()
		{
			return ToULong (true);
		}

        /// <summary>
        ///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
        ///    a <see cref="float" /> value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
        ///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
        ///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
        ///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
        ///    first (little endian format).
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        ///    A <see cref="float"/> value containing the value read
        ///    from the current instance.
        /// </returns>
        public float ToFloat (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
        {
            byte [] bytes = (byte []) Data.Clone ();

            if (mostSignificantByteFirst) {
                Array.Reverse (bytes);
            }

            return BitConverter.ToSingle (bytes, 0);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///    Converts an first four bytes of the current instance to
        ///    a <see cref="float" /> value using big-endian format.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        ///    A <see cref="float"/> value containing the value read
        ///    from the current instance.
        /// </returns>
        public float ToFloat ()
        {
            return ToFloat (true);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///    Converts an first eight bytes of the current instance to
        ///    a <see cref="double" /> value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
        ///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte
        ///    appears first (big endian format), or <see
        ///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte appears
        ///    first (little endian format).
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        ///    A <see cref="double"/> value containing the value read
        ///    from the current instance.
        /// </returns>
        public double ToDouble (bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
        {
            byte [] bytes = (byte []) Data.Clone ();

            if (mostSignificantByteFirst) {
                Array.Reverse (bytes);
            }

            return BitConverter.ToDouble (bytes, 0);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///    Converts an first eight bytes of the current instance to
        ///    a <see cref="double" /> value using big-endian format.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        ///    A <see cref="double"/> value containing the value read
        ///    from the current instance.
        /// </returns>
        public double ToDouble ()
        {
            return ToDouble (true);
        }
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts a portion of the current instance to a <see
		///    cref="string"/> object using a specified encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value indicating the encoding
		///    to use when converting to a <see cref="string"/> object.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specify the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start converting.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="count">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specify the number of bytes to
		///    convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the converted
		///    text.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero or greater
		///    than the total number of bytes, or <paramref name="count"
		///    /> is less than zero or greater than the number of bytes
		///    after <paramref name="offset" />.
		/// </exception>
		public string ToString (StringType type, int offset, int count)
		{
			if (offset < 0 || offset > Count)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ("offset");
			
			if (count < 0 || count + offset > Count)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException ("count");
			
			ByteVector bom = type == StringType.UTF16 &&
				this.data.Count - offset > 1 ? Mid (offset, 2) : null;
			
			string s = StringTypeToEncoding (type, bom)
				.GetString (Data, offset, count);
			
			// UTF16 BOM
			if(s.Length != 0 && (s[0] == 0xfffe || s[0] == 0xfeff)) 
				return s.Substring (1);
			
			return s;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts all data after a specified index in the current
		///    instance to a <see cref="string"/> object using a
		///    specified encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value indicating the encoding
		///    to use when converting to a <see cref="string"/> object.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specify the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start converting.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the converted
		///    text.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
		///    <paramref name="offset" /> is less than zero or greater
		///    than the total number of bytes.
		/// </exception>
		[Obsolete ("Use ToString(StringType,int,int)")]
		public string ToString (StringType type, int offset)
		{
			return ToString (type, offset, Count - offset);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts the current instance into a <see cref="string"/>
		///    object using a specified encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the converted
		///    text.
		/// </returns>
		public string ToString (StringType type)
		{
			return ToString (type, 0, Count);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts the current instance into a <see cref="string"/>
		///    object using a UTF-8 encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the converted
		///    text.
		/// </returns>
		public override string ToString ()
		{
			return ToString (StringType.UTF8);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts the current instance into a <see cref="string[]"
		///    /> starting at a specified offset and using a specified
		///    encoding, assuming the values are nil separated.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value indicating the encoding
		///    to use when converting to a <see cref="string"/> object.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specify the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start converting.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string[]" /> containing the converted text.
		/// </returns>
		public string[] ToStrings (StringType type, int offset)
		{
			return ToStrings (type, offset, int.MaxValue);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts the current instance into a <see cref="string[]"
		///    /> starting at a specified offset and using a specified
		///    encoding, assuming the values are nil separated and
		///    limiting it to a specified number of items.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value indicating the encoding
		///    to use when converting to a <see cref="string"/> object.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="offset">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specify the index in the
		///    current instance at which to start converting.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="count">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying a limit to the
		///    number of strings to create. Once the limit has been
		///    reached, the last string will be filled by the remainder
		///    of the data.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="string[]" /> containing the converted text.
		/// </returns>
		public string[] ToStrings (StringType type, int offset,
		                           int count)
		{
			int chunk = 0;
			int position = offset;
			
			List<string> list = new List<string> ();
			ByteVector separator = TextDelimiter (type);
			int align = separator.Count;
			
			while (chunk < count && position < Count) {
				int start = position;
				
				if (chunk + 1 == count) {
					position = offset + count;
				} else {
					position = Find (separator, start,
						align);
					
					if (position < 0)
						position = Count;
				}
				
				int length = position - start;
				
				if (length == 0) {
					list.Add (string.Empty);
				} else {
					string s = ToString (type, start,
						length);
					if (s.Length != 0 && (s[0] == 0xfffe ||
						s[0] == 0xfeff)) { // UTF16 BOM
						s = s.Substring (1);
					}
					
					list.Add (s);
				}
				
				position += align;
			}
			
			return list.ToArray ();
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Operators
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether two specified <see cref="ByteVector"
		///    /> objects are equal.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> and <paramref name="second" /> contain the same
		///    data; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		public static bool operator== (ByteVector first,
		                               ByteVector second)
		{
			bool fnull = (object) first == null;
			bool snull = (object) second == null;
			if (fnull && snull)
				return true;
			else if (fnull || snull)
				return false;
			
			return first.Equals (second);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether two specified <see cref="ByteVector"
		///    /> objects differ.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> and <paramref name="second" /> contain different
		///    data; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		public static bool operator!= (ByteVector first,
		                               ByteVector second)
		{
			return !(first == second);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether or not one <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    is less than another.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> is less than <paramref name="second" />; otherwise,
		///    <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="first" /> or <paramref name="second" />
		///    is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static bool operator< (ByteVector first,
		                              ByteVector second)
		{
			if (first == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("first");

			if (second == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("second");
			
			return first.CompareTo (second) < 0;
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether or not one <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    is less than or equal to another.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> is less than or equal to <paramref name="second" />;
		///    otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="first" /> or <paramref name="second" />
		///    is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static bool operator<= (ByteVector first,
		                               ByteVector second)
		{
			if (first == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("first");
			
			if (second == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("second");
			
			return first.CompareTo (second) <= 0;
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether or not one <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    is greater than another.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> is greater than <paramref name="second" />; otherwise,
		///    <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="first" /> or <paramref name="second" />
		///    is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static bool operator> (ByteVector first,
		                              ByteVector second)
		{
			if (first == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("first");

			if (second == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("second");

			return first.CompareTo (second) > 0;
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether or not one <see cref="ByteVector" />
		///    is greater than or equal to another.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to compare.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <para><see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="first"
		///    /> is greater than or equal to <paramref name="second"
		///    />; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</para>
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="first" /> or <paramref name="second" />
		///    is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static bool operator>= (ByteVector first,
		                               ByteVector second)
		{
			if (first == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("first");

			if (second == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("second");

			return first.CompareTo (second) >= 0;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new <see cref="ByteVector"/> object by adding
		///    two objects together.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="first">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to combine.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="second">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> to combine.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> with the
		///    contents of <paramref name="first" /> followed by the
		///    contents of <paramref name="second" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector operator+ (ByteVector first,
		                                    ByteVector second)
		{
			ByteVector sum = new ByteVector(first);
			sum.Add(second);
			return sum;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts a <see cref="byte" /> to a new <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> object.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="byte" /> to convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> containing
		///    <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static implicit operator ByteVector (byte value)
		{
			return new ByteVector (value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts a <see cref="byte[]" /> to a new <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> object.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]" /> to convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> containing
		///    the contents of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static implicit operator ByteVector (byte [] value)
		{
			return new ByteVector (value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts a <see cref="string" /> to a new <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" /> object.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="string" /> to convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> containing
		///    the UTF-8 encoded contents of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static implicit operator ByteVector (string value)
		{
			return ByteVector.FromString (value, StringType.UTF8);
		}
        
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Static Conversions
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts a value into a data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte is
		///    to appear first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte is to
		///    appear first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromInt (int value,
		                                   bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ByteVector vector = new ByteVector();
			for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? 3-i : i;
				vector.Add ((byte)(value >> (offset * 8) & 0xFF));
			}

			return vector;
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an value into a big-endian data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromInt (int value)
		{
			return FromInt (value, true);
		}

		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="uint"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte is
		///    to appear first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte is to
		///    appear first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromUInt (uint value,
		                                   bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ByteVector vector = new ByteVector();
			for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? 3-i : i;
				vector.Add ((byte)(value >> (offset * 8) & 0xFF));
			}
			
			return vector;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a big-endian data
		///    representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="uint"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromUInt (uint value)
		{
			return FromUInt(value, true);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="ushort"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte is
		///    to appear first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte is to
		///    appear first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromUShort (ushort value,
		                                     bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ByteVector vector = new ByteVector();
			for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? 1-i : i;
				vector.Add ((byte)(value >> (offset * 8) & 0xFF));
			}
			
			return vector;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a big-endian data
		///    representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="ushort"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromUShort(ushort value)
		{
			return FromUShort (value, true);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="ulong"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="mostSignificantByteFirst">
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the most significant byte is
		///    to appear first (big endian format), or <see
		///    langword="false" /> if the least significant byte is to
		///    appear first (little endian format).
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromULong (ulong value,
		                                    bool mostSignificantByteFirst)
		{
			ByteVector vector = new ByteVector();
			for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
				int offset = mostSignificantByteFirst ? 7-i : i;
				vector.Add ((byte)(value >> (offset * 8) & 0xFF));
			}
			return vector;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an unsigned value into a big-endian data
		///    representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		///    A <see cref="ulong"/> value to convert into bytes.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="value" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromULong(ulong value)
		{
			return FromULong(value, true);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an string into a encoded data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="text">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the text to
		///    convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value specifying the encoding
		///    to use when converting the text.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="length">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the number of
		///    characters in <paramref name="text" /> to encoded.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="text" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromString (string text,
		                                     StringType type,
		                                     int length)
		{
			ByteVector data = new ByteVector ();
			
			if (type == StringType.UTF16)
				data.Add (new byte [] {0xff, 0xfe});
			
			if (text == null || text.Length == 0)
				return data;
			
			if (text.Length > length)
				text = text.Substring (0, length);
			
			data.Add (StringTypeToEncoding (type, data)
				.GetBytes (text));
			
			return data;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an string into a encoded data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="text">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the text to
		///    convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value specifying the encoding
		///    to use when converting the text.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="text" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromString(string text,
		                                    StringType type)
		{
			return FromString(text, type, Int32.MaxValue);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an string into a encoded data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="text">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the text to
		///    convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="length">
		///    A <see cref="int"/> value specifying the number of
		///    characters in <paramref name="text" /> to encoded.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="text" />.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector FromString(string text, int length)
		{
			return FromString(text, StringType.UTF8, length);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Converts an string into a encoded data representation.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="text">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the text to
		///    convert.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the encoded
		///    representation of <paramref name="text" />.
		/// </returns>
		[Obsolete("Use FromString(string,StringType)")]
		public static ByteVector FromString(string text)
		{
			return FromString (text, StringType.UTF8);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified file.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="path">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the path of the
		///    file to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified file.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="path" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static ByteVector FromPath (string path)
		{
			byte [] tmp_out;
			return FromPath (path, out tmp_out, false);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified file.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="path">
		///    A <see cref="string"/> object containing the path of the
		///    file to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="firstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]"/> reference to be filled with the
		///    first data chunk from the read file.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="copyFirstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="bool"/> value specifying whether or not to
		///    copy the first chunk of the file into <paramref
		///    name="firstChunk" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified file.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="path" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		internal static ByteVector FromPath (string path,
		                                     out byte [] firstChunk,
		                                     bool copyFirstChunk)
		{
			if (path == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("path");
			
			return FromFile (new File.LocalFileAbstraction (path),
				out firstChunk, copyFirstChunk);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified file abstraction.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="abstraction">
		///    A <see cref="File.IFileAbstraction"/> object containing
		///    abstraction of the file to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified file.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="abstraction" /> is <see langword="null"
		///    />.
		/// </exception>
		public static ByteVector FromFile (File.IFileAbstraction
		                                   abstraction)
		{
			byte [] tmp_out;
			return FromFile (abstraction, out tmp_out, false);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified file abstraction.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="abstraction">
		///    A <see cref="File.IFileAbstraction"/> object containing
		///    abstraction of the file to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="firstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]"/> reference to be filled with the
		///    first data chunk from the read file.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="copyFirstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="bool"/> value specifying whether or not to
		///    copy the first chunk of the file into <paramref
		///    name="firstChunk" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified file.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="abstraction" /> is <see langword="null"
		///    />.
		/// </exception>
		internal static ByteVector FromFile (File.IFileAbstraction
		                                     abstraction,
		                                     out byte [] firstChunk,
		                                     bool copyFirstChunk)
		{
			if (abstraction == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("abstraction");
			
			System.IO.Stream stream = abstraction.ReadStream;
			ByteVector output = FromStream (stream, out firstChunk,
				copyFirstChunk);
			abstraction.CloseStream (stream);
			return output;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified stream.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="stream">
		///    A <see cref="System.IO.Stream"/> object containing
		///    the stream to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified stream.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="stream" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		public static ByteVector FromStream (System.IO.Stream stream)
		{
			byte [] tmp_out;
			return FromStream (stream, out tmp_out, false);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Creates a new instance of <see cref="ByteVector" /> by
		///    reading in the contents of a specified stream.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="stream">
		///    A <see cref="System.IO.Stream"/> object containing
		///    the stream to read.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="firstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]"/> reference to be filled with the
		///    first data chunk from the read stream.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="copyFirstChunk">
		///    A <see cref="bool"/> value specifying whether or not to
		///    copy the first chunk of the stream into <paramref
		///    name="firstChunk" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the contents
		///    of the specified stream.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///    <paramref name="stream" /> is <see langword="null" />.
		/// </exception>
		internal static ByteVector FromStream (System.IO.Stream stream,
		                                       out byte [] firstChunk,
		                                       bool copyFirstChunk)
		{
			ByteVector vector = new ByteVector();
			byte [] bytes = new byte[4096];
			int read_size = bytes.Length;
			int bytes_read = 0;
			bool set_first_chunk = false;
			
			firstChunk = null;
			
			while (true) {
				Array.Clear(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
				int n = stream.Read(bytes, 0, read_size);
				vector.Add(bytes);
				bytes_read += n;
				
				if (!set_first_chunk) {
					if (copyFirstChunk) {
						if(firstChunk == null ||
							firstChunk.Length != read_size) {
							firstChunk = new byte [read_size];
						}
						
						Array.Copy (bytes, 0, firstChunk, 0, n);
					}
					set_first_chunk = true;
				}
				
				if ((bytes_read == stream.Length && stream.Length > 0) || 
					(n < read_size && stream.Length <= 0)) {
					break;
				}
			}
			
			if (stream.Length > 0 && vector.Count != stream.Length) {
				vector.Resize ((int)stream.Length);
			}
			
			return vector;
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region Utilities
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the text delimiter for nil separated string lists of
		///    a specified encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value specifying the encoding
		///    to use.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the text
		///    delimiter.
		/// </returns>
		public static ByteVector TextDelimiter (StringType type)
		{
			return type == StringType.UTF16 ||
				type == StringType.UTF16BE ||
				type == StringType.UTF16LE ? td2 : td1;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the <see cref="Encoding" /> to use for a specified
		///    encoding.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">
		///    A <see cref="StringType"/> value specifying encoding to
		///    use.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="bom">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object containing the first
		///    two bytes of the data to convert if <paramref
		///    name="type" /> equals <see cref="StringType.UTF16" />.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="Encoding" /> object capable of encoding
		///    and decoding text with the specified type.
		/// </returns>
		/// <remarks>
		///    <paramref name="bom" /> is used to determine whether the
		///    encoding is big or little endian. If it does not contain
		///    BOM data, the previously used endian format is used.
		/// </remarks>
		private static Encoding StringTypeToEncoding (StringType type,
		                                              ByteVector bom)
		{
			switch(type) {
			case StringType.UTF16:
				// If we have a BOM, return the appropriate
				// encoding. Otherwise, assume we're reading
				// from a string that was already identified. In
				// that case, the encoding will be stored as
				// last_utf16_encoding.
				
				if (bom == null)
					return last_utf16_encoding;
				
				if (bom [0] == 0xFF && bom [1] == 0xFE)
					return last_utf16_encoding =
						Encoding.Unicode;
				
				if (bom [1] == 0xFF && bom [0] == 0xFE)
					return last_utf16_encoding =
						Encoding.BigEndianUnicode;
				
				return last_utf16_encoding;
				
			case StringType.UTF16BE:
				return Encoding.BigEndianUnicode;
				
			case StringType.UTF8:
				return Encoding.UTF8;
				
			case StringType.UTF16LE:
				return Encoding.Unicode;
			}
			
			if (use_broken_latin1)
				return Encoding.Default;
			
			try {
				return Encoding.GetEncoding ("latin1");
			} catch (ArgumentException) {
				return Encoding.UTF8;
			}
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region System.Object
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether another object is equal to the current
		///    instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="other">
		///    A <see cref="object"/> to compare to the current
		///    instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="other"/> is not
		///    <see langword="null" />, is of type <see
		///    cref="ByteVector" />, and is equal to the current
		///    instance; otherwise <see langword="false" />.
		/// </returns>
		public override bool Equals (object other)
		{
			if (!(other is ByteVector))
				return false;
			
			return Equals ((ByteVector) other);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Determines whether another <see cref="ByteVector"/>
		///    object is equal to the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="other">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector"/> object to compare to the
		///    current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if <paramref name="other"/> is not
		///    <see langword="null" /> and equal to the current instance;
		///    otherwise <see langword="false" />.
		/// </returns>
		public bool Equals (ByteVector other)
		{
			return CompareTo (other) == 0;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the hash value for the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value equal to the CRC checksum of
		///    the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public override int GetHashCode ()
		{
			unchecked {return (int) Checksum;}
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region IComparable<T>
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Compares the current instance to another to determine if
		///    their order.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="other">
		///    A <see cref="ByteVector" /> object to compare to the
		///    current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> which is less than zero if the
		///    current instance is less than <paramref name="other" />,
		///    zero if it is equal to <paramref name="other" />, and
		///    greater than zero if the current instance is greater than
		///    <paramref name="other" />.
		/// </returns>
		public int CompareTo (ByteVector other)
		{
			if ((object) other == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("other");
		
			int diff = Count - other.Count;
		
			for(int i = 0; diff == 0 && i < Count; i ++)
				diff = this [i] - other [i];
		
			return diff;
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region IEnumerable<T>

		/// <summary>
		///    Gets an enumerator for enumerating through the the bytes
		///    in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="T:System.Collections.IEnumerator`1" /> for
		///    enumerating through the contents of the current instance.
		/// </returns>
		public IEnumerator<byte> GetEnumerator()
		{
			return this.data.GetEnumerator();
		}

		IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
		{
			return this.data.GetEnumerator();
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region ICollection<T>
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Clears the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Clear()
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException ("Cannot edit readonly objects.");
		
			this.data.Clear();
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Adds a single byte to the end of the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="item">
		///    A <see cref="byte" /> to add to the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Add (byte item)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
		
			this.data.Add(item);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Removes the first occurance of a <see cref="byte" /> from
		///    the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="item">
		///    A <see cref="byte"/> to remove from the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the value was removed;
		///    otherwise the value did not appear in the current
		///    instance and <see langword="false" /> is returned.
		/// </returns>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public bool Remove (byte item)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			return this.data.Remove(item);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Copies the current instance to a <see cref="byte[]"/>
		///    starting at a specified index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="array">
		///    A <see cref="byte[]" /> to copy to.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="arrayIndex">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value indicating the index in
		///    <paramref name="array" /> at which to start copying.
		/// </param>
		public void CopyTo (byte [] array, int arrayIndex)
		{
			this.data.CopyTo (array, arrayIndex);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets whether or not the current instance contains a
		///    specified byte.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="item">
		///    A <see cref="byte" /> value to look for in the current
		///    instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the value could be found;
		///    otherwise <see langword="false" />.
		/// </returns>
		public bool Contains (byte item)
		{
			return this.data.Contains (item);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the number of elements in the current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value containing the number of bytes
		///    in the current instance.
		/// </value>
		public int Count {
			get {return this.data.Count;}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets whether or not the current instance is synchronized.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    Always <see langword="false" />.
		/// </value>
		public bool IsSynchronized {
			get {return false;}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the object that can be used to synchronize the
		///    current instance.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    A <see cref="object" /> that can be used to synchronize
		///    the current instance.
		/// </value>
		public object SyncRoot {
			get {return this;}
		}
		
#endregion
		
		
		
#region IList<T>
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Removes the byte at the specified index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the position at
		///    which to remove a byte.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void RemoveAt (int index)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			this.data.RemoveAt(index);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Inserts a single byte into the current instance at a
		//     specified index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value specifying the position at
		///    which to insert the value.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="item">
		///    A <see cref="byte"/> value to insert into the current
		///    instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public void Insert (int index, byte item)
		{
			if (IsReadOnly)
				throw new NotSupportedException (
					"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
			
			this.data.Insert(index, item);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets the index of the first occurance of a value.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="item">
		///    A <see cref="byte" /> to find in the current instance.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		///    A <see cref="int" /> value containing the first index
		///    at which the value was found, or -1 if it was not found.
		/// </returns>
		public int IndexOf (byte item)
		{
			return this.data.IndexOf (item);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets whether or not the current instance is read-only.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the current instance is
		///    read-only; otherwise <see langword="false" />.
		/// </value>
		public virtual bool IsReadOnly {
			get {return false;}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets whether or not the current instance has a fixed
		///    size.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		///    <see langword="true" /> if the current instance has a
		///    fixed size; otherwise <see langword="false" />.
		/// </value>
		public virtual bool IsFixedSize {
			get {return false;}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		///    Gets and sets the value as a specified index.
		/// </summary>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///    The current instance is read-only.
		/// </exception>
		public byte this[int index] {
			get {return this.data[index]; }
			set {
				if (IsReadOnly)
					throw new NotSupportedException (
						"Cannot edit readonly objects.");
				
				data[index] = value;
			}
		}
		
#endregion
	}
}
