LZW Encoding *and Decoding* in Scala

gistfile1.scala

object lzw {
  
  trait Appendable[T] {
    def append(value: T)
  }

  import scala.collection.generic._
  case class GrowingAppendable[T](growable: Growable[T]) extends Appendable[T] {
    def append(value: T) {
      growable += value
    }
  }

  trait Node {
    def encode(b: Byte, out: Appendable[Int]): Node
    def decode(i: Int, out: Appendable[Byte]): Node
    def terminate(out: Appendable[Int]): Unit
  }
  
  class ValueNode(value: Int, rootNode: RootNode, val path: Array[Byte]) extends Node {

    private val nodes = new Array[Node](255)

    def encode(b: Byte, out: Appendable[Int]): Node = Option(nodes(0xff & b)).getOrElse {
      out.append(value)
      rootNode.createNode(path :+ b) match {
        case Some(node) =>
          nodes(0xff & b) = node
          rootNode.encode(b, out)
        case None =>
          rootNode.encode(b, out)
      }
    }

    def decode(i: Int, out: Appendable[Byte]): Node = {
      val node = rootNode.nodeByValue(i).get
      val firstByte = node.path.head
      for (b <- node.path) out.append(b)
      if (nodes(0xff & firstByte) == null) {
        val next = rootNode.createNode(path :+ firstByte).get
        nodes(0xff & firstByte) = next
      }
      node
    }

    def terminate(out: Appendable[Int]) {
      out.append(value)
    }
    

    override def toString = "ValueNode(" + value + ")"
  }
  
  class RootNode(limit: Int = 512) extends Node {

    private var index = 256

    private val initial = Array.tabulate[ValueNode](256)(b => new ValueNode(b, this, Array[Byte](b.asInstanceOf[Byte])))

    private val createdNodes = new Array[ValueNode](limit - 256)

    def encode(b: Byte, out: Appendable[Int]): Node = initial(0xff & b)
    
    def decode(i: Int, out: Appendable[Byte]): Node = {
      val node = nodeByValue(i).get
      for (b <- node.path) out.append(b)
      node
    }
    
    def createNode(path: Array[Byte]): Option[Node] = {
      if (index <= limit) {
        val node = new ValueNode(index, this, path)
        createdNodes(index - 256) = node
        index += 1
        Some(node)
      } else {
        // In this particular implementation, there is no reset (yet)
        None
      }    
    }

    def nodeByValue(value: Int): Option[ValueNode] = 
      // This method should use asserts rather than options
      if (value < 256) Some(initial(value))
      else if (value > index) None
      else Some(createdNodes(value - 256))

    def terminate(out: Appendable[Int]) { }

    override def toString = "RootNode"
  }

  implicit def growableToAppendable[T](growable: Growable[T]) = new GrowingAppendable(growable)

  implicit def stringToByteIterable(str: String) = str.getBytes.toIterable

  def encode[F <% Iterable[Byte], T <% Appendable[Int]](in: F, out: T) =
    in.foldLeft(new RootNode().asInstanceOf[Node])({ (node, b) => node.encode(b, out) }).terminate(out)

  def decode[F <% Iterable[Int], T <% Appendable[Byte]](in: F, out: T) = 
    in.foldLeft(new RootNode().asInstanceOf[Node])({ (node, i) => node.decode(i, out) })
  
  def encode[F <% Iterable[Byte]](in: F): Seq[Int] = {
    val buffer = new scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer[Int]
    encode(in, buffer)
    buffer
  }

  def decode[F <% Iterable[Int]](in: F): Seq[Byte] = {
    val buffer = new scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer[Byte]
    decode(in, buffer)
    buffer
  }

}

Oh, and to LZW encode the String "blablablablablablabla":

scala> lzw.encode("blablablablablablabla")
res1: Seq[Int] = ArrayBuffer(98, 108, 97, 256, 258, 257, 259, 262, 261, 257)