sizeHint method

  1. @override
int sizeHint(
  1. Variant variant
)
override

If possible give a hint of expected size of the encoding.

This method is used inside default implementation of encode to avoid re-allocations.

Implementation

@override
int sizeHint(Variant variant) {
  int size = StrCodec.codec.sizeHint(variant.name);
  size += SequenceCodec(Field.codec).sizeHint(variant.fields);
  size += U8Codec.codec.sizeHint(variant.index);
  size += SequenceCodec(StrCodec.codec).sizeHint(variant.docs);
  return size;
}