+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint8_t *val, size_t len)
+{
+ // We are writting sizeof(char) thus no need to swap bytes
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val), len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint16_t *val, size_t len)
+{
+// This is tricky since we are writting two bytes buffer.
+// Be carefull with little endian vs big endian.
+// Also this other trick is to allocate a small (efficient) buffer that store
+// intermediate result before writting it.
+#if defined(GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || defined(GDCM_FORCE_BIGENDIAN_EMULATION)
+ const int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
+ uint16_t *binArea16 = (uint16_t*)val;
+ uint16_t *buffer = new uint16_t[BUFFER_SIZE/2];
+ uint16_t *pbuffer = buffer;
+
+ // how many BUFFER_SIZE long pieces in binArea ?
+ int nbPieces = len/BUFFER_SIZE; //(16 bits = 2 Bytes)
+ int remainingSize = len%BUFFER_SIZE;
+
+ for (int j=0;j<nbPieces;j++)
+ {
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE/2; i++)
+ {
+ //uint16_t val16 = binArea16[i];
+ //buffer[i] = ((( val16 << 8 ) & 0xff00 ) | (( val16 >> 8 ) & 0x00ff ) );
+ // save CPU time :
+ // 1) Save 1 affectation and 2 AND operations
+ // buffer[i] = (binArea16[i] >> 8) | (binArea16[i] << 8);
+ // 2) Replace * operations by + operations using pointers
+ *pbuffer = *binArea16 >> 8 | *binArea16 >> 8;
+ pbuffer++;
+ binArea16++;
+ }
+ os.write ( (char*)buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
+ binArea16 += BUFFER_SIZE/2;
+ }
+ if ( remainingSize > 0)
+ {
+ for (int i = 0; i < remainingSize/2; i++)
+ {
+ //uint16_t val16 = binArea16[i];
+ //buffer[i] = ((( val16 << 8 ) & 0xff00 ) | (( val16 >> 8 ) & 0x00ff) );
+ *pbuffer = *binArea16 >> 8 | *binArea16 >> 8;
+ pbuffer++;
+ binArea16++;
+ }
+ os.write ( (char*)buffer, remainingSize );
+ }
+ delete[] buffer;
+ return os;
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val), len);
+#endif
+}
+