Merge pull request 'Even better objects' (#39) from dev/even-better-objects into master

* Fix release notes link

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MatFileHandler.Tests/AbstractTestDataFactory.cs

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Abstract factory of test data.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <typeparam name="TTestData">Type of test data.</typeparam>
-    public abstract class AbstractTestDataFactory<TTestData>
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AbstractTestDataFactory{TTestData}"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="dataDirectory">Directory with test files.</param>
-        /// <param name="testFilenameConvention">A convention used to filter test files.</param>
-        protected AbstractTestDataFactory(string dataDirectory, ITestFilenameConvention testFilenameConvention)
-        {
-            DataDirectory = dataDirectory;
-            TestFilenameConvention = testFilenameConvention;
-        }
-
-        private string DataDirectory { get; }
-
-        private ITestFilenameConvention TestFilenameConvention { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get test data set by name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="dataSet">Name of the data set.</param>
-        /// <returns>Test data.</returns>
-        public TTestData this[string dataSet] =>
-            ReadTestData(FixPath(TestFilenameConvention.ConvertTestNameToFilename(dataSet)));
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get a sequence of all test data sets in the factory.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A sequence of data sets.</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<TTestData> GetAllTestData()
-        {
-            var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(DataDirectory).Where(TestFilenameConvention.FilterFile);
-            foreach (var filename in files)
-            {
-                yield return ReadTestData(filename);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read test data from a stream.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Input stream.</param>
-        /// <returns>Test data.</returns>
-        protected abstract TTestData ReadDataFromStream(Stream stream);
-
-        private string FixPath(string filename) => Path.Combine(DataDirectory, filename);
-
-        private TTestData ReadTestData(string filename)
-        {
-            using (var stream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open))
-            {
-                return ReadDataFromStream(stream);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

MatFileHandler.Tests/ArrayHandlingTests.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Numerics;

MatFileHandler.Tests/ChecksumCalculatingStreamTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tests for the <see cref="ChecksumCalculatingStream"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ChecksumCalculatingStreamTests
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test writing various things.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="bytes">Bytes to write.</param>
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(TestData))]
+        public void Test(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            var sut = new ChecksumCalculatingStream(stream);
+            sut.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+            var actual = sut.GetCrc();
+
+            var expected = ReferenceCalculation(bytes);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test data for <see cref="Test"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Test data.</returns>
+        public static TheoryData<byte[]> TestData()
+        {
+            var empty = new byte[1234];
+            var nonEmpty = new byte[12345];
+            for (var i = 0; i < 1234; i++)
+            {
+                nonEmpty[i] = (byte)((i * i) % 256);
+            }
+            return new TheoryData<byte[]>()
+            {
+                new byte[] { 0x00 },
+                new byte[] { 0x01 },
+                new byte[] { 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff },
+                new byte[] { 0x02, 0x03, 0x05, 0x07, 0x0b, 0x0d, 0x11, 0x13, 0x17, 0x1d },
+                empty,
+                nonEmpty,
+            };
+        }
+
+        private static Action<Stream> BinaryWriterAction(Action<BinaryWriter> action)
+        {
+            return stream =>
+            {
+                using var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
+                action(writer);
+            };
+        }
+
+        private static uint ReferenceCalculation(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            return CalculateAdler32Checksum(stream);
+        }
+
+        private static uint CalculateAdler32Checksum(MemoryStream stream)
+        {
+            uint s1 = 1;
+            uint s2 = 0;
+            const uint bigPrime = 0xFFF1;
+            const int bufferSize = 2048;
+            var buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
+            while (true)
+            {
+                var bytesRead = stream.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
+                for (var i = 0; i < bytesRead; i++)
+                {
+                    s1 = (s1 + buffer[i]) % bigPrime;
+                    s2 = (s2 + s1) % bigPrime;
+                }
+                if (bytesRead < bufferSize)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            return (s2 << 16) | s1;
+        }
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/CommonData.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler.Tests/ComplexOfTests.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler.Tests

MatFileHandler.Tests/ExtensionTestFilenameConvention.cs

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// A filename convention based on file extensions.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal class ExtensionTestFilenameConvention : ITestFilenameConvention
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ExtensionTestFilenameConvention"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="extension">File extension.</param>
-        public ExtensionTestFilenameConvention(string extension)
-        {
-            Extension = extension;
-        }
-
-        private string Extension { get; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Convert test name to filename by adding the extension.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="testName">Test name.</param>
-        /// <returns>The corresponding filename.</returns>
-        public string ConvertTestNameToFilename(string testName)
-        {
-            return Path.ChangeExtension(testName, Extension);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Compare file's extension to the one specified during initialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="filename">Filename.</param>
-        /// <returns>True iff the file has the extension stored in the class.</returns>
-        public bool FilterFile(string filename)
-        {
-            return Path.GetExtension(filename) == "." + Extension;
-        }
-    }
-}

MatFileHandler.Tests/ITestFilenameConvention.cs

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Interface for handling filtering tests based on filenames.
-    /// </summary>
-    public interface ITestFilenameConvention
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Convert test name to a filename (e.g., by adding an appropriate extension).
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="testName">Name of a test.</param>
-        /// <returns>Filename.</returns>
-        string ConvertTestNameToFilename(string testName);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Decide if a file contains a test based on the filename.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="filename">A filename.</param>
-        /// <returns>True iff the file should contain a test.</returns>
-        bool FilterFile(string filename);
-    }
-}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileHandler.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net472;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\MatFileHandler.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <DocumentationFile>bin\Debug\net5.0\MatFileHandler.Tests.xml</DocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.10.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
+    <PackageReference Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net461' " Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2">
+      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' " Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.3">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Numerics;
@@ -18,12 +17,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading all files in a given test set.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="testSet">Name of the set.</param>
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("good")]
-        public void TestReader(string testSet)
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestReader(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            foreach (var matFile in GetTests(testSet).GetAllTestData())
+            foreach (var matFile in ReadAllTestFiles(method))
             {
                 Assert.NotEmpty(matFile.Variables);
             }
@@ -32,10 +29,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading lower and upper limits of integer data types.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestLimits()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestLimits(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["limits"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("limits", method);
             IArray array;
             array = matFile["int8_"].Value;
             CheckLimits(array as IArrayOf<sbyte>, CommonData.Int8Limits);
@@ -66,10 +63,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing lower and upper limits of integer-based complex data types.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestComplexLimits()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestComplexLimits(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["limits_complex"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("limits_complex", method);
             IArray array;
             array = matFile["int8_complex"].Value;
             CheckComplexLimits(array as IArrayOf<ComplexOf<sbyte>>, CommonData.Int8Limits);
@@ -102,10 +99,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading an ASCII-encoded string.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestAscii()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestAscii(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["ascii"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("ascii", method);
             var arrayAscii = matFile["s"].Value as ICharArray;
             Assert.NotNull(arrayAscii);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 3 }, arrayAscii.Dimensions);
@@ -116,10 +113,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a Unicode string.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestUnicode()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestUnicode(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["unicode"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("unicode", method);
             var arrayUnicode = matFile["s"].Value as ICharArray;
             Assert.NotNull(arrayUnicode);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 2 }, arrayUnicode.Dimensions);
@@ -131,10 +128,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a wide Unicode string.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestUnicodeWide()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestUnicodeWide(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["unicode-wide"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("unicode-wide", method);
             var arrayUnicodeWide = matFile["s"].Value as ICharArray;
             Assert.NotNull(arrayUnicodeWide);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 2 }, arrayUnicodeWide.Dimensions);
@@ -144,10 +141,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test converting a structure array to a Double array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestConvertToDoubleArray()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestConvertToDoubleArray(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["struct"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("struct", method);
             var array = matFile.Variables[0].Value;
             Assert.Null(array.ConvertToDoubleArray());
         }
@@ -156,10 +153,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// Test converting a structure array to a Complex array.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>Should return null.</returns>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestConvertToComplexArray()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestConvertToComplexArray(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["struct"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("struct", method);
             var array = matFile.Variables[0].Value;
             Assert.Null(array.ConvertToComplexArray());
         }
@@ -167,10 +164,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading an enumeration.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestEnum()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestEnum(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["enum"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("enum", method);
             var days = matFile["days"].Value;
             var enumeration = new EnumAdapter(days);
             Assert.Equal(5, enumeration.Values.Count);
@@ -184,10 +181,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a structure array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestStruct()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestStruct(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["struct"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("struct", method);
             var structure = matFile["struct_"].Value as IStructureArray;
             Assert.NotNull(structure);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { "x", "y" }, structure.FieldNames);
@@ -238,10 +235,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a sparse array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSparse()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestSparse(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["sparse"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("sparse", method);
             var sparseArray = matFile["sparse_"].Value as ISparseArrayOf<double>;
             Assert.NotNull(sparseArray);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 4, 5 }, sparseArray.Dimensions);
@@ -268,10 +265,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a logical array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestLogical()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestLogical(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["logical"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("logical", method);
             var array = matFile["logical_"].Value;
             var logicalArray = array as IArrayOf<bool>;
             Assert.NotNull(logicalArray);
@@ -286,10 +283,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a sparse logical array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSparseLogical()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestSparseLogical(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["sparse_logical"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("sparse_logical", method);
             var array = matFile["sparse_logical"].Value;
             var sparseArray = array as ISparseArrayOf<bool>;
             Assert.NotNull (sparseArray);
@@ -305,10 +302,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a global variable.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestGlobal()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestGlobal(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["global"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("global", method);
             var variable = matFile.Variables.First();
             Assert.True(variable.IsGlobal);
         }
@@ -316,10 +313,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a sparse complex array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TextSparseComplex()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TextSparseComplex(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["sparse_complex"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("sparse_complex", method);
             var array = matFile["sparse_complex"].Value;
             var sparseArray = array as ISparseArrayOf<Complex>;
             Assert.NotNull(sparseArray);
@@ -332,10 +329,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading an object.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestObject()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestObject(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["object"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("object", method);
             var obj = matFile["object_"].Value as IMatObject;
             Assert.NotNull(obj);
             Assert.Equal("Point", obj.ClassName);
@@ -349,10 +346,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading another object.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestObject2()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestObject2(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["object2"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("object2", method);
             var obj = matFile["object2"].Value as IMatObject;
             Assert.NotNull(obj);
             Assert.Equal("Point", obj.ClassName);
@@ -372,10 +369,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a table.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestTable()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestTable(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["table"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("table", method);
             var obj = matFile["table_"].Value as IMatObject;
             var table = new TableAdapter(obj);
             Assert.Equal(3, table.NumberOfRows);
@@ -390,13 +387,37 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 }, variable2.ConvertToDoubleArray());
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test reading a deeply nested table.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestDeepTable(MatFileReadingMethod method)
+        {
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("table-deep", method);
+            var obj = matFile["t"].Value as IMatObject;
+            var table = new TableAdapter(obj);
+            Assert.Equal(1, table.NumberOfRows);
+            Assert.Equal(2, table.NumberOfVariables);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "s", "another" }, table.VariableNames);
+            var s = table["s"] as IStructureArray;
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "a", "b", "c" }, s.FieldNames);
+            var c = s["c", 0];
+            var internalTable = new TableAdapter(c);
+            Assert.Equal(2, internalTable.NumberOfRows);
+            Assert.Equal(2, internalTable.NumberOfVariables);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "x", "y" }, internalTable.VariableNames);
+            var y = new StringAdapter(internalTable["y"]);
+            Assert.Equal("3", y[0]);
+            Assert.Equal("abc", y[1]);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Test reading a table with strings
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestTableWithStrings()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestTableWithStrings(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["table-with-strings"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("table-with-strings", method);
             var obj = matFile["t"].Value as IMatObject;
             var table = new TableAdapter(obj);
             Assert.Equal(5, table.NumberOfRows);
@@ -418,10 +439,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test subobjects within objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSubobjects()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestSubobjects(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["pointWithSubpoints"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("pointWithSubpoints", method);
             var p = matFile["p"].Value as IMatObject;
             Assert.Equal("Point", p.ClassName);
             var x = p["x"] as IMatObject;
@@ -441,10 +462,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test nested objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestNestedObjects()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestNestedObjects(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["subsubPoint"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("subsubPoint", method);
             var p = matFile["p"].Value as IMatObject;
             Assert.Equal("Point", p.ClassName);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1.0 }, p["x"].ConvertToDoubleArray());
@@ -459,10 +480,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test datetime objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestDatetime()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestDatetime(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["datetime"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("datetime", method);
             var d = matFile["d"].Value as IMatObject;
             var datetime = new DatetimeAdapter(d);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 2 }, datetime.Dimensions);
@@ -473,10 +494,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Another test for datetime objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestDatetime2()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestDatetime2(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["datetime2"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("datetime2", method);
             var d = matFile["d"].Value as IMatObject;
             var datetime = new DatetimeAdapter(d);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 1 }, datetime.Dimensions);
@@ -488,10 +509,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test string objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestString()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestString(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["string"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("string", method);
             var s = matFile["s"].Value as IMatObject;
             var str = new StringAdapter(s);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 4, 1 }, str.Dimensions);
@@ -504,10 +525,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test duration objects.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestDuration()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestDuration(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["duration"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("duration", method);
             var d = matFile["d"].Value as IMatObject;
             var duration = new DurationAdapter(d);
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1, 3 }, duration.Dimensions);
@@ -519,10 +540,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test unrepresentable datetime.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestDatetime_Unrepresentable()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void TestDatetime_Unrepresentable(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["datetime-unrepresentable"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("datetime-unrepresentable", method);
             var obj = matFile["d"].Value as IMatObject;
             var datetime = new DatetimeAdapter(obj);
             var d0 = datetime[0];
@@ -532,10 +553,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test 3-dimensional arrays.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void Test_3DArrays()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void Test_3DArrays(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["issue20.mat"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("issue20", method);
             var obj = matFile["a3d"].Value;
             var values = obj.ConvertToDoubleArray();
             Assert.Equal(Enumerable.Range(1, 24).Select(x => (double)x).ToArray(), values);
@@ -567,17 +588,47 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test four-dimensional arrays.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void Test_4DArrays()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(TestDataFactories))]
+        public void Test4DArrays(MatFileReadingMethod method)
         {
-            var matFile = GetTests("good")["issue20.mat"];
+            var matFile = ReadTestFile("issue20", method);
             var obj = matFile["a4d"].Value;
             Assert.Equal(Enumerable.Range(1, 120).Select(x => (double)x).ToArray(), obj.ConvertToDoubleArray());
             Assert.Null(obj.ConvertTo2dDoubleArray());
         }
 
-        private static AbstractTestDataFactory<IMatFile> GetTests(string factoryName) =>
-            new PartialReadMatTestDataFactory(Path.Combine(TestDirectory, factoryName));
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the factories that provide test data in various configurations.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static TheoryData<MatFileReadingMethod> TestDataFactories
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return new TheoryData<MatFileReadingMethod>
+                {
+                    MatFileReadingMethod.NormalStream,
+                    MatFileReadingMethod.PartialStream,
+                    MatFileReadingMethod.UnalignedStream,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static IMatFile ReadTestFile(string fileName, MatFileReadingMethod method)
+        {
+            var fullFileName = Path.Combine("test-data", "good", $"{fileName}.mat");
+            return MatFileReadingMethods.ReadMatFile(method, fullFileName);
+        }
+
+        private static IEnumerable<IMatFile> ReadAllTestFiles(MatFileReadingMethod method)
+        {
+            foreach (var fileName in Directory.EnumerateFiles(
+                         Path.Combine("test-data", "good"),
+                         "*.mat"))
+            {
+                var fullFileName = fileName;
+                yield return MatFileReadingMethods.ReadMatFile(method, fullFileName);
+            }
+        }
 
         private static void CheckLimits<T>(IArrayOf<T> array, T[] limits)
             where T : struct

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReadingMethod.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Method of reading .mat files for testing.
+/// </summary>
+public enum MatFileReadingMethod
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Undefined.
+    /// </summary>
+    Undefined = 0,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Normal stream (like memory or file stream).
+    /// </summary>
+    NormalStream,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Partial stream (only is capable of reading one byte at a time).
+    /// </summary>
+    PartialStream,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Unaligned stream (what happens if the data don't start at the beginning?).
+    /// </summary>
+    UnalignedStream,
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReadingMethods.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests;
+
+internal static class MatFileReadingMethods
+{
+    public static IMatFile ReadMatFile(MatFileReadingMethod method, string fullFileName)
+    {
+        using var stream = File.OpenRead(fullFileName);
+        switch (method)
+        {
+            case MatFileReadingMethod.NormalStream:
+                return ReadFromStream(stream);
+            case MatFileReadingMethod.PartialStream:
+            {
+                using var wrapper = new PartialUnseekableReadStream(stream);
+                return ReadFromStream(wrapper);
+            }
+            case MatFileReadingMethod.UnalignedStream:
+            {
+                using var ms =  new MemoryStream();
+                ms.Seek(3, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                stream.CopyTo(ms);
+                ms.Seek(3, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                return ReadFromStream(ms);
+            }
+            default:
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static IMatFile ReadFromStream(Stream stream)
+    {
+        var reader = new MatFileReader(stream);
+        return reader.Read();
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Options to give to MatFileWriter constructor for testing it.
+/// </summary>
+public enum MatFileWriterOptionsForTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Undefined.
+    /// </summary>
+    Undefined = 0,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// No options.
+    /// </summary>
+    None,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Option to always use compression.
+    /// </summary>
+    Always,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Option to never use compression.
+    /// </summary>
+    Never,
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWriterTests.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Numerics;
@@ -17,8 +15,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a simple Double array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestWrite()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestWrite(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var array = builder.NewArray<double>(1, 2);
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             array[1] = 17.0;
             var variable = builder.NewVariable("test", array);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { variable });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "double-array", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "double-array", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -51,8 +49,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing lower and upper limits of integer data types.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestLimits()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestLimits(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var int8 = builder.NewVariable("int8_", builder.NewArray(CommonData.Int8Limits, 1, 2));
@@ -64,14 +62,14 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             var int64 = builder.NewVariable("int64_", builder.NewArray(CommonData.Int64Limits, 1, 2));
             var uint64 = builder.NewVariable("uint64_", builder.NewArray(CommonData.UInt64Limits, 1, 2));
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { int16, int32, int64, int8, uint16, uint32, uint64, uint8 });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "limits", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "limits", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing lower and upper limits of integer-based complex data types.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestLimitsComplex()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestLimitsComplex(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var int8Complex = builder.NewVariable(
@@ -103,26 +101,26 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
                 int16Complex, int32Complex, int64Complex, int8Complex,
                 uint16Complex, uint32Complex, uint64Complex, uint8Complex,
             });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "limits_complex", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "limits_complex", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a wide-Unicode symbol.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestUnicodeWide()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestUnicodeWide(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var s = builder.NewVariable("s", builder.NewCharArray("🍆"));
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { s });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "unicode-wide", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "unicode-wide", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a sparse array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSparseArray()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestSparseArray(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var sparseArray = builder.NewSparseArray<double>(4, 5);
@@ -132,14 +130,14 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             sparseArray[2, 3] = 4;
             var sparse = builder.NewVariable("sparse_", sparseArray);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { sparse });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a structure array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestStructure()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestStructure(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var structure = builder.NewStructureArray(new[] { "x", "y" }, 2, 3);
@@ -160,27 +158,27 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             structure["y", 1, 2] = builder.NewEmpty();
             var struct_ = builder.NewVariable("struct_", structure);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { struct_ });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "struct", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "struct", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a logical array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestLogical()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestLogical(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var logical = builder.NewArray(new[] { true, false, true, true, false, true }, 2, 3);
             var logicalVariable = builder.NewVariable("logical_", logical);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { logicalVariable });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "logical", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "logical", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a sparse logical array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSparseLogical()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestSparseLogical(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var array = builder.NewSparseArray<bool>(2, 3);
@@ -190,14 +188,14 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             array[1, 2] = true;
             var sparseLogical = builder.NewVariable("sparse_logical", array);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { sparseLogical });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse_logical", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse_logical", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a sparse complex array.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestSparseComplex()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestSparseComplex(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var array = builder.NewSparseArray<Complex>(2, 2);
@@ -206,26 +204,48 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             array[1, 1] = 0.5 + Complex.ImaginaryOne;
             var sparseComplex = builder.NewVariable("sparse_complex", array);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { sparseComplex });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse_complex", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "sparse_complex", actual, method, options);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test writing a global variable.
         /// </summary>
-        [Fact]
-        public void TestGlobal()
+        [Theory, MemberData(nameof(MatFileWritingTestData))]
+        public void TestGlobal(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
             var builder = new DataBuilder();
             var array = builder.NewArray(new double[] { 1, 3, 5 }, 1, 3);
             var global = builder.NewVariable("global_", array, true);
             var actual = builder.NewFile(new[] { global });
-            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "global", actual);
+            MatCompareWithTestData("good", "global", actual, method, options);
         }
 
-        private static AbstractTestDataFactory<IMatFile> GetMatTestData(string factoryName) =>
-            new MatTestDataFactory(Path.Combine(TestDirectory, factoryName));
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Various writing methods for testing writing of .mat files.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static TheoryData<MatFileWritingMethod, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests> MatFileWritingTestData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var always = new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Always};
+                var never = new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Never };
+                var data = new TheoryData<MatFileWritingMethod, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests>
+                {
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.NormalStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.None },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.NormalStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Always },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.NormalStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Never },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnseekableStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.None },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnseekableStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Always },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnseekableStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Never },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnalignedStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.None },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnalignedStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Always },
+                    { MatFileWritingMethod.UnalignedStream, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Never },
+                };
+                return data;
+            }
+        }
 
-        private void CompareSparseArrays<T>(ISparseArrayOf<T> expected, ISparseArrayOf<T> actual)
+        private static void CompareSparseArrays<T>(ISparseArrayOf<T> expected, ISparseArrayOf<T> actual)
           where T : struct
         {
             Assert.NotNull(actual);
@@ -233,7 +253,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.Equal(expected.Data, actual.Data);
         }
 
-        private void CompareStructureArrays(IStructureArray expected, IStructureArray actual)
+        private static void CompareStructureArrays(IStructureArray expected, IStructureArray actual)
         {
             Assert.NotNull(actual);
             Assert.Equal(expected.Dimensions, actual.Dimensions);
@@ -247,7 +267,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             }
         }
 
-        private void CompareCellArrays(ICellArray expected, ICellArray actual)
+        private static void CompareCellArrays(ICellArray expected, ICellArray actual)
         {
             Assert.NotNull(actual);
             Assert.Equal(expected.Dimensions, actual.Dimensions);
@@ -257,21 +277,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             }
         }
 
-        private void CompareNumericalArrays<T>(IArrayOf<T> expected, IArrayOf<T> actual)
+        private static void CompareNumericalArrays<T>(IArrayOf<T> expected, IArrayOf<T> actual)
         {
             Assert.NotNull(actual);
             Assert.Equal(expected.Dimensions, actual.Dimensions);
             Assert.Equal(expected.Data, actual.Data);
         }
 
-        private void CompareCharArrays(ICharArray expected, ICharArray actual)
+        private static void CompareCharArrays(ICharArray expected, ICharArray actual)
         {
             Assert.NotNull(actual);
             Assert.Equal(expected.Dimensions, actual.Dimensions);
             Assert.Equal(expected.String, actual.String);
         }
 
-        private void CompareMatArrays(IArray expected, IArray actual)
+        private static void CompareMatArrays(IArray expected, IArray actual)
         {
             switch (expected)
             {
@@ -362,7 +382,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             throw new NotSupportedException();
         }
 
-        private void CompareMatFiles(IMatFile expected, IMatFile actual)
+        private static void CompareMatFiles(IMatFile expected, IMatFile actual)
         {
             Assert.Equal(expected.Variables.Length, actual.Variables.Length);
             for (var i = 0; i < expected.Variables.Length; i++)
@@ -375,44 +395,26 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             }
         }
 
-        private void CompareTestDataWithWritingOptions(
-            IMatFile expected,
+        private static void MatCompareWithTestData(
+            string factoryName,
+            string testName,
             IMatFile actual,
-            MatFileWriterOptions? maybeOptions)
+            MatFileWritingMethod method,
+            MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options)
         {
-            byte[] buffer;
-            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                var writer = maybeOptions is MatFileWriterOptions options
-                    ? new MatFileWriter(stream, options)
-                    : new MatFileWriter(stream);
-                writer.Write(actual);
-                buffer = stream.ToArray();
-            }
-            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(buffer))
-            {
-                var reader = new MatFileReader(stream);
-                var actualRead = reader.Read();
-                CompareMatFiles(expected, actualRead);
-            }
+            var fullFileName = Path.Combine("test-data", "good", $"{testName}.mat");
+            var expected = MatFileReadingMethods.ReadMatFile(
+                MatFileReadingMethod.NormalStream,
+                fullFileName);
+            var buffer = MatFileWritingMethods.WriteMatFile(method, options, actual);
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(buffer);
+            var reader = new MatFileReader(stream);
+            var actualRead = reader.Read();
+            CompareMatFiles(expected, actualRead);
         }
 
-        private void MatCompareWithTestData(string factoryName, string testName, IMatFile actual)
-        {
-            var expected = GetMatTestData(factoryName)[testName];
-            CompareTestDataWithWritingOptions(expected, actual, null);
-            CompareTestDataWithWritingOptions(
-                expected,
-                actual,
-                new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Always });
-            CompareTestDataWithWritingOptions(
-                expected,
-                actual,
-                new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Never });
-        }
-
-        private ComplexOf<T>[] CreateComplexLimits<T>(T[] limits)
-          where T : struct
+        private static ComplexOf<T>[] CreateComplexLimits<T>(T[] limits)
+            where T : struct
         {
             return new[] { new ComplexOf<T>(limits[0], limits[1]), new ComplexOf<T>(limits[1], limits[0]) };
         }

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWritingMethod.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Method of writing .mat files for testing.
+/// </summary>
+public enum MatFileWritingMethod
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Undefined.
+    /// </summary>
+    Undefined = 0,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Normal stream (like memory or file stream).
+    /// </summary>        
+    NormalStream,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A stream that cannot be seeked (like a deflate stream).
+    /// </summary>
+    UnseekableStream,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Unaligned stream (what happens if the data don't start at the beginning?).
+    /// </summary>
+    UnalignedStream,
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileWritingMethods.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests;
+
+internal static class MatFileWritingMethods
+{
+    public static byte[] WriteMatFile(MatFileWritingMethod method, MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options, IMatFile matFile)
+    {
+        switch (method)
+        {
+            case MatFileWritingMethod.NormalStream:
+            {
+                using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+                var matFileWriter = CreateWriter(options, memoryStream);
+                matFileWriter.Write(matFile);
+                return memoryStream.ToArray();
+            }
+            case MatFileWritingMethod.UnseekableStream:
+            {
+                using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+                using var unseekableStream = new UnseekableWriteStream(memoryStream);
+                var matFileWriter = CreateWriter(options, unseekableStream);
+                matFileWriter.Write(matFile);
+                return memoryStream.ToArray();
+            }
+            case MatFileWritingMethod.UnalignedStream:
+            {
+                using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+                memoryStream.Seek(3, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                var matFileWriter = CreateWriter(options, memoryStream);
+                matFileWriter.Write(matFile);
+                var fullArray = memoryStream.ToArray();
+                var length = fullArray.Length - 3;
+                var result = new byte[length];
+                Buffer.BlockCopy(fullArray, 3, result, 0, length);
+                return result;
+            }
+            default:
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static MatFileWriter CreateWriter(MatFileWriterOptionsForTests options, Stream stream)
+    {
+        return options switch
+        {
+            MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.None => new MatFileWriter(stream),
+            MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Always => new MatFileWriter(
+                stream,
+                new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Always }),
+            MatFileWriterOptionsForTests.Never => new MatFileWriter(
+                stream,
+                new MatFileWriterOptions { UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Never }),
+            _ => throw new NotImplementedException(),
+        };
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler.Tests/MatTestDataFactory.cs

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Factory providing the parsed contents of .mat files.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class MatTestDataFactory : AbstractTestDataFactory<IMatFile>
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MatTestDataFactory"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="testDirectory">Directory containing test files.</param>
-        public MatTestDataFactory(string testDirectory)
-            : base(
-                testDirectory,
-                new ExtensionTestFilenameConvention("mat"))
-        {
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read and parse data from a .mat file.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Input stream.</param>
-        /// <returns>Parsed contents of the file.</returns>
-        protected override IMatFile ReadDataFromStream(Stream stream)
-        {
-            var matFileReader = new MatFileReader(stream);
-            var matFile = matFileReader.Read();
-            return matFile;
-        }
-    }
-}

MatFileHandler.Tests/PartialReadMatTestDataFactory.cs

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Factory providing the parsed contents of .mat files,
-    /// wrapped in a <see cref="PartialReadStream"/>.
-    /// </summary>
-    public class PartialReadMatTestDataFactory : MatTestDataFactory
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PartialReadMatTestDataFactory"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="testDirectory">Directory containing test files.</param>
-        public PartialReadMatTestDataFactory(string testDirectory)
-            : base(testDirectory)
-        {
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Read and parse data from a .mat file.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="stream">Input stream.</param>
-        /// <returns>Parsed contents of the file.</returns>
-        protected override IMatFile ReadDataFromStream(Stream stream)
-        {
-            using (var wrapper = new PartialReadStream(stream))
-            {
-                return base.ReadDataFromStream(wrapper);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

MatFileHandler.Tests/PartialUnseekableReadStream.cs

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// A stream which wraps another stream and only reads one byte at a time.
+    /// A stream which wraps another stream and only reads one byte at a time,
+    /// while forbidding seeking in it.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class PartialReadStream : Stream
+    internal sealed class PartialUnseekableReadStream : Stream
     {
         private readonly Stream _baseStream;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PartialReadStream"/> class.
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PartialUnseekableReadStream"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="baseStream">The stream to wrap.</param>
-        public PartialReadStream(Stream baseStream)
+        public PartialUnseekableReadStream(Stream baseStream)
         {
             _baseStream = baseStream;
         }
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         public override bool CanRead => _baseStream.CanRead;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override bool CanSeek => _baseStream.CanSeek;
+        public override bool CanSeek => false;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override bool CanWrite => false;
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override long Position
         {
-            get => _baseStream.Position;
-            set => _baseStream.Position = value;
+            get => throw new NotSupportedException();
+            set => throw new NotSupportedException();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -55,13 +54,13 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
         {
-            return _baseStream.Seek(offset, origin);
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override void SetLength(long value)
         {
-            _baseStream.SetLength(value);
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>

MatFileHandler.Tests/UnseekableWriteStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A stream which wraps another stream and forbids seeking in it.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class UnseekableWriteStream : Stream
+    {
+        public UnseekableWriteStream(Stream baseStream)
+        {
+            _baseStream = baseStream;
+        }
+
+        private readonly Stream _baseStream;
+
+        public override bool CanRead => false;
+
+        public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+        public override bool CanWrite => _baseStream.CanWrite;
+
+        public override long Length => _baseStream.Length;
+
+        public override long Position
+        {
+            get => throw new NotSupportedException();
+            set => throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        public override void Flush()
+        {
+            _baseStream.Flush();
+        }
+
+        public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        public override void SetLength(long value)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        {
+            _baseStream.Write(buffer, offset, count);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposing)
+            {
+                _baseStream.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/ArrayFlags.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/ChecksumCalculatingStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A stream that calculates Adler32 checksum of everything
+    /// written to it before passing to another stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class ChecksumCalculatingStream : Stream
+    {
+        private const uint BigPrime = 0xFFF1;
+        private readonly Stream _stream;
+        private uint s1;
+        private uint s2;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ChecksumCalculatingStream"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">Wrapped stream.</param>
+        public ChecksumCalculatingStream(Stream stream)
+        {
+            _stream = stream;
+            s1 = 1;
+            s2 = 0;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool CanRead => false;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool CanWrite => true;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override long Length => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override long Position
+        {
+            get => throw new NotImplementedException();
+            set => throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Flush()
+        {
+            _stream.Flush();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetLength(long value)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        {
+            for (var i = offset; i < offset + count; i++)
+            {
+                s1 = (s1 + buffer[i]) % BigPrime;
+                s2 = (s2 + s1) % BigPrime;
+            }
+
+            _stream.Write(buffer, offset, count);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calculate the checksum of everything written to the stream so far.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Checksum of everything written to the stream so far.</returns>
+        public uint GetCrc()
+        {
+            return (s2 << 16) | s1;
+        }
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/ComplexOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
     /// A structure representing a complex number where real and imaginary parts are of type T.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T">Type of real and imaginary parts.</typeparam>
-    public struct ComplexOf<T> : IEquatable<ComplexOf<T>>
+    public readonly struct ComplexOf<T> : IEquatable<ComplexOf<T>>
         where T : struct
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -71,10 +69,11 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>True iff another object is a complex number equal to this.</returns>
         public override bool Equals(object obj)
         {
-            if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj))
+            if (obj is null)
             {
                 return false;
             }
+
             return obj is ComplexOf<T> other && Equals(other);
         }
 

MatFileHandler/CompressionUsage.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/DataBuilder.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Numerics;
 
+#pragma warning disable CA1822
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         {
             if (data.Length != dimensions.NumberOfElements())
             {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Data size does not match the specified dimensions", "data");
+                throw new ArgumentException("Data size does not match the specified dimensions", nameof(data));
             }
             return new MatNumericalArrayOf<T>(GetStandardFlags<T>(), dimensions, string.Empty, data);
         }
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return new MatFile(variables);
         }
 
-        private ArrayFlags ConstructArrayFlags(ArrayType class_, bool isComplex = false, bool isLogical = false)
+        private static ArrayFlags ConstructArrayFlags(ArrayType class_, bool isComplex = false, bool isLogical = false)
         {
             return new ArrayFlags
             {
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             };
         }
 
-        private ArrayFlags GetStandardFlags<T>()
+        private static ArrayFlags GetStandardFlags<T>()
         {
             if (typeof(T) == typeof(sbyte))
             {

MatFileHandler/DataElement.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/DataElementConverter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -71,16 +69,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Only 2-dimensional sparse arrays are supported");
             }
-            if (data == null)
+            if (data is null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Null data found.", "data");
+                throw new ArgumentException("Null data found.", nameof(data));
             }
-            var elements =
+
+
+
+
+            var maybeElements =
                 ConvertDataToSparseProperType<T>(data, flags.ArrayFlags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsLogical));
-            if (elements == null)
+            if (maybeElements is not { } elements)
             {
                 throw new HandlerException("Couldn't read sparse array.");
             }
+
             var dataDictionary =
                 ConvertMatlabSparseToDictionary(rowIndex, columnIndex, j => elements[j]);
             return new MatSparseArrayOf<T>(flags, dimensions, name, dataDictionary);
@@ -117,15 +120,12 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             switch (flags.Class)
             {
                 case ArrayType.MxChar:
-                    switch (realData)
+                    return realData switch
                     {
-                        case MiNum<byte> dataByte:
-                            return ConvertToMatCharArray(flags, dimensions, name, dataByte);
-                        case MiNum<ushort> dataUshort:
-                            return ConvertToMatCharArray(flags, dimensions, name, dataUshort);
-                        default:
-                            throw new NotSupportedException("Only utf8, utf16 or ushort char arrays are supported.");
-                    }
+                        MiNum<byte> dataByte => ConvertToMatCharArray(flags, dimensions, name, dataByte),
+                        MiNum<ushort> dataUshort => ConvertToMatCharArray(flags, dimensions, name, dataUshort),
+                        _ => throw new NotSupportedException("Only utf8, utf16 or ushort char arrays are supported."),
+                    };
                 case ArrayType.MxDouble:
                 case ArrayType.MxSingle:
                 case ArrayType.MxInt8:
@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 return DataExtraction.GetDataAsUInt8(data).Select(x => x != 0).ToArray() as T[];
             }
-            switch (data)
+
+            return data switch
             {
-                case MiNum<double> _:
-                    return DataExtraction.GetDataAsDouble(data) as T[];
-                default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+                MiNum<double> => DataExtraction.GetDataAsDouble(data) as T[],
+                _ => throw new NotSupportedException(),
+            };
         }
 
         private static MatCharArrayOf<ushort> ConvertToMatCharArray(

MatFileHandler/DataElementReader.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -30,54 +28,33 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="reader">Input reader.</param>
         /// <returns>Data element.</returns>
-        public DataElement Read(BinaryReader reader)
+        public DataElement? Read(BinaryReader reader)
         {
-            var (dataReader, tag) = ReadTag(reader);
-            DataElement result;
-            switch (tag.Type)
+            var maybeTagPair = ReadTag(reader);
+            if (maybeTagPair is not { } tagPair)
             {
-                case DataType.MiInt8:
-                    result = ReadNum<sbyte>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiUInt8:
-                case DataType.MiUtf8:
-                    result = ReadNum<byte>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiInt16:
-                    result = ReadNum<short>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiUInt16:
-                case DataType.MiUtf16:
-                    result = ReadNum<ushort>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiInt32:
-                    result = ReadNum<int>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiUInt32:
-                    result = ReadNum<uint>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiSingle:
-                    result = ReadNum<float>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiDouble:
-                    result = ReadNum<double>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiInt64:
-                    result = ReadNum<long>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiUInt64:
-                    result = ReadNum<ulong>(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiMatrix:
-                    result = ReadMatrix(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                case DataType.MiCompressed:
-                    result = ReadCompressed(tag, dataReader);
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException("Unknown element.");
+                return null;
             }
 
+            var (dataReader, tag) = tagPair;
+
+            var result = tag.Type switch
+            {
+                DataType.MiInt8 => ReadNum<sbyte>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiUInt8 or DataType.MiUtf8 => ReadNum<byte>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiInt16 => ReadNum<short>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiUInt16 or DataType.MiUtf16 => ReadNum<ushort>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiInt32 => ReadNum<int>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiUInt32 => ReadNum<uint>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiSingle => ReadNum<float>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiDouble => ReadNum<double>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiInt64 => ReadNum<long>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiUInt64 => ReadNum<ulong>(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiMatrix => ReadMatrix(tag, dataReader),
+                DataType.MiCompressed => ReadCompressed(tag, dataReader),
+                _ => throw new NotSupportedException("Unknown element."),
+            };
+
             if (tag.Type != DataType.MiCompressed)
             {
                 var position = reader.BaseStream.Position;
@@ -122,7 +99,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         private static ArrayFlags ReadArrayFlags(DataElement element)
         {
             var flagData = (element as MiNum<uint>)?.Data ??
-                           throw new HandlerException("Unexpected type in array flags.");
+                throw new HandlerException("Unexpected type in array flags.");
             var class_ = (ArrayType)(flagData[0] & 0xff);
             var variableFlags = (flagData[0] >> 8) & 0x0e;
             return new ArrayFlags
@@ -194,9 +171,31 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             };
         }
 
-        private static (BinaryReader reader, Tag tag) ReadTag(BinaryReader reader)
+        private static int? TryReadInt32(BinaryReader reader)
         {
-            var type = reader.ReadInt32();
+            var buffer = new byte[4];
+            var position = 0;
+            while (position < 4)
+            {
+                var actually = reader.BaseStream.Read(buffer, position, 4 - position);
+                if (actually == 0)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                position += actually;
+            }
+
+            return BitConverter.ToInt32(buffer, 0);
+        }
+
+        private static (BinaryReader reader, Tag tag)? ReadTag(BinaryReader reader)
+        {
+            var maybeType = TryReadInt32(reader);
+            if (maybeType is not int type)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             var typeHi = type >> 16;
             if (typeHi == 0)
             {
@@ -206,13 +205,13 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             else
             {
                 var length = typeHi;
-                type = type & 0xffff;
+                type &= 0xffff;
                 var smallReader = new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(reader.ReadBytes(4)));
                 return (smallReader, new Tag((DataType)type, length));
             }
         }
 
-        private DataElement ContinueReadingCellArray(
+        private MatCellArray ContinueReadingCellArray(
             BinaryReader reader,
             ArrayFlags flags,
             int[] dimensions,
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var classNameElement = Read(reader) as MiNum<sbyte> ??
                                    throw new HandlerException("Unexpected type in class name.");
             var className = ReadName(classNameElement);
-            var dataElement = Read(reader);
+            var dataElement = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing opaque data element.");
             var data = ReadData(dataElement);
             if (data is MatNumericalArrayOf<uint> linkElement)
             {
@@ -258,11 +257,11 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             }
             else
             {
-                return new Opaque(name, typeDescription, className, new int[] { }, data, subsystemData);
+                return new Opaque(name, typeDescription, className, Array.Empty<int>(), data, subsystemData);
             }
         }
 
-        private DataElement ContinueReadingSparseArray(
+        private MatArray ContinueReadingSparseArray(
             BinaryReader reader,
             DataElement firstElement,
             int[] dimensions,
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                            throw new HandlerException("Unexpected type in row indices of a sparse array.");
             var columnIndex = Read(reader) as MiNum<int> ??
                               throw new HandlerException("Unexpected type in column indices of a sparse array.");
-            var data = Read(reader);
+            var data = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing sparse array data.");
             if (sparseArrayFlags.ArrayFlags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsLogical))
             {
                 return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatSparseArrayOf<bool>(
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
 
             if (sparseArrayFlags.ArrayFlags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsComplex))
             {
-                var imaginaryData = Read(reader);
+                var imaginaryData = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing imaginary part of sparse array data.");
                 return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatSparseArrayOfComplex(
                     sparseArrayFlags,
                     dimensions,
@@ -298,22 +297,20 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                     imaginaryData);
             }
 
-            switch (data)
+            return data switch
             {
-                case MiNum<double> _:
-                    return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatSparseArrayOf<double>(
-                        sparseArrayFlags,
-                        dimensions,
-                        name,
-                        rowIndex.Data,
-                        columnIndex.Data,
-                        data);
-                default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException("Only double and logical sparse arrays are supported.");
-            }
+                MiNum<double> => DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatSparseArrayOf<double>(
+                    sparseArrayFlags,
+                    dimensions,
+                    name,
+                    rowIndex.Data,
+                    columnIndex.Data,
+                    data),
+                _ => throw new NotSupportedException("Only double and logical sparse arrays are supported."),
+            };
         }
 
-        private DataElement ContinueReadingStructure(
+        private MatStructureArray ContinueReadingStructure(
             BinaryReader reader,
             ArrayFlags flags,
             int[] dimensions,
@@ -343,30 +340,33 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return new MatStructureArray(flags, dimensions, name, fields);
         }
 
-        private DataElement Read(Stream stream)
-        {
-            using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
-            {
-                return Read(reader);
-            }
-        }
-
         private DataElement ReadCompressed(Tag tag, BinaryReader reader)
         {
             reader.ReadBytes(2);
-            var compressedData = reader.ReadBytes(tag.Length - 6);
-            reader.ReadBytes(4);
-            var resultStream = new MemoryStream();
-            using (var compressedStream = new MemoryStream(compressedData))
+
+            DataElement element;
+
+            using (var substream = new Substream(reader.BaseStream, tag.Length - 6))
             {
-                using (var stream = new DeflateStream(compressedStream, CompressionMode.Decompress, leaveOpen: true))
+                using (var deflateStream = new DeflateStream(substream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
+                using (var bufferedStream = new BufferedStream(deflateStream))
+                using (var positionTrackingStream = new PositionTrackingStream(bufferedStream))
+                using (var innerReader = new BinaryReader(positionTrackingStream))
                 {
-                    stream.CopyTo(resultStream);
+                    element = Read(innerReader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing compressed data.");
+                }
+
+                if (substream.Position != substream.Length)
+                {
+                    // In the pathological case that the deflate stream did not read the full
+                    // length, then read out the rest manually (normally 1 byte).
+                    reader.ReadBytes((int)(substream.Length - substream.Position));
                 }
             }
 
-            resultStream.Position = 0;
-            return Read(resultStream);
+            reader.ReadBytes(4);
+
+            return element;
         }
 
         private DataElement ReadMatrix(Tag tag, BinaryReader reader)
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 return MatArray.Empty();
             }
 
-            var element1 = Read(reader);
+            var element1 = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing matrix data.");
             var flags = ReadArrayFlags(element1);
             if (flags.Class == ArrayType.MxOpaque)
             {
@@ -398,12 +398,12 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 return ContinueReadingSparseArray(reader, element1, dimensions, name);
             }
 
-            var element4 = Read(reader);
+            var element4 = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing matrix data.");
             var data = ReadData(element4);
             DataElement? imaginaryData = null;
             if (flags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsComplex))
             {
-                var element5 = Read(reader);
+                var element5 = Read(reader) ?? throw new HandlerException("Missing complex matrix data.");
                 imaginaryData = ReadData(element5);
             }
 
@@ -418,26 +418,23 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             switch (flags.Class)
             {
                 case ArrayType.MxChar:
-                    switch (data)
+                    return data switch
                     {
-                        case MiNum<byte> _:
-                            return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatNumericalArrayOf<byte>(
-                                flags,
-                                dimensions,
-                                name,
-                                data,
-                                imaginaryData);
-                        case MiNum<ushort> _:
-                            return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatNumericalArrayOf<ushort>(
-                                flags,
-                                dimensions,
-                                name,
-                                data,
-                                imaginaryData);
-                        default:
-                            throw new NotSupportedException(
-                                $"This type of char array ({data.GetType()}) is not supported.");
-                    }
+                        MiNum<byte> => DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatNumericalArrayOf<byte>(
+                            flags,
+                            dimensions,
+                            name,
+                            data,
+                            imaginaryData),
+                        MiNum<ushort> => DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatNumericalArrayOf<ushort>(
+                            flags,
+                            dimensions,
+                            name,
+                            data,
+                            imaginaryData),
+                        _ => throw new NotSupportedException(
+                            $"This type of char array ({data.GetType()}) is not supported."),
+                    };
                 case ArrayType.MxInt8:
                     return DataElementConverter.ConvertToMatNumericalArrayOf<sbyte>(
                         flags,

MatFileHandler/DataExtraction.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler
@@ -16,31 +14,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Double.</returns>
         public static double[] GetDataAsDouble(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToDouble(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToDouble(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToDouble(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToDouble(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToDouble(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToDouble(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToDouble(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToDouble(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return FloatToDouble(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return doubleElement.Data;
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to double, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToDouble(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToDouble(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToDouble(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToDouble(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToDouble(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToDouble(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToDouble(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToDouble(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => FloatToDouble(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => doubleElement.Data,
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to double, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -50,31 +38,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Single.</returns>
         public static float[] GetDataAsSingle(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToSingle(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToSingle(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToSingle(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToSingle(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToSingle(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToSingle(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToSingle(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToSingle(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return floatElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToSingle(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to float, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToSingle(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToSingle(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToSingle(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToSingle(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToSingle(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToSingle(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToSingle(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToSingle(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => floatElement.Data,
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToSingle(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to float, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -84,31 +62,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Int8.</returns>
         public static sbyte[] GetDataAsInt8(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return sbyteElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToSByte(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToSByte(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToSByte(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToSByte(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToSByte(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToSByte(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToSByte(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToSByte(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToSByte(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int8, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => sbyteElement.Data,
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToSByte(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToSByte(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToSByte(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToSByte(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToSByte(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToSByte(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToSByte(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToSByte(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToSByte(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int8, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -118,31 +86,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to UInt8.</returns>
         public static byte[] GetDataAsUInt8(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToByte(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return byteElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToByte(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToByte(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToByte(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToByte(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToByte(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToByte(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToByte(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToByte(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint8, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToByte(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => byteElement.Data,
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToByte(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToByte(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToByte(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToByte(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToByte(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToByte(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToByte(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToByte(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint8, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -152,31 +110,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Int16.</returns>
         public static short[] GetDataAsInt16(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToInt16(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToInt16(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToInt16(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToInt16(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return shortElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToInt16(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToInt16(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToInt16(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToInt16(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToInt16(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int16, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToInt16(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToInt16(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToInt16(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToInt16(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => shortElement.Data,
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToInt16(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToInt16(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToInt16(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToInt16(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToInt16(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int16, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -186,31 +134,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to UInt16.</returns>
         public static ushort[] GetDataAsUInt16(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToUInt16(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToUInt16(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToUInt16(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToUInt16(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToUInt16(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return ushortElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToUInt16(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToUInt16(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToUInt16(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToUInt16(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint16, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToUInt16(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToUInt16(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToUInt16(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToUInt16(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToUInt16(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => ushortElement.Data,
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToUInt16(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToUInt16(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToUInt16(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToUInt16(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint16, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -220,31 +158,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Int32.</returns>
         public static int[] GetDataAsInt32(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToInt32(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToInt32(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return intElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToInt32(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToInt32(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToInt32(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToInt32(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToInt32(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToInt32(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToInt32(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int32, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToInt32(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToInt32(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => intElement.Data,
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToInt32(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToInt32(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToInt32(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToInt32(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToInt32(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToInt32(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToInt32(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int32, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -254,31 +182,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to UInt32.</returns>
         public static uint[] GetDataAsUInt32(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToUInt32(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToUInt32(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToUInt32(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return uintElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToUInt32(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToUInt32(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToUInt32(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToUInt32(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToUInt32(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToUInt32(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint32, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToUInt32(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToUInt32(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToUInt32(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => uintElement.Data,
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToUInt32(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToUInt32(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToUInt32(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToUInt32(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToUInt32(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToUInt32(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint32, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -288,31 +206,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to Int64.</returns>
         public static long[] GetDataAsInt64(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToInt64(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToInt64(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToInt64(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToInt64(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToInt64(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToInt64(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return longElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return UlongToInt64(ulongElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToInt64(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToInt64(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int64, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToInt64(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToInt64(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToInt64(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToInt64(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToInt64(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToInt64(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => longElement.Data,
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => UlongToInt64(ulongElement.Data),
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToInt64(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToInt64(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to int64, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -322,31 +230,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the elements, converted to UInt64.</returns>
         public static ulong[] GetDataAsUInt64(DataElement element)
         {
-            switch (element)
+            return element switch
             {
-                case MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement:
-                    return SbyteToUInt64(sbyteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<byte> byteElement:
-                    return ByteToUInt64(byteElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<int> intElement:
-                    return IntToUInt64(intElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<uint> uintElement:
-                    return UintToUInt64(uintElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<short> shortElement:
-                    return ShortToUInt64(shortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ushort> ushortElement:
-                    return UshortToUInt64(ushortElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<long> longElement:
-                    return LongToUInt64(longElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<ulong> ulongElement:
-                    return ulongElement.Data;
-                case MiNum<float> floatElement:
-                    return SingleToUInt64(floatElement.Data);
-                case MiNum<double> doubleElement:
-                    return DoubleToUInt64(doubleElement.Data);
-            }
-            throw new HandlerException(
-                $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint64, found {element.GetType()}.");
+                MiNum<sbyte> sbyteElement => SbyteToUInt64(sbyteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<byte> byteElement => ByteToUInt64(byteElement.Data),
+                MiNum<int> intElement => IntToUInt64(intElement.Data),
+                MiNum<uint> uintElement => UintToUInt64(uintElement.Data),
+                MiNum<short> shortElement => ShortToUInt64(shortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ushort> ushortElement => UshortToUInt64(ushortElement.Data),
+                MiNum<long> longElement => LongToUInt64(longElement.Data),
+                MiNum<ulong> ulongElement => ulongElement.Data,
+                MiNum<float> floatElement => SingleToUInt64(floatElement.Data),
+                MiNum<double> doubleElement => DoubleToUInt64(doubleElement.Data),
+                _ => throw new HandlerException(
+                    $"Expected data element that would be convertible to uint64, found {element.GetType()}."),
+            };
         }
 
         // * to double

MatFileHandler/DataTypeExtensions.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler
@@ -16,41 +14,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Size in bytes.</returns>
         public static int Size(this DataType type)
         {
-            switch (type)
+            return type switch
             {
-                case DataType.MiInt8:
-                    return 1;
-                case DataType.MiUInt8:
-                    return 1;
-                case DataType.MiInt16:
-                    return 2;
-                case DataType.MiUInt16:
-                    return 2;
-                case DataType.MiInt32:
-                    return 4;
-                case DataType.MiUInt32:
-                    return 4;
-                case DataType.MiSingle:
-                    return 4;
-                case DataType.MiDouble:
-                    return 8;
-                case DataType.MiInt64:
-                    return 8;
-                case DataType.MiUInt64:
-                    return 8;
-                case DataType.MiMatrix:
-                    return 0;
-                case DataType.MiCompressed:
-                    return 0;
-                case DataType.MiUtf8:
-                    return 1;
-                case DataType.MiUtf16:
-                    return 2;
-                case DataType.MiUtf32:
-                    return 4;
-                default:
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(type), type, null);
-            }
+                DataType.MiInt8 or DataType.MiUInt8 => 1,
+                DataType.MiInt16 or DataType.MiUInt16 => 2,
+                DataType.MiInt32 or DataType.MiUInt32 => 4,
+                DataType.MiSingle => 4,
+                DataType.MiDouble => 8,
+                DataType.MiInt64 or DataType.MiUInt64 => 8,
+                DataType.MiMatrix => 0,
+                DataType.MiCompressed => 0,
+                DataType.MiUtf8 => 1,
+                DataType.MiUtf16 => 2,
+                DataType.MiUtf32 => 4,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(type), type, null),
+            };
         }
     }
 }

MatFileHandler/DatetimeAdapter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Numerics;
@@ -12,8 +10,6 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
     public class DatetimeAdapter
     {
         private readonly double[] data;
-        private readonly double[] data2;
-        private readonly int[] dimensions;
 
         private readonly DateTimeOffset epoch;
 
@@ -36,15 +32,13 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 case IArrayOf<double> dataArray:
                     data = dataArray.ConvertToDoubleArray()
                         ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot extract data for the datetime adapter.");
-                    data2 = new double[data.Length];
-                    dimensions = dataArray.Dimensions;
+                    Dimensions = dataArray.Dimensions;
                     break;
                 case IArrayOf<Complex> dataComplex:
                     var complexData = dataComplex.ConvertToComplexArray()
                         ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot extract data for the datetime adapter.");
                     data = complexData.Select(c => c.Real).ToArray();
-                    data2 = complexData.Select(c => c.Imaginary).ToArray();
-                    dimensions = dataComplex.Dimensions;
+                    Dimensions = dataComplex.Dimensions;
                     break;
                 default:
                     throw new HandlerException("Datetime data not found.");
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets datetime array dimensions.
         /// </summary>
-        public int[] Dimensions => dimensions;
+        public int[] Dimensions { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets values of datetime object at given position in the array converted to <see cref="DateTimeOffset"/>.
@@ -66,11 +60,11 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             get
             {
                 var milliseconds = data[Dimensions.DimFlatten(list)];
-                if (milliseconds < -62_135_596_800_000.0 || milliseconds > 253_402_300_799_999.0)
+                return milliseconds switch
                 {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                return epoch.AddMilliseconds(milliseconds);
+                    < -62_135_596_800_000.0 or > 253_402_300_799_999.0 => null,
+                    _ => epoch.AddMilliseconds(milliseconds),
+                };
             }
         }
     }

MatFileHandler/DimensionCalculator.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 

MatFileHandler/DurationAdapter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler
@@ -9,7 +7,6 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
     /// </summary>
     public class DurationAdapter
     {
-        private readonly int[] dimensions;
         private readonly double[] data;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -27,13 +24,13 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var dataObject = matObject["millis", 0];
             data = dataObject.ConvertToDoubleArray()
                 ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot extract data for the duration adapter.");
-            dimensions = dataObject.Dimensions;
+            Dimensions = dataObject.Dimensions;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets duration array dimensions.
         /// </summary>
-        public int[] Dimensions => dimensions;
+        public int[] Dimensions { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets duration object at given position.

MatFileHandler/EnumAdapter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/FakeWriter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Numerics;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A simulated writer of .mat files that just calculate the length of data that would be written.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class FakeWriter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets current position of the writer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Position { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write contents of a numerical array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="array">A numerical array.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the array.</param>
+        public void WriteNumericalArrayContents(IArray array, string name)
+        {
+            WriteArrayFlags();
+            WriteDimensions(array.Dimensions);
+            WriteName(name);
+            WriteNumericalArrayValues(array);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write contents of a char array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="charArray">A char array.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the array.</param>
+        public void WriteCharArrayContents(ICharArray charArray, string name)
+        {
+            WriteArrayFlags();
+            WriteDimensions(charArray.Dimensions);
+            WriteName(name);
+            WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<ushort>(charArray.String.Length));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write contents of a sparse array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Array element type.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="array">A sparse array.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the array.</param>
+        public void WriteSparseArrayContents<T>(
+            ISparseArrayOf<T> array,
+            string name)
+            where T : unmanaged, IEquatable<T>
+        {
+            (var rowsLength, var columnsLength, var dataLength, var nonZero) = PrepareSparseArrayData(array);
+            WriteSparseArrayFlags();
+            WriteDimensions(array.Dimensions);
+            WriteName(name);
+            WriteSparseArrayValues<T>(rowsLength, columnsLength, dataLength);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write contents of a structure array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="array">A structure array.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the array.</param>
+        public void WriteStructureArrayContents(IStructureArray array, string name)
+        {
+            WriteArrayFlags();
+            WriteDimensions(array.Dimensions);
+            WriteName(name);
+            WriteFieldNames(array.FieldNames);
+            WriteStructureArrayValues(array);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write contents of a cell array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="array">A cell array.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Name of the array.</param>
+        public void WriteCellArrayContents(ICellArray array, string name)
+        {
+            WriteArrayFlags();
+            WriteDimensions(array.Dimensions);
+            WriteName(name);
+            WriteCellArrayValues(array);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteTag()
+        {
+            Position += 8;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteShortTag()
+        {
+            Position += 4;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteWrappingContents<T>(T array, Action<FakeWriter> writeContents)
+            where T : IArray
+        {
+            if (array.IsEmpty)
+            {
+                WriteTag();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            WriteTag();
+            writeContents(this);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteNumericalArrayValues(IArray value)
+        {
+            switch (value)
+            {
+                case IArrayOf<sbyte> sbyteArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<sbyte>(sbyteArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<byte> byteArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<byte>(byteArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<short> shortArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<short>(shortArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ushort> ushortArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<ushort>(ushortArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<int> intArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<int>(intArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<uint> uintArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<uint>(uintArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<long> longArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<long>(longArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ulong> ulongArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<ulong>(ulongArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<float> floatArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<float>(floatArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<double> doubleArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<double>(doubleArray.Data.Length));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<bool> boolArray:
+                    WriteDataElement(boolArray.Data.Length);
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<sbyte>> complexSbyteArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexSbyteArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<byte>> complexByteArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexByteArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<short>> complexShortArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexShortArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ushort>> complexUshortArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexUshortArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<int>> complexIntArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexIntArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<uint>> complexUintArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexUintArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<long>> complexLongArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexLongArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ulong>> complexUlongArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexUlongArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<float>> complexFloatArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexFloatArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                case IArrayOf<Complex> complexDoubleArray:
+                    WriteComplexValues(GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(complexDoubleArray.Data));
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new NotSupportedException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void WriteName(string name)
+        {
+            var nameBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name);
+            WriteDataElement(nameBytes.Length);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteArrayFlags()
+        {
+            WriteTag();
+            Position += 8;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteDimensions(int[] dimensions)
+        {
+            var buffer = GetLengthOfByteArray<int>(dimensions.Length);
+            WriteDataElement(buffer);
+        }
+
+        private static unsafe int GetLengthOfByteArray<T>(int dataLength)
+            where T : unmanaged
+        {
+            return dataLength * sizeof(T);
+        }
+
+        private static unsafe int GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays<T>(ComplexOf<T>[] data)
+            where T : unmanaged
+        {
+            return data.Length * sizeof(T);
+        }
+
+        private static unsafe int GetLengthOfPairOfByteArrays(Complex[] data)
+        {
+            return data.Length * sizeof(double);
+        }
+
+        private static int CalculatePadding(int length)
+        {
+            var rem = length % 8;
+            return rem == 0 ? 0 : 8 - rem;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteDataElement(int dataLength)
+        {
+            var maybePadding = 0;
+            if (dataLength > 4)
+            {
+                WriteTag();
+                Position += dataLength;
+                maybePadding = CalculatePadding(dataLength + 8);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                WriteShortTag();
+                Position += 4;
+            }
+
+            Position += maybePadding;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteComplexValues(
+            int dataLength)
+        {
+            WriteDataElement(dataLength);
+            WriteDataElement(dataLength);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteSparseArrayValues<T>(int rowsLength, int columnsLength, int dataLength)
+          where T : unmanaged
+        {
+            WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<int>(rowsLength));
+            WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<int>(columnsLength));
+            if (typeof(T) == typeof(double))
+            {
+                WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<double>(dataLength));
+            }
+            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(Complex))
+            {
+                WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<double>(dataLength));
+                WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<double>(dataLength));
+            }
+            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
+            {
+                WriteDataElement(dataLength);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static (int rowIndexLength, int columnIndexLength, int dataLength, uint nonZero) PrepareSparseArrayData<T>(
+            ISparseArrayOf<T> array)
+            where T : struct, IEquatable<T>
+        {
+            var numberOfColumns = array.Dimensions[1];
+            var numberOfElements = array.Data.Values.Count(value => !value.Equals(default));
+            return (numberOfElements, numberOfColumns + 1, numberOfElements, (uint)numberOfElements);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteSparseArrayFlags()
+        {
+            WriteTag();
+            Position += 8;
+        }
+
+        private void WriteFieldNames(IEnumerable<string> fieldNames)
+        {
+            var fieldNamesArray = fieldNames.Select(name => Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name)).ToArray();
+            var maxFieldName = fieldNamesArray.Max(name => name.Length) + 1;
+            WriteDataElement(GetLengthOfByteArray<int>(1));
+            var buffer = new byte[fieldNamesArray.Length * maxFieldName];
+            var startPosition = 0;
+            foreach (var name in fieldNamesArray)
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < name.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    buffer[startPosition + i] = name[i];
+                }
+                startPosition += maxFieldName;
+            }
+            WriteDataElement(buffer.Length);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteStructureArrayValues(IStructureArray array)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < array.Count; i++)
+            {
+                foreach (var name in array.FieldNames)
+                {
+                    WriteArray(array[name, i]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void WriteArray(IArray array, string variableName = "", bool isGlobal = false)
+        {
+            switch (array)
+            {
+                case ICharArray charArray:
+                    WriteCharArray(charArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                case ISparseArrayOf<double> doubleSparseArray:
+                    WriteSparseArray(doubleSparseArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                case ISparseArrayOf<Complex> complexSparseArray:
+                    WriteSparseArray(complexSparseArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                case ISparseArrayOf<bool> boolSparseArray:
+                    WriteSparseArray(boolSparseArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                case ICellArray cellArray:
+                    WriteCellArray(cellArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                case IStructureArray structureArray:
+                    WriteStructureArray(structureArray, variableName);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    WriteNumericalArray(array, variableName);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void WriteCharArray(ICharArray charArray, string name)
+        {
+            WriteWrappingContents(
+                charArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteCharArrayContents(charArray, name));
+        }
+
+        private void WriteSparseArray<T>(ISparseArrayOf<T> sparseArray, string name)
+            where T : unmanaged, IEquatable<T>
+        {
+            WriteWrappingContents(
+                sparseArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteSparseArrayContents(sparseArray, name));
+        }
+
+        private void WriteCellArray(ICellArray cellArray, string name)
+        {
+            WriteWrappingContents(
+                cellArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteCellArrayContents(cellArray, name));
+        }
+
+        private void WriteCellArrayValues(ICellArray array)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < array.Count; i++)
+            {
+                WriteArray(array[i]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void WriteStructureArray(
+            IStructureArray structureArray,
+            string name)
+        {
+            WriteWrappingContents(
+                structureArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteStructureArrayContents(structureArray, name));
+        }
+
+        private void WriteNumericalArray(
+            IArray numericalArray,
+            string name = "")
+        {
+            WriteWrappingContents(
+                numericalArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteNumericalArrayContents(numericalArray, name));
+        }
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/HandlerException.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/Header.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+#if !NET461
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+#endif
 
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var version = reader.ReadInt16();
             var endian = reader.ReadInt16();
             var isLittleEndian = endian == 19785;
-            if (!isLittleEndian)
-            {
-                throw new NotSupportedException("Big-endian files are not supported.");
-            }
-            return new Header(text, subsystemDataOffset, version);
+            return isLittleEndian
+                ? new Header(text, subsystemDataOffset, version)
+                : throw new NotSupportedException("Big-endian files are not supported.");
         }
 
         private static string GetOperatingSystem()

MatFileHandler/IArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Numerics;
 

MatFileHandler/IArrayOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/ICellArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/ICharArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -10,6 +8,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the contained string.
         /// </summary>
+#pragma warning disable CA1716, CA1720
         string String { get; }
+#pragma warning restore CA1716, CA1720
     }
 }

MatFileHandler/IMatFile.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -27,6 +25,6 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <param name="name">The name of the variable to get.</param>
         /// <param name="variable">When this method returns, contains the variable with the specified name, if it is found; otherwise, null.</param>
         /// <returns>True if the file contains a variable with the specified name; otherwise, false.</returns>
-        public bool TryGetVariable(string name, out IVariable? variable);
+        bool TryGetVariable(string name, out IVariable? variable);
     }
 }

MatFileHandler/IMatObject.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/ISparseArrayOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/IStructureArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/IVariable.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/MatArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Numerics;
 
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Empty array.</returns>
         public static MatArray Empty()
         {
-            return new MatArray(new ArrayFlags { Class = ArrayType.MxCell, Variable = 0 }, new int[] { }, string.Empty);
+            return new MatArray(new ArrayFlags { Class = ArrayType.MxCell, Variable = 0 }, Array.Empty<int>(), string.Empty);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />

MatFileHandler/MatCellArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 

MatFileHandler/MatCharArrayOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/MatFile.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
@@ -18,11 +16,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <param name="variables">List of variables.</param>
         public MatFile(IEnumerable<IVariable> variables)
         {
-            _variables = new Dictionary<string, IVariable>();
-            foreach (var variable in variables)
-            {
-                _variables[variable.Name] = variable;
-            }
+            _variables = variables.ToDictionary(v => v.Name, v => v);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />

MatFileHandler/MatFileHandler.csproj

@@ -1,47 +1,45 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net461;net472</TargetFrameworks>
-    <PackageVersion>1.4.0-beta4</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>1.4.0-beta6</PackageVersion>
     <PackageId>MatFileHandler</PackageId>
     <Title>A library for reading and writing MATLAB .mat files.</Title>
     <Authors>Alexander Luzgarev</Authors>
     <Description>MatFileHandler provides a simple interface for reading and writing MATLAB .mat files (of so-called "Level 5") and extracting the contents of numerical arrays, logical arrays, sparse arrays, char arrays, cell arrays and structure arrays.</Description>
     <Copyright>Copyright 2017-2020 Alexander Luzgarev</Copyright>
-    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE.md</PackageLicenseFile>
-    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/mahalex/MatFileHandler</PackageProjectUrl>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>First release.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://git.mahalex.net/mahalex/MatFileHandler</PackageProjectUrl>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>https://git.mahalex.net/mahalex/MatFileHandler/releases/</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <PackageTags>Matlab</PackageTags>
-    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/mahalex/MatFileHandler</RepositoryUrl>
+    <RepositoryUrl>https://git.mahalex.net/mahalex/MatFileHandler</RepositoryUrl>
     <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
     <DocumentationFile>$(OutputPath)\$(TargetFramework)\$(AssemblyName).xml</DocumentationFile>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
+    <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
+    <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
+    <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <AnalysisLevel>latest-Recommended</AnalysisLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
-    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\MatFileHandler.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
-    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\MatFileHandler.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <AdditionalFiles Include="..\stylecop.json" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.66">
-            <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="System.ValueTuple" Version="4.4.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="..\LICENSE.md" Pack="true" PackagePath=""/>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.Gitea" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="MatFileHandler.Tests" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

MatFileHandler/MatFileReader.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
-using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
@@ -28,10 +25,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <returns>Contents of the file.</returns>
         public IMatFile Read()
         {
-            using (var reader = new BinaryReader(Stream))
-            {
-                return Read(reader);
-            }
+            using var reader = new BinaryReader(new PositionTrackingStream(Stream));
+            return Read(reader);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -51,26 +46,24 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var dataElementReader = new DataElementReader(subsystemData);
             while (true)
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    var position = reader.BaseStream.Position;
-                    var dataElement = dataElementReader.Read(reader);
-                    if (position == subsystemDataOffset)
-                    {
-                        var subsystemDataElement = dataElement as IArrayOf<byte>
-                            ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot parse subsystem data element.");
-                        var newSubsystemData = ReadSubsystemData(subsystemDataElement.Data, subsystemData);
-                        subsystemData.Set(newSubsystemData);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        variables.Add(new RawVariable(position, dataElement));
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (EndOfStreamException)
+                var position = reader.BaseStream.Position;
+                var dataElement = dataElementReader.Read(reader);
+                if (dataElement is null)
                 {
                     break;
                 }
+
+                if (position == subsystemDataOffset)
+                {
+                    var subsystemDataElement = dataElement as IArrayOf<byte>
+                        ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot parse subsystem data element.");
+                    var newSubsystemData = ReadSubsystemData(subsystemDataElement.Data, subsystemData);
+                    subsystemData.Set(newSubsystemData);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    variables.Add(new RawVariable(position, dataElement));
+                }
             }
 
             return variables;
@@ -88,23 +81,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return ReadRawVariables(reader, subsystemDataOffset, subsystemData);
         }
 
-        private static IMatFile Read(BinaryReader reader)
+        private static MatFile Read(BinaryReader reader)
         {
             var header = ReadHeader(reader);
             var rawVariables = ReadRawVariables(reader, header.SubsystemDataOffset);
             var variables = new List<IVariable>();
             foreach (var variable in rawVariables)
             {
-                var array = variable.DataElement as MatArray;
-                if (array is null)
+                if (variable.DataElement is MatArray array)
                 {
-                    continue;
+                    variables.Add(
+                        new MatVariable(
+                            array,
+                            array.Name,
+                            array.Flags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsGlobal)));
                 }
-
-                variables.Add(new MatVariable(
-                    array,
-                    array.Name,
-                    array.Flags.Variable.HasFlag(Variable.IsGlobal)));
             }
 
             return new MatFile(variables);

MatFileHandler/MatFileWriter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -47,22 +45,28 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         public void Write(IMatFile file)
         {
             var header = Header.CreateNewHeader();
-            using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(Stream))
+            using var writer = new BinaryWriter(Stream);
+            WriteHeader(writer, header);
+            foreach (var variable in file.Variables)
             {
-                WriteHeader(writer, header);
-                foreach (var variable in file.Variables)
+                switch (_options.UseCompression)
                 {
-                    switch (_options.UseCompression)
-                    {
-                        case CompressionUsage.Always:
-                            WriteCompressedVariable(writer, variable);
-                            break;
-                        case CompressionUsage.Never:
-                            WriteVariable(writer, variable);
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
-                    }
+                    case CompressionUsage.Always:
+                        if (Stream.CanSeek)
+                        {
+                            WriteCompressedVariableToSeekableStream(writer, variable);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            WriteCompressedVariableToUnseekableStream(writer, variable);
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    case CompressionUsage.Never:
+                        WriteVariable(writer, variable);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw new NotImplementedException();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return (s2 << 16) | s1;
         }
 
-        private void WriteHeader(BinaryWriter writer, Header header)
+        private static void WriteHeader(BinaryWriter writer, Header header)
         {
             writer.Write(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(header.Text));
             writer.Write(header.SubsystemDataOffset);
@@ -98,33 +102,30 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             writer.Write((short)19785); // Magic number, 'IM'.
         }
 
-        private void WriteTag(BinaryWriter writer, Tag tag)
+        private static void WriteTag(BinaryWriter writer, Tag tag)
         {
             writer.Write((int)tag.Type);
             writer.Write(tag.Length);
         }
 
-        private void WriteShortTag(BinaryWriter writer, Tag tag)
+        private static void WriteShortTag(BinaryWriter writer, Tag tag)
         {
             writer.Write((short)tag.Type);
             writer.Write((short)tag.Length);
         }
 
-        private void WritePadding(BinaryWriter writer)
-        {
-            var positionMod8 = writer.BaseStream.Position % 8;
-            if (positionMod8 != 0)
-            {
-                writer.Write(new byte[8 - positionMod8]);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private void WriteDataElement(BinaryWriter writer, DataType type, byte[] data)
+        private static void WriteDataElement(BinaryWriter writer, DataType type, byte[] data)
         {
             if (data.Length > 4)
             {
                 WriteTag(writer, new Tag(type, data.Length));
                 writer.Write(data);
+                var rem = data.Length % 8;
+                if (rem > 0)
+                {
+                    var padding = new byte[8 - rem];
+                    writer.Write(padding);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -136,17 +137,16 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                     writer.Write(padding);
                 }
             }
-            WritePadding(writer);
         }
 
-        private void WriteDimensions(BinaryWriter writer, int[] dimensions)
+        private static void WriteDimensions(BinaryWriter writer, int[] dimensions)
         {
             var buffer = ConvertToByteArray(dimensions);
             WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiInt32, buffer);
         }
 
-        private byte[] ConvertToByteArray<T>(T[] data)
-          where T : struct
+        private static byte[] ConvertToByteArray<T>(T[] data)
+            where T : struct
         {
             int size;
             if (typeof(T) == typeof(sbyte))
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 size = sizeof(double);
             }
+            else if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
+            {
+                size = sizeof(bool);
+            }
             else
             {
                 throw new NotSupportedException();
@@ -198,51 +202,51 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return buffer;
         }
 
-        private (byte[] real, byte[] imaginary) ConvertToPairOfByteArrays<T>(ComplexOf<T>[] data)
+        private static (byte[] real, byte[] imaginary) ConvertToPairOfByteArrays<T>(ComplexOf<T>[] data)
           where T : struct
         {
             return (ConvertToByteArray(data.Select(x => x.Real).ToArray()),
                 ConvertToByteArray(data.Select(x => x.Imaginary).ToArray()));
         }
 
-        private (byte[] real, byte[] imaginary) ConvertToPairOfByteArrays(Complex[] data)
+        private static (byte[] real, byte[] imaginary) ConvertToPairOfByteArrays(Complex[] data)
         {
             return (ConvertToByteArray(data.Select(x => x.Real).ToArray()),
                 ConvertToByteArray(data.Select(x => x.Imaginary).ToArray()));
         }
 
-        private void WriteComplexValues(BinaryWriter writer, DataType type, (byte[] real, byte[] complex) data)
+        private static void WriteComplexValues(BinaryWriter writer, DataType type, (byte[] real, byte[] complex) data)
         {
             WriteDataElement(writer, type, data.real);
             WriteDataElement(writer, type, data.complex);
         }
 
-        private void WriteArrayFlags(BinaryWriter writer, ArrayFlags flags)
+        private static void WriteArrayFlags(BinaryWriter writer, ArrayFlags flags)
         {
             var flag = (byte)flags.Variable;
             WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiUInt32, 8));
             writer.Write((byte)flags.Class);
             writer.Write(flag);
-            writer.Write(new byte[] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 });
+            writer.Write([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
         }
 
-        private void WriteSparseArrayFlags(BinaryWriter writer, SparseArrayFlags flags)
+        private static void WriteSparseArrayFlags(BinaryWriter writer, SparseArrayFlags flags)
         {
             var flag = (byte)flags.ArrayFlags.Variable;
             WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiUInt32, 8));
             writer.Write((byte)flags.ArrayFlags.Class);
             writer.Write(flag);
-            writer.Write(new byte[] { 0, 0 });
+            writer.Write([0, 0]);
             writer.Write(flags.NzMax);
         }
 
-        private void WriteName(BinaryWriter writer, string name)
+        private static void WriteName(BinaryWriter writer, string name)
         {
             var nameBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name);
             WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiInt8, nameBytes);
         }
 
-        private void WriteNumericalArrayValues(BinaryWriter writer, IArray value)
+        private static void WriteNumericalArrayValues(BinaryWriter writer, IArray value)
         {
             switch (value)
             {
@@ -277,10 +281,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                     WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiDouble, ConvertToByteArray(doubleArray.Data));
                     break;
                 case IArrayOf<bool> boolArray:
-                    WriteDataElement(
-                        writer,
-                        DataType.MiUInt8,
-                        boolArray.Data.Select(element => element ? (byte)1 : (byte)0).ToArray());
+                    WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiUInt8, ConvertToByteArray(boolArray.Data));
                     break;
                 case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<sbyte>> complexSbyteArray:
                     WriteComplexValues(writer, DataType.MiInt8, ConvertToPairOfByteArrays(complexSbyteArray.Data));
@@ -317,63 +318,39 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             }
         }
 
-        private ArrayFlags GetArrayFlags(IArray array, bool isGlobal)
+        private static ArrayFlags GetArrayFlags(IArray array, bool isGlobal)
         {
             var variableFlags = isGlobal ? Variable.IsGlobal : 0;
-            switch (array)
+            return array switch
             {
-                case IArrayOf<sbyte> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt8, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<byte> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<short> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt16, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<ushort> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt16, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<int> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt32, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<uint> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt32, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<long> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt64, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<ulong> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt64, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<float> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxSingle, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<double> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxDouble, variableFlags);
-                case IArrayOf<bool> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsLogical);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<sbyte>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<byte>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<short>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt16, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ushort>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt16, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<int>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt32, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<uint>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt32, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<long>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt64, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ulong>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt64, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<ComplexOf<float>> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxSingle, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IArrayOf<Complex> _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxDouble, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex);
-                case IStructureArray _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxStruct, variableFlags);
-                case ICellArray _:
-                    return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxCell, variableFlags);
-                default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException();
-            }
+                IArrayOf<sbyte> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt8, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<byte> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<short> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt16, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<ushort> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt16, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<int> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt32, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<uint> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt32, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<long> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt64, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<ulong> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt64, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<float> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxSingle, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<double> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxDouble, variableFlags),
+                IArrayOf<bool> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsLogical),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<sbyte>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<byte>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt8, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<short>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt16, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ushort>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt16, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<int>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt32, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<uint>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt32, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<long>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxInt64, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<ulong>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxUInt64, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<ComplexOf<float>> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxSingle, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IArrayOf<Complex> => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxDouble, variableFlags | Variable.IsComplex),
+                IStructureArray => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxStruct, variableFlags),
+                ICellArray => new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxCell, variableFlags),
+                _ => throw new NotSupportedException(),
+            };
         }
 
-        private SparseArrayFlags GetSparseArrayFlags<T>(ISparseArrayOf<T> array, bool isGlobal, uint nonZero)
+        private static SparseArrayFlags GetSparseArrayFlags<T>(ISparseArrayOf<T> array, bool isGlobal, uint nonZero)
             where T : struct
         {
             var flags = GetArrayFlags(array, isGlobal);
@@ -388,12 +365,16 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             };
         }
 
-        private ArrayFlags GetCharArrayFlags(bool isGlobal)
+        private static ArrayFlags GetCharArrayFlags(bool isGlobal)
         {
             return new ArrayFlags(ArrayType.MxChar, isGlobal ? Variable.IsGlobal : 0);
         }
 
-        private void WriteWrappingContents<T>(BinaryWriter writer, T array, Action<BinaryWriter> writeContents)
+        private static void WriteWrappingContents<T>(
+            BinaryWriter writer,
+            T array,
+            Action<FakeWriter> lengthCalculator,
+            Action<BinaryWriter> writeContents)
             where T : IArray
         {
             if (array.IsEmpty)
@@ -401,19 +382,15 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiMatrix, 0));
                 return;
             }
-            using (var contents = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                using (var contentsWriter = new BinaryWriter(contents))
-                {
-                    writeContents(contentsWriter);
-                    WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiMatrix, (int)contents.Length));
-                    contents.Position = 0;
-                    contents.CopyTo(writer.BaseStream);
-                }
-            }
+
+            var fakeWriter = new FakeWriter();
+            lengthCalculator(fakeWriter);
+            var calculatedLength = fakeWriter.Position;
+            WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiMatrix, calculatedLength));
+            writeContents(writer);
         }
 
-        private void WriteNumericalArrayContents(BinaryWriter writer, IArray array, string name, bool isGlobal)
+        private static void WriteNumericalArrayContents(BinaryWriter writer, IArray array, string name, bool isGlobal)
         {
             WriteArrayFlags(writer, GetArrayFlags(array, isGlobal));
             WriteDimensions(writer, array.Dimensions);
@@ -421,7 +398,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteNumericalArrayValues(writer, array);
         }
 
-        private void WriteNumericalArray(
+        private static void WriteNumericalArray(
             BinaryWriter writer,
             IArray numericalArray,
             string name = "",
@@ -430,10 +407,11 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteWrappingContents(
                 writer,
                 numericalArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteNumericalArrayContents(numericalArray, name),
                 contentsWriter => { WriteNumericalArrayContents(contentsWriter, numericalArray, name, isGlobal); });
         }
 
-        private void WriteCharArrayContents(BinaryWriter writer, ICharArray charArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
+        private static void WriteCharArrayContents(BinaryWriter writer, ICharArray charArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
         {
             WriteArrayFlags(writer, GetCharArrayFlags(isGlobal));
             WriteDimensions(writer, charArray.Dimensions);
@@ -442,15 +420,16 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiUtf16, ConvertToByteArray(array));
         }
 
-        private void WriteCharArray(BinaryWriter writer, ICharArray charArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
+        private static void WriteCharArray(BinaryWriter writer, ICharArray charArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
         {
             WriteWrappingContents(
                 writer,
                 charArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteCharArrayContents(charArray, name),
                 contentsWriter => { WriteCharArrayContents(contentsWriter, charArray, name, isGlobal); });
         }
 
-        private void WriteSparseArrayValues<T>(
+        private static void WriteSparseArrayValues<T>(
             BinaryWriter writer, int[] rows, int[] columns, T[] data)
           where T : struct
         {
@@ -460,9 +439,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             {
                 WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiDouble, ConvertToByteArray(data));
             }
-            else if (data is Complex[])
+            else if (data is Complex[] complexData)
             {
-                var complexData = data as Complex[];
                 WriteDataElement(
                     writer,
                     DataType.MiDouble,
@@ -472,17 +450,16 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                     DataType.MiDouble,
                     ConvertToByteArray(complexData.Select(c => c.Imaginary).ToArray()));
             }
-            else if (data is bool[])
+            else if (data is bool[] boolData)
             {
-                var boolData = data as bool[];
                 WriteDataElement(
                     writer,
                     DataType.MiUInt8,
-                    boolData.Select(element => element ? (byte)1 : (byte)0).ToArray());
+                    ConvertToByteArray(boolData));
             }
         }
 
-        private (int[] rowIndex, int[] columnIndex, T[] data, uint nonZero) PrepareSparseArrayData<T>(
+        private static (int[] rowIndex, int[] columnIndex, T[] data, uint nonZero) PrepareSparseArrayData<T>(
             ISparseArrayOf<T> array)
             where T : struct, IEquatable<T>
         {
@@ -505,7 +482,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             return (rowIndexList.ToArray(), columnIndex, valuesList.ToArray(), (uint)rowIndexList.Count);
         }
 
-        private void WriteSparseArrayContents<T>(
+        private static void WriteSparseArrayContents<T>(
             BinaryWriter writer,
             ISparseArrayOf<T> array,
             string name,
@@ -519,20 +496,21 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteSparseArrayValues(writer, rows, columns, data);
         }
 
-        private void WriteSparseArray<T>(BinaryWriter writer, ISparseArrayOf<T> sparseArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
-            where T : struct, IEquatable<T>
+        private static void WriteSparseArray<T>(BinaryWriter writer, ISparseArrayOf<T> sparseArray, string name, bool isGlobal)
+            where T : unmanaged, IEquatable<T>
         {
             WriteWrappingContents(
                 writer,
                 sparseArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteSparseArrayContents(sparseArray, name),
                 contentsWriter => { WriteSparseArrayContents(contentsWriter, sparseArray, name, isGlobal); });
         }
 
-        private void WriteFieldNames(BinaryWriter writer, IEnumerable<string> fieldNames)
+        private static void WriteFieldNames(BinaryWriter writer, IEnumerable<string> fieldNames)
         {
             var fieldNamesArray = fieldNames.Select(name => Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(name)).ToArray();
-            var maxFieldName = fieldNamesArray.Select(name => name.Length).Max() + 1;
-            WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiInt32, ConvertToByteArray(new[] { maxFieldName }));
+            var maxFieldName = fieldNamesArray.Max(name => name.Length) + 1;
+            WriteDataElement(writer, DataType.MiInt32, ConvertToByteArray([maxFieldName]));
             var buffer = new byte[fieldNamesArray.Length * maxFieldName];
             var startPosition = 0;
             foreach (var name in fieldNamesArray)
@@ -575,6 +553,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteWrappingContents(
                 writer,
                 structureArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteStructureArrayContents(structureArray, name),
                 contentsWriter => { WriteStructureArrayContents(contentsWriter, structureArray, name, isGlobal); });
         }
 
@@ -599,6 +578,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteWrappingContents(
                 writer,
                 cellArray,
+                fakeWriter => fakeWriter.WriteCellArrayContents(cellArray, name),
                 contentsWriter => { WriteCellArrayContents(contentsWriter, cellArray, name, isGlobal); });
         }
 
@@ -635,33 +615,55 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             WriteArray(writer, variable.Value, variable.Name, variable.IsGlobal);
         }
 
-        private void WriteCompressedVariable(BinaryWriter writer, IVariable variable)
+        private void WriteCompressedVariableToSeekableStream(BinaryWriter writer, IVariable variable)
         {
-            using (var compressedStream = new MemoryStream())
+            var position = writer.BaseStream.Position;
+            WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiCompressed, 0));
+            writer.Write((byte)0x78);
+            writer.Write((byte)0x9c);
+            int compressedLength;
+            uint crc;
+            var before = writer.BaseStream.Position;
+            using (var compressionStream = new DeflateStream(writer.BaseStream, CompressionMode.Compress, leaveOpen: true))
             {
-                uint crc;
-                using (var originalStream = new MemoryStream())
-                {
-                    using (var internalWriter = new BinaryWriter(originalStream))
-                    {
-                        WriteVariable(internalWriter, variable);
-                        originalStream.Position = 0;
-                        crc = CalculateAdler32Checksum(originalStream);
-                        originalStream.Position = 0;
-                        using (var compressionStream =
-                            new DeflateStream(compressedStream, CompressionMode.Compress, leaveOpen: true))
-                        {
-                            originalStream.CopyTo(compressionStream);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                compressedStream.Position = 0;
-                WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiCompressed, (int)(compressedStream.Length + 6)));
-                writer.Write((byte)0x78);
-                writer.Write((byte)0x9c);
-                compressedStream.CopyTo(writer.BaseStream);
-                writer.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(crc).Reverse().ToArray());
+                using var checksumStream = new ChecksumCalculatingStream(compressionStream);
+                using var internalWriter = new BinaryWriter(checksumStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
+                WriteVariable(internalWriter, variable);
+                crc = checksumStream.GetCrc();
             }
+
+            var after = writer.BaseStream.Position;
+            compressedLength = (int)(after - before) + 6;
+
+            writer.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(crc).Reverse().ToArray());
+            writer.BaseStream.Position = position;
+            WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiCompressed, compressedLength));
+            writer.BaseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End);
+        }
+
+        private void WriteCompressedVariableToUnseekableStream(BinaryWriter writer, IVariable variable)
+        {
+            using var compressedStream = new MemoryStream();
+            uint crc;
+            using (var originalStream = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                using var internalWriter = new BinaryWriter(originalStream);
+                WriteVariable(internalWriter, variable);
+                originalStream.Position = 0;
+                crc = CalculateAdler32Checksum(originalStream);
+                originalStream.Position = 0;
+                using var compressionStream = new DeflateStream(
+                    compressedStream,
+                    CompressionMode.Compress,
+                    leaveOpen: true);
+                originalStream.CopyTo(compressionStream);
+            }
+            compressedStream.Position = 0;
+            WriteTag(writer, new Tag(DataType.MiCompressed, (int)(compressedStream.Length + 6)));
+            writer.Write((byte)0x78);
+            writer.Write((byte)0x9c);
+            compressedStream.CopyTo(writer.BaseStream);
+            writer.Write(BitConverter.GetBytes(crc).Reverse().ToArray());
         }
     }
 }

MatFileHandler/MatFileWriterOptions.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets default options.
         /// </summary>
-        public static MatFileWriterOptions Default => new MatFileWriterOptions
+        public static MatFileWriterOptions Default => new()
         {
             UseCompression = CompressionUsage.Always,
         };

MatFileHandler/MatNumericalArrayOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Numerics;
 

MatFileHandler/MatSparseArrayOf.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             get
             {
                 var rowAndColumn = GetRowAndColumn(list);
-                return DataDictionary.ContainsKey(rowAndColumn) ? DataDictionary[rowAndColumn] : default(T);
+                return DataDictionary.TryGetValue(rowAndColumn, out var result) ? result : default;
             }
             set => DataDictionary[GetRowAndColumn(list)] = value;
         }
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         public override double[] ConvertToDoubleArray()
         {
             var data = ((IArrayOf<T>)this).Data;
-            return data as double[] ?? data.Select(x => Convert.ToDouble(x)).ToArray();
+            return data as double[] ?? data.Select(x => Convert.ToDouble(x, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).ToArray();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var result = new double[Dimensions[0], Dimensions[1]];
             foreach (var pair in Data)
             {
-                result[pair.Key.row, pair.Key.column] = Convert.ToDouble(pair.Value);
+                result[pair.Key.row, pair.Key.column] = Convert.ToDouble(pair.Value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
             }
 
             return result;
@@ -93,15 +91,12 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
 
         private (int row, int column) GetRowAndColumn(int[] indices)
         {
-            switch (indices.Length)
+            return indices.Length switch
             {
-                case 1:
-                    return (indices[0] % Dimensions[0], indices[0] / Dimensions[0]);
-                case 2:
-                    return (indices[0], indices[1]);
-                default:
-                    throw new NotSupportedException("Invalid index for sparse array.");
-            }
+                1 => (indices[0] % Dimensions[0], indices[0] / Dimensions[0]),
+                2 => (indices[0], indices[1]),
+                _ => throw new NotSupportedException("Invalid index for sparse array."),
+            };
         }
     }
 }

MatFileHandler/MatStructureArray.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 "Cannot set structure elements via this[params int[]] indexer. Use this[string, int[]] instead.");
         }
 
-        private IReadOnlyDictionary<string, IArray> ExtractStructure(int i)
+        private MatStructureArrayElement ExtractStructure(int i)
         {
             return new MatStructureArrayElement(this, i);
         }

MatFileHandler/MatVariable.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />

MatFileHandler/MiNum.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

MatFileHandler/ObjectParser.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+namespace MatFileHandler;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Parser for object data.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class ObjectParser
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parse object data.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="uintArray">Opaque link array.</param>
+    /// <param name="subsystemData">Current subsystem data.</param>
+    /// <returns>Parsed object.</returns>
+    public static IArray ParseObject(MatNumericalArrayOf<uint> uintArray, SubsystemData subsystemData)
+    {
+        var (dimensions, indexToObjectId, classIndex) = DataElementReader.ParseOpaqueData(uintArray.Data);
+        return new OpaqueLink(
+            uintArray.Name,
+            string.Empty,
+            string.Empty,
+            dimensions,
+            uintArray,
+            indexToObjectId,
+            classIndex,
+            subsystemData);
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/Opaque.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Numerics;
 

MatFileHandler/OpaqueLink.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -78,15 +76,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IArray this[string field, params int[] list]
         {
-            get
-            {
-                if (TryGetValue(field, out var result, list))
-                {
-                    return result!;
-                }
-
-                throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
-            }
+            get => TryGetValue(field, out var result, list) ? result! : throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(list));
             set => throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
 
@@ -97,7 +87,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             set => throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
 
-        private IReadOnlyDictionary<string, IArray> ExtractObject(int i)
+        private OpaqueObjectArrayElement ExtractObject(int i)
         {
             return new OpaqueObjectArrayElement(this, i);
         }
@@ -106,7 +96,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
         {
             var index = Dimensions.DimFlatten(list);
             var maybeFieldIndex = SubsystemData.ClassInformation[ClassIndex].FindField(field);
-            if (!(maybeFieldIndex is int fieldIndex))
+            if (maybeFieldIndex is not int fieldIndex)
             {
                 output = default;
                 return false;
@@ -171,8 +161,8 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 }
             }
 
-            /// <inheritdoc />
 #pragma warning disable CS8767
+            /// <inheritdoc />
             public bool TryGetValue(string key, out IArray? value)
 #pragma warning restore CS8767
             {

MatFileHandler/PositionTrackingStream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A stream which wraps another stream and tracks the number of bytes read
+/// for the purpose of adjusting for padding.
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class PositionTrackingStream : Stream
+{
+    private readonly Stream _baseStream;
+    private long _position;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PositionTrackingStream"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="baseStream">The stream to wrap.</param>
+    public PositionTrackingStream(Stream baseStream)
+    {
+        _baseStream = baseStream;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanRead => _baseStream.CanRead;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CanWrite => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Length => _baseStream.Length;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Position
+    {
+        get => _position;
+        set => throw new NotSupportedException();
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Flush() => _baseStream.Flush();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+    {
+        var bytesRead = _baseStream.Read(buffer, offset, count);
+
+        _position += bytesRead;
+
+        return bytesRead;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void SetLength(long value) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing)
+        {
+            _baseStream.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        base.Dispose(disposing);
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/RawVariable.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 
 namespace MatFileHandler

MatFileHandler/StringAdapter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
     /// </summary>
     public class StringAdapter
     {
-        private readonly int[] dimensions;
         private readonly string[] strings;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -28,13 +25,13 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             var binaryData = matObject["any", 0] as IArrayOf<ulong>
                              ?? throw new HandlerException("Cannot extract string data.");
 
-            (dimensions, strings) = ParseBinaryData(binaryData.Data);
+            (Dimensions, strings) = ParseBinaryData(binaryData.Data);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets string array dimensions.
         /// </summary>
-        public int[] Dimensions => dimensions;
+        public int[] Dimensions { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets string object at given position.

MatFileHandler/Substream.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace MatFileHandler
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A stream which reads a finite section of another stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class Substream : Stream
+    {
+        private readonly Stream _baseStream;
+        private long _bytesRead;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Substream"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseStream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to wrap.</param>
+        /// <param name="length">The number of bytes readable from this <see cref="Substream"/>.</param>
+        public Substream(Stream baseStream, long length)
+        {
+            _baseStream = baseStream;
+            Length = length;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override bool CanRead => _baseStream.CanRead;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override bool CanSeek => false;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override bool CanWrite => false;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override long Length { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override long Position
+        {
+            get => _bytesRead;
+            set => throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override void Flush() => _baseStream.Flush();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
+        {
+            var bytesRead = _baseStream.Read(buffer, offset, (int)Math.Min(count, Length - _bytesRead));
+
+            _bytesRead += bytesRead;
+
+            return bytesRead;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override void SetLength(long value) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+    }
+}

MatFileHandler/SubsystemData.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
@@ -119,12 +117,7 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
             /// <returns>Field index.</returns>
             public int? FindField(string fieldName)
             {
-                if (fieldToIndex.TryGetValue(fieldName, out var index))
-                {
-                    return index;
-                }
-
-                return null;
+                return fieldToIndex.TryGetValue(fieldName, out var index) ? index : null;
             }
         }
 

MatFileHandler/SubsystemDataReader.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
@@ -317,21 +314,11 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
 
         private static IArray TransformOpaqueData(IArray array, SubsystemData subsystemData)
         {
-            if (array is MatNumericalArrayOf<uint> uintArray)
+            if (array is MatNumericalArrayOf<uint> uintArray &&
+                uintArray.Data.Length == 6 &&
+                uintArray.Data[0] == 3707764736u)
             {
-                if (uintArray.Data[0] == 3707764736u)
-                {
-                    var (dimensions, indexToObjectId, classIndex) = DataElementReader.ParseOpaqueData(uintArray.Data);
-                    return new OpaqueLink(
-                        uintArray.Name,
-                        string.Empty,
-                        string.Empty,
-                        dimensions,
-                        uintArray,
-                        indexToObjectId,
-                        classIndex,
-                        subsystemData);
-                }
+                return ObjectParser.ParseObject(uintArray, subsystemData);
             }
 
             if (array is MatCellArray cellArray)
@@ -344,10 +331,30 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 }
             }
 
+            if (array is MatStructureArray structureArray)
+            {
+                var newFields = new Dictionary<string, List<IArray>>();
+                foreach (var pair in structureArray.Fields)
+                {
+                    var values = pair.Value;
+                    var transformedValues = new List<IArray>(values.Count);
+                    foreach (var value in values)
+                    {
+                        var transformedValue = TransformOpaqueData(value, subsystemData);
+                        transformedValues.Add(transformedValue);
+                    }
+                    newFields[pair.Key] = transformedValues;
+                }
+                foreach (var pair in newFields)
+                {
+                    structureArray.Fields[pair.Key] = pair.Value;
+                }
+            }
+
             return array;
         }
 
-        private struct ObjectClassInformation
+        private readonly struct ObjectClassInformation
         {
             public ObjectClassInformation(int embeddedObjectPosition, int objectPosition, int loadingOrder, int classId)
             {

MatFileHandler/TableAdapter.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 
@@ -87,9 +85,9 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                     .Where(i => VariableNames[i] == variableName)
                     .Select(i => (int?)i)
                     .FirstOrDefault();
-                if (!(maybeIndex is int index))
+                if (maybeIndex is not int index)
                 {
-                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException($"Variable '{variableName}' not found.");
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(variableName), $"Variable '{variableName}' not found.");
                 }
 
                 var data = matObject["data"] as ICellArray

MatFileHandler/Tag.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2018 Alexander Luzgarev
-
 namespace MatFileHandler
 {
     /// <summary>

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # MatFileHandler
 
+[![NuGet Version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/vpre/MatFileHandler?color=green)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MatFileHandler/absoluteLatest)
+
 MatFileHandler is a .NET library for reading and writing MATLAB .mat files
 (of so-called "Level 5"). MatFileHandler supports numerical arrays,
 logical arrays, sparse arrays, char arrays, cell arrays and structure arrays.
@@ -13,9 +15,8 @@ You can find (partial) technical description of MATLAB object data format
 This document briefly describes how to perform simple operations with .mat files
 using MatFileHandler.
 
-If you have questions and/or ideas, you can [file a new issue]
-(https://github.com/mahalex/MatFileHandler/issues/new) or contact me directly at
-<mahalex@gmail.com>.
+If you have questions and/or ideas, you can [file a new issue](https://git.mahalex.net/mahalex/MatFileHandler/issues/new)
+or contact me directly at <mahalex@gmail.com>.
 
 ## Changelog
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ classdef Point
     end
 end
 ```
-We omit any methods (and constructos) such a class might have, because they are
+We omit any methods (and constructors) such a class might have, because they are
 not stored when you save an object of a class into a `.mat` file.
 
 Imagine that you have a `1x2 Point` object array `p` (an array of two points)

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ variables:
 
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 8.x'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 9.x'
   inputs:
-    version: 8.x
+    version: 9.x
 
 - script: dotnet build --configuration $(buildConfiguration)
   displayName: 'dotnet build $(buildConfiguration)'