writeLength
Writes the length of a Modified UTF-8 string to the sink's underlying destination.
This is done by taking the mutf8Length's 16 least-significant bits and splitting them into 2 bytes, which are then written in big-endian order. That is, if writeByte() is a method for writing an individual byte to the sink:
writeByte((mutf8Length shr 8).toByte())
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The mutf8Length parameter is an Int, though only the 16 least-significant bits represent the value. Every other bit should be unset or else an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown. Thus, mutf8Length must be in the range 0 .. 65535.
See also
Parameters
mutf8Length
The length of the string in question, in bytes.
Throws
if mutf8Length exceeds 65535.
if an I/O issue occurs while trying to write either of the bytes.