}
        return outData;
    }

    private static void encode(final byte[] inData, final int inIndex, final char[] outData, final int outIndex) {

        final int i = ((inData[inIndex] & 0xff) << 16) + ((inData[inIndex + 1] & 0xff) << 8) + (inData[inIndex + 2] & 0xff);
        outData[outIndex] = ENCODE_TABLE[i >> 18];
        outData[outIndex + 1] = ENCODE_TABLE[i >> 12 & 0x3f];

      LockFreeBitArray dataArray = new LockFreeBitArray(LongMath.checkedMultiply(dataLength, 64L));
      for (int i = 0; i < dataLength; i++) {
        dataArray.putData(i, din.readLong());
      }

      return new BloomFilter<>(dataArray, numHashFunctions, funnel, strategy);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw e;
    } catch (Exception e) { // sneaky checked exception