// Error conditions should be checked above.
				panic(err)
			}
			enc = e
		})
		return enc
	}
	return
}

// EncodeData encodes the given data and returns the erasure-coded data.
// It returns an error if the erasure coding failed.
func (e *Erasure) EncodeData(ctx context.Context, data []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
	if len(data) == 0 {
		return make([][]byte, e.dataBlocks+e.parityBlocks), nil
	}

		if n == 0 && total != 0 {
			// Reached EOF, nothing more to be done.
			break
		}

		// We take care of the situation where if n == 0 and total == 0 by creating empty data and parity files.
		blocks, err = e.EncodeData(ctx, buf[:n])
		if err != nil {
			return 0, err
		}

		if err = writer.Write(ctx, blocks); err != nil {
			return 0, err
		}

		total += int64(n)
		if eof {
			break
		}
	}

		erasure, err := NewErasure(context.Background(), test.dataBlocks, test.parityBlocks, blockSizeV2)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to create erasure: %v", i, err)
		}
		encoded, err := erasure.EncodeData(context.Background(), buffer)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to encode data: %v", i, err)
		}

		for j := range encoded[:test.missingData] {
			encoded[j] = nil
		}