*      The WriteContext keeps track (among other things) of the low level binary stream (actually, a Gradle serialization {@link org.gradle.internal.serialize.Encoder Encoder}) and the codec to be used.
 *  </p>
 *  <p>
 *      Object serialization is a graph-walking process, and as such, it has a recursive nature.
 *  </p>
 *  <p></p>

            Object encoder = getEncoderMethod.invoke(null);
            return (String) encodeMethod.invoke(encoder, new Object[]{userInfo.getBytes("UTF-8")});
        } catch (Exception java7OrEarlier) {
            try {
                Method encodeMethod = loader.loadClass("javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter").getMethod("printBase64Binary", byte[].class);

		return nil
	}
	info.encInit.Lock()
	defer info.encInit.Unlock()
	enc := info.encoder.Load()
	if enc == nil {
		if building == nil {
			building = make(map[*typeInfo]bool)
		}
		building[info] = true
		enc = compileEnc(ut, building)
		info.encoder.Store(enc)
	}
	return enc
}

func (enc *Encoder) encode(b *encBuffer, value reflect.Value, ut *userTypeInfo) {
	defer catchError(&enc.err)

        when:
        def bytes = encode { Encoder encoder ->
            encoder.encodeChunked { Encoder nested ->
                nested.writeSmallInt(1)
                nested.writeString("chunked")
            }
            encoder.encodeChunked { Encoder nested ->
            }
            encoder.encodeChunked { Encoder nested ->
                nested.writeSmallInt(2)
            }

        @Override
        public void write(Encoder encoder, DefaultTestFailure value) throws Exception {
            encoder.writeNullableString(value.getDetails().getMessage());
            encoder.writeString(value.getDetails().getClassName());
            encoder.writeString(value.getDetails().getStacktrace());
            encoder.writeBoolean(value.getDetails().isAssertionFailure());

    private static void writePath(Encoder encoder, boolean isRoot, FileSystemLocationSnapshot snapshot) throws IOException {
        encoder.writeString(isRoot ? snapshot.getAbsolutePath() : snapshot.getName());
    }

    private static EntryType readEntryType(Decoder decoder) throws IOException {
        return EntryType.values()[decoder.readByte()];
    }

    private static void writeEntryType(Encoder encoder, EntryType type) throws IOException {

            protected void writeAdditionalData(Encoder encoder, ImplementationSnapshot implementationSnapshot) throws Exception {
                LambdaImplementationSnapshot serLambda = (LambdaImplementationSnapshot) implementationSnapshot;
                hashCodeSerializer.write(encoder, serLambda.getClassLoaderHash());
                encoder.writeString(serLambda.getFunctionalInterfaceClass());
                encoder.writeString(serLambda.getImplClass());

        return new ArrayOfPrimitiveValueSnapshot(primitiveType, primitiveType.decode(decoder));
    }

    public void encode(Encoder encoder) throws IOException {
        encoder.writeByte(getPrimitiveTypeCode());
        primitiveType.encode(encoder, array);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return primitiveType.hashCode(array);
    }

    @Override

    @Override
    public void write(Encoder encoder, TransportableActionExecutionSpec spec) throws Exception {
        encoder.writeString(spec.getImplementationClassName());
        encoder.writeBoolean(spec.isInternalServicesRequired());
        encoder.writeString(spec.getBaseDir().getAbsolutePath());
        encoder.writeString(spec.getProjectCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
        encoder.writeBinary(spec.getSerializedParameters());

        encoder.writeString(ivyDependency.getDynamicConstraintVersion());
        encoder.writeBoolean(ivyDependency.isChanging());
        encoder.writeBoolean(ivyDependency.isTransitive());
        encoder.writeBoolean(ivyDependency.isOptional());
    }

    private void writeExcludeRules(Encoder encoder, List<Exclude> excludes) throws IOException {
        encoder.writeSmallInt(excludes.size());