CubeIoHandler.cpp

 
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
 
#include "IsisDebug.h"
#include "CubeIoHandler.h"
 
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
 
#include <QDebug>
#include <QFile>
#include <QList>
#include <QListIterator>
#include <QMapIterator>
#include <QMutex>
#include <QPair>
#include <QRect>
#include <QTime>
 
#include "Area3D.h"
#include "Brick.h"
#include "CubeCachingAlgorithm.h"
#include "Displacement.h"
#include "Distance.h"
#include "Endian.h"
#include "EndianSwapper.h"
#include "IException.h"
#include "IString.h"
#include "PixelType.h"
#include "Preference.h"
#include "Pvl.h"
#include "PvlGroup.h"
#include "PvlObject.h"
#include "RawCubeChunk.h"
#include "RegionalCachingAlgorithm.h"
#include "SpecialPixel.h"
#include "Statistics.h"
 
using namespace std;
 
namespace Isis {
  CubeIoHandler::CubeIoHandler(QFile * dataFile,
      const QList<int> *virtualBandList, const Pvl &label, bool alreadyOnDisk) {
    m_byteSwapper = NULL;
    m_cachingAlgorithms = NULL;
    m_dataIsOnDiskMap = NULL;
    m_rawData = NULL;
    m_virtualBands = NULL;
    m_nullChunkData = NULL;
    m_lastProcessByLineChunks = NULL;
    m_writeCache = NULL;
    m_ioThreadPool = NULL;
    m_writeThreadMutex = NULL;
 
    try {
      if (!dataFile) {
        IString msg = "Cannot create a CubeIoHandler with a NULL data file";
        throw IException(IException::Programmer, msg, _FILEINFO_);
      }
 
      m_cachingAlgorithms = new QList<CubeCachingAlgorithm *>;
 
      PvlGroup &performancePrefs =
          Preference::Preferences().findGroup("Performance");
      IString cubeWritePerfOpt = performancePrefs["CubeWriteThread"][0];
      m_useOptimizedCubeWrite = (cubeWritePerfOpt.DownCase() == "optimized");
      if ((m_useOptimizedCubeWrite && !alreadyOnDisk) ||
           cubeWritePerfOpt.DownCase() == "always") {
        m_ioThreadPool = new QThreadPool;
        m_ioThreadPool->setMaxThreadCount(1);
      }
 
      m_consecutiveOverflowCount = 0;
      m_lastOperationWasWrite = false;
      m_rawData = new QMap<int, RawCubeChunk *>;
      m_writeCache = new QPair< QMutex *, QList<Buffer *> >;
      m_writeCache->first = new QMutex;
      m_writeThreadMutex = new QMutex;
 
      m_idealFlushSize = 32;
 
      m_cachingAlgorithms->append(new RegionalCachingAlgorithm);
 
      m_dataFile = dataFile;
 
      const PvlObject &core = label.findObject("IsisCube").findObject("Core");
      const PvlGroup &pixelGroup = core.findGroup("Pixels");
 
      QString byteOrderStr = pixelGroup.findKeyword("ByteOrder")[0];
      m_byteSwapper = new EndianSwapper(
          byteOrderStr.toUpper());
      m_base = pixelGroup.findKeyword("Base");
      m_multiplier = pixelGroup.findKeyword("Multiplier");
      m_pixelType = PixelTypeEnumeration(pixelGroup.findKeyword("Type"));
 
      // If the byte swapper isn't going to do anything, then get rid of it
      //   because it's quicker to check for a NULL byte swapper member than to
      //   call a swap that won't do anything.
      if(!m_byteSwapper->willSwap()) {
        delete m_byteSwapper;
        m_byteSwapper = NULL;
      }
 
      const PvlGroup &dimensions = core.findGroup("Dimensions");
      m_numSamples = dimensions.findKeyword("Samples");
      m_numLines = dimensions.findKeyword("Lines");
      m_numBands = dimensions.findKeyword("Bands");
 
      m_startByte = (int)core.findKeyword("StartByte") - 1;
 
      m_samplesInChunk = -1;
      m_linesInChunk = -1;
      m_bandsInChunk = -1;
 
      if(!alreadyOnDisk) {
        m_dataIsOnDiskMap = new QMap<int, bool>;
      }
 
      setVirtualBands(virtualBandList);
    }
    catch(IException &e) {
      IString msg = "Constructing CubeIoHandler failed";
      throw IException(e, IException::Programmer, msg, _FILEINFO_);
    }
    catch(...) {
      IString msg = "Constructing CubeIoHandler failed";
      throw IException(IException::Programmer, msg, _FILEINFO_);
    }
  }
 
 
  CubeIoHandler::~CubeIoHandler() {
    ASSERT( m_rawData ? m_rawData->size() == 0 : 1 );
 
    if (m_ioThreadPool)
      m_ioThreadPool->waitForDone();
 
    delete m_ioThreadPool;
    m_ioThreadPool = NULL;
 
    delete m_dataIsOnDiskMap;
    m_dataIsOnDiskMap = NULL;
 
    if (m_cachingAlgorithms) {
      QListIterator<CubeCachingAlgorithm *> it(*m_cachingAlgorithms);
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        delete it.next();
      }
      delete m_cachingAlgorithms;
      m_cachingAlgorithms = NULL;
    }
 
    if (m_rawData) {
      QMapIterator<int, RawCubeChunk *> it(*m_rawData);
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        // Unwritten data here means it cannot be written :(
        ASSERT(0);
        it.next();
 
        if(it.value())
          delete it.value();
      }
      delete m_rawData;
      m_rawData = NULL;
    }
 
    if (m_writeCache) {
      delete m_writeCache->first;
      m_writeCache->first = NULL;
 
      for (int i = 0; i < m_writeCache->second.size(); i++) {
        delete m_writeCache->second[i];
      }
      m_writeCache->second.clear();
 
      delete m_writeCache;
      m_writeCache = NULL;
    }
 
    delete m_byteSwapper;
    m_byteSwapper = NULL;
 
    delete m_virtualBands;
    m_virtualBands = NULL;
 
    delete m_nullChunkData;
    m_nullChunkData = NULL;
 
    delete m_lastProcessByLineChunks;
    m_lastProcessByLineChunks = NULL;
 
    delete m_writeThreadMutex;
    m_writeThreadMutex = NULL;
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::read(Buffer &bufferToFill) const {
    // We need to record the current chunk count size so we can use
    // it to evaluate if the cache should be minimized
    int lastChunkCount = m_rawData->size();
 
    if (m_lastOperationWasWrite) {
      // Do the remaining writes
      flushWriteCache(true);
 
      m_lastOperationWasWrite = false;
 
      // Stop backgrounding writes now, we don't want to keep incurring this
      //   penalty.
      if (m_useOptimizedCubeWrite) {
        delete m_ioThreadPool;
        m_ioThreadPool = NULL;
      }
    }
 
    QMutexLocker lock(m_writeThreadMutex);
 
    // NON-THREADED CUBE READ
    QList<RawCubeChunk *> cubeChunks;
    QList<int > chunkBands;
 
    int bufferSampleCount = bufferToFill.SampleDimension();
    int bufferLineCount = bufferToFill.LineDimension();
    int bufferBandCount = bufferToFill.BandDimension();
 
    // our chunk dimensions are same as buffer shape dimensions
    if (bufferSampleCount == m_samplesInChunk &&
        bufferLineCount == m_linesInChunk &&
        bufferBandCount == m_bandsInChunk) {
      int bufferStartSample = bufferToFill.Sample();
      int bufferStartLine = bufferToFill.Line();
      int bufferStartBand = bufferToFill.Band();
 
      int bufferEndSample = bufferStartSample + bufferSampleCount - 1;
      int bufferEndLine = bufferStartLine + bufferLineCount - 1;
      int bufferEndBand = bufferStartBand + bufferBandCount - 1;
 
      // make sure we access the correct band
      int startBand = bufferStartBand - 1;
      if (m_virtualBands)
        startBand = m_virtualBands->at(bufferStartBand - 1);
 
      int expectedChunkIndex =
          ((bufferStartSample - 1) / getSampleCountInChunk()) +
          ((bufferStartLine - 1) / getLineCountInChunk()) *
            getChunkCountInSampleDimension() +
          ((startBand - 1) / getBandCountInChunk()) *
            getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
            getChunkCountInLineDimension();
 
      int chunkStartSample, chunkStartLine, chunkStartBand,
          chunkEndSample, chunkEndLine, chunkEndBand;
 
      getChunkPlacement(expectedChunkIndex,
          chunkStartSample, chunkStartLine, chunkStartBand,
          chunkEndSample, chunkEndLine, chunkEndBand);
 
      if (chunkStartSample == bufferStartSample &&
          chunkStartLine == bufferStartLine &&
          chunkStartBand == bufferStartBand &&
          chunkEndSample == bufferEndSample &&
          chunkEndLine == bufferEndLine &&
          chunkEndBand == bufferEndBand) {
        cubeChunks.append(getChunk(expectedChunkIndex, true));
      chunkBands.append(cubeChunks.last()->getStartBand());
      }
    }
 
    if (cubeChunks.empty()) {
      // We can't guarantee our cube chunks will encompass the buffer
      //   if the buffer goes beyond the cube bounds.
      for(int i = 0; i < bufferToFill.size(); i++) {
        bufferToFill[i] = Null;
      }
 
    QPair< QList<RawCubeChunk *>, QList<int> > chunkInfo;
      chunkInfo = findCubeChunks(
          bufferToFill.Sample(), bufferToFill.SampleDimension(),
          bufferToFill.Line(), bufferToFill.LineDimension(),
          bufferToFill.Band(), bufferToFill.BandDimension());
      cubeChunks = chunkInfo.first;
      chunkBands = chunkInfo.second;
    }
 
    for (int i = 0; i < cubeChunks.size(); i++) {
      writeIntoDouble(*cubeChunks[i], bufferToFill, chunkBands[i]);
    }
 
    // Minimize the cache if it changed in size
    if (lastChunkCount != m_rawData->size()) {
      minimizeCache(cubeChunks, bufferToFill);
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::write(const Buffer &bufferToWrite) {
    m_lastOperationWasWrite = true;
 
    if (m_ioThreadPool) {
      // THREADED CUBE WRITE
      Buffer * copy = new Buffer(bufferToWrite);
      {
        QMutexLocker locker(m_writeCache->first);
        m_writeCache->second.append(copy);
      }
 
      flushWriteCache();
    }
    else {
      QMutexLocker lock(m_writeThreadMutex);
      // NON-THREADED CUBE WRITE
      synchronousWrite(bufferToWrite);
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::addCachingAlgorithm(CubeCachingAlgorithm *algorithm) {
    m_cachingAlgorithms->prepend(algorithm);
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::clearCache(bool blockForWriteCache) const {
    if (blockForWriteCache) {
      // Start the rest of the writes
      flushWriteCache(true);
    }
 
    // If this map is allocated, then this is a brand new cube and we need to
    //   make sure it's filled with data or NULLs.
    if(m_dataIsOnDiskMap) {
      writeNullDataToDisk();
    }
 
    // This should be allocated. This is a list of the cached cube data.
    //   Write it all to disk.
    if (m_rawData) {
      QMapIterator<int, RawCubeChunk *> it(*m_rawData);
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        it.next();
 
        if(it.value()) {
          if(it.value()->isDirty()) {
            (const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this))->writeRaw(*it.value());
          }
 
          delete it.value();
        }
      }
 
      m_rawData->clear();
    }
 
    if(m_lastProcessByLineChunks) {
      delete m_lastProcessByLineChunks;
      m_lastProcessByLineChunks = NULL;
    }
  }
 
 
  BigInt CubeIoHandler::getDataSize() const {
    return (BigInt)getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
           (BigInt)getChunkCountInLineDimension() *
           (BigInt)getChunkCountInBandDimension() *
           (BigInt)getBytesPerChunk();
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::setVirtualBands(const QList<int> *virtualBandList) {
    if(m_virtualBands) {
      delete m_virtualBands;
      m_virtualBands = NULL;
    }
 
    if(virtualBandList && !virtualBandList->empty())
      m_virtualBands = new QList<int>(*virtualBandList);
  }
 
  QMutex *CubeIoHandler::dataFileMutex() {
    return m_writeThreadMutex;
  }
 
  int CubeIoHandler::bandCount() const {
    return m_numBands;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getBandCountInChunk() const {
    return m_bandsInChunk;
  }
 
 
  BigInt CubeIoHandler::getBytesPerChunk() const {
    return m_samplesInChunk * m_linesInChunk * m_bandsInChunk *
        SizeOf(m_pixelType);
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getChunkCountInBandDimension() const {
    return (int)ceil((double)m_numBands / (double)m_bandsInChunk);
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getChunkCountInLineDimension() const {
    return (int)ceil((double)m_numLines / (double)m_linesInChunk);
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getChunkCountInSampleDimension() const {
    return (int)ceil((double)m_numSamples / (double)m_samplesInChunk);
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getChunkIndex(const RawCubeChunk &chunk)  const {
//     ASSERT(chunk.getStartSample() <= sampleCount());
//     ASSERT(chunk.getStartLine() <= lineCount());
//     ASSERT(chunk.getStartBand() <= bandCount());
 
    int sampleIndex = (chunk.getStartSample() - 1) / getSampleCountInChunk();
    int lineIndex = (chunk.getStartLine() - 1) / getLineCountInChunk();
    int bandIndex = (chunk.getStartBand() - 1) / getBandCountInChunk();
 
    int indexInBand =
        sampleIndex + lineIndex * getChunkCountInSampleDimension();
    int indexOffsetToBand = bandIndex * getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
        getChunkCountInLineDimension();
 
    return indexOffsetToBand + indexInBand;
  }
 
 
  BigInt CubeIoHandler::getDataStartByte() const {
    return m_startByte;
  }
 
 
  QFile * CubeIoHandler::getDataFile() {
    return m_dataFile;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::lineCount() const {
    return m_numLines;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getLineCountInChunk() const {
    return m_linesInChunk;
  }
 
 
  PixelType CubeIoHandler::pixelType() const {
    return m_pixelType;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::sampleCount() const {
    return m_numSamples;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getSampleCountInChunk() const {
    return m_samplesInChunk;
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::setChunkSizes(
      int numSamples, int numLines, int numBands) {
    bool success = false;
    IString msg;
 
    if(m_samplesInChunk != -1 || m_linesInChunk != -1 || m_bandsInChunk != -1) {
      IString msg = "You cannot change the chunk sizes once set";
    }
    else if(numSamples < 1) {
      msg = "Negative and zero chunk sizes are not supported, samples per chunk"
          " cannot be [" + IString(numSamples) + "]";
    }
    else if(numLines < 1) {
      msg = "Negative and zero chunk sizes are not supported, lines per chunk "
            "cannot be [" + IString(numLines) + "]";
    }
    else if(numBands < 1) {
      msg = "Negative and zero chunk sizes are not supported, lines per chunk "
            "cannot be [" + IString(numBands) + "]";
    }
    else {
      success = true;
    }
 
    if(success) {
      m_samplesInChunk = numSamples;
      m_linesInChunk = numLines;
      m_bandsInChunk = numBands;
 
      if(m_dataIsOnDiskMap) {
        m_dataFile->resize(getDataStartByte() + getDataSize());
      }
      else if(m_dataFile->size() < getDataStartByte() + getDataSize()) {
        success = false;
        msg = "File size [" + IString((BigInt)m_dataFile->size()) +
            " bytes] not big enough to hold data [" +
            IString(getDataStartByte() + getDataSize()) + " bytes] where the "
            "offset to the cube data is [" + IString(getDataStartByte()) +
            " bytes]";
      }
    }
    else {
      throw IException(IException::Programmer, msg, _FILEINFO_);
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::blockUntilThreadPoolEmpty() const {
    if (m_ioThreadPool) {
      QMutexLocker lock(m_writeThreadMutex);
    }
  }
 
 
  bool CubeIoHandler::bufferLessThan(Buffer * const &lhs, Buffer * const &rhs) {
    bool lessThan = false;
 
    // If there is any overlap then we need to return false due to it being
    //   ambiguous.
    Area3D lhsArea(
        Displacement(lhs->Sample(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Displacement(lhs->Line(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Displacement(lhs->Band(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Distance(lhs->SampleDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels),
        Distance(lhs->LineDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels),
        Distance(lhs->BandDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels));
    Area3D rhsArea(
        Displacement(rhs->Sample(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Displacement(rhs->Line(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Displacement(rhs->Band(), Displacement::Pixels),
        Distance(rhs->SampleDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels),
        Distance(rhs->LineDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels),
        Distance(rhs->BandDimension() - 1, Distance::Pixels));
 
    if (!lhsArea.intersect(rhsArea).isValid()) {
      if (lhs->Band() != rhs->Band()) {
        lessThan = lhs->Band() < rhs->Band();
      }
      else if (lhs->Line() != rhs->Line()) {
        lessThan = lhs->Line() < rhs->Line();
      }
      else if (lhs->Sample() != rhs->Sample()) {
        lessThan = lhs->Sample() < rhs->Sample();
      }
    }
 
    return lessThan;
  }
 
 
  QPair< QList<RawCubeChunk *>, QList<int> > CubeIoHandler::findCubeChunks(int startSample,
      int numSamples, int startLine, int numLines, int startBand,
      int numBands) const {
    QList<RawCubeChunk *> results;
    QList<int> resultBands;
/************************************************************************CHANGED THIS!!!!!!!!******/
    int lastBand = startBand + numBands - 1;
//     int lastBand = min(startBand + numBands - 1,
//                        bandCount());
/************************************************************************CHANGED THIS!!!!!!!!******/
 
    QRect areaInBand(
        QPoint(max(startSample, 1),
                max(startLine, 1)),
        QPoint(min(startSample + numSamples - 1,
                   sampleCount()),
                min(startLine + numLines - 1,
                    lineCount())));
 
    // We are considering only 1 band at a time.. we can't use m_bandsInChunk
    //   because of virtual bands, but every extra loop should not need extra
    //   IO.
    for(int band = startBand; band <= lastBand; band ++) {
      // This is the user-requested area in this band
      QRect areaLeftInBand(areaInBand);
 
      int actualBand = band;
 
      if(m_virtualBands) {
        if (band < 1 || band > m_virtualBands->size())
          actualBand = 0;
        else
          actualBand = (m_virtualBands->at(band - 1) - 1) / m_bandsInChunk + 1;
      }
      // We will be consuming areaLeftInBand until we've got all of the area
      //   requested.
      while(!areaLeftInBand.isEmpty()) {
        int areaStartLine = areaLeftInBand.top();
        int areaStartSample = areaLeftInBand.left();
 
        int initialChunkXPos = (areaStartSample - 1) / m_samplesInChunk;
        int initialChunkYPos = (areaStartLine - 1)   / m_linesInChunk;
        int initialChunkZPos = (actualBand - 1) / m_bandsInChunk;
        int initialChunkBand = initialChunkZPos * m_bandsInChunk + 1;
 
 
        QRect chunkRect(initialChunkXPos * m_samplesInChunk + 1,
                      initialChunkYPos * m_linesInChunk + 1,
                      m_samplesInChunk, m_linesInChunk);
 
        // The chunk rectangle must intersect the remaining area that is in the
        // current band, and the chunk's initial band must be between 1 and the
        // number of physical bands in the cube (inclusive).
        while(chunkRect.intersects(areaLeftInBand) &&
              (initialChunkBand >= 1 && initialChunkBand <= bandCount())) {
          int chunkXPos = (chunkRect.left() - 1) / m_samplesInChunk;
          int chunkYPos = (chunkRect.top() - 1) / m_linesInChunk;
          int chunkZPos = initialChunkZPos;
 
          // We now have an X,Y,Z position for the chunk. What's its index?
          int chunkIndex = chunkXPos +
              (chunkYPos * getChunkCountInSampleDimension()) +
              (chunkZPos * getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
                          getChunkCountInLineDimension());
 
          RawCubeChunk * newChunk = getChunk(chunkIndex, true);
 
          results.append(newChunk);
          resultBands.append(band);
 
          chunkRect.moveLeft(chunkRect.right() + 1);
        }
 
        areaLeftInBand.setTop(chunkRect.bottom() + 1);
      }
    }
 
    return QPair< QList<RawCubeChunk *>, QList<int> >(results, resultBands);
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::findIntersection(
      const RawCubeChunk &cube1, const Buffer &cube2,
      int &startX, int &startY, int &startZ,
      int &endX, int &endY, int &endZ) const {
    // So we have 2 3D "cubes" (not Cube cubes but 3d areas) we need to
    //   intersect in order to figure out what chunk data goes into the output
    //   buffer.
 
    // To find the band range we actually have to map all of the bands from
    //   virtual bands to physical bands
    int startVBand = cube2.Band();
    int endVBand = startVBand + cube2.BandDimension() - 1;
 
    int startPhysicalBand = 0;
    int endPhysicalBand = 0;
 
    bool startVBandFound = false;
    for(int virtualBand = startVBand; virtualBand <= endVBand; virtualBand ++) {
      int physicalBand = virtualBand;
 
      bool bandExists = true;
      if(m_virtualBands) {
        if (virtualBand < 1 || virtualBand > m_virtualBands->size())
          bandExists = false;
        else {
          physicalBand = m_virtualBands->at(virtualBand - 1);
        }
      }
 
      if (bandExists) {
        if(!startVBandFound) {
          startPhysicalBand = physicalBand;
          endPhysicalBand = physicalBand;
          startVBandFound = true;
        }
        else {
          if(physicalBand < startPhysicalBand)
            startPhysicalBand = physicalBand;
 
          if(physicalBand > endPhysicalBand)
            endPhysicalBand = physicalBand;
        }
      }
    }
 
    startX = max(cube1.getStartSample(), cube2.Sample());
    startY = max(cube1.getStartLine(), cube2.Line());
    startZ = max(cube1.getStartBand(), startPhysicalBand);
    endX = min(cube1.getStartSample() + cube1.sampleCount() - 1,
               cube2.Sample() + cube2.SampleDimension() - 1);
    endY = min(cube1.getStartLine() + cube1.lineCount() - 1,
               cube2.Line() + cube2.LineDimension() - 1);
    endZ = min(cube1.getStartBand() + cube1.bandCount() - 1,
               endPhysicalBand);
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::flushWriteCache(bool force) const {
    if (m_ioThreadPool) {
      bool shouldFlush = m_writeCache->second.size() >= m_idealFlushSize ||
                         force;
      bool cacheOverflowing =
          (m_writeCache->second.size() > m_idealFlushSize * 10);
      bool shouldAndCanFlush = false;
      bool forceStart = force;
 
      if (shouldFlush) {
        shouldAndCanFlush = m_writeThreadMutex->tryLock();
        if (shouldAndCanFlush) {
          m_writeThreadMutex->unlock();
        }
      }
 
      if (cacheOverflowing && !shouldAndCanFlush) {
        forceStart = true;
        m_consecutiveOverflowCount++;
      }
 
      if (forceStart) {
        blockUntilThreadPoolEmpty();
 
        if (m_writeCache->second.size() != 0) {
          m_idealFlushSize = m_writeCache->second.size();
          shouldFlush = true;
          shouldAndCanFlush = true;
        }
      }
      else if (!cacheOverflowing && shouldAndCanFlush) {
        m_consecutiveOverflowCount = 0;
      }
 
      if (cacheOverflowing && m_useOptimizedCubeWrite) {
        blockUntilThreadPoolEmpty();
 
        // If the process is very I/O bound, then write caching isn't helping
        //   anything. In fact, it hurts, so turn it off.
        if (m_consecutiveOverflowCount > 10) {
          delete m_ioThreadPool;
          m_ioThreadPool = NULL;
        }
 
        // Write it all synchronously.
        foreach (Buffer *bufferToWrite, m_writeCache->second) {
          const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this)->synchronousWrite(*bufferToWrite);
          delete bufferToWrite;
        }
 
        m_writeCache->second.clear();
      }
 
      if (shouldAndCanFlush && m_ioThreadPool) {
        QMutexLocker locker(m_writeCache->first);
        QRunnable *writer = new BufferToChunkWriter(
            const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this), m_writeCache->second);
 
        m_ioThreadPool->start(writer);
 
        m_writeCache->second.clear();
        m_lastOperationWasWrite = true;
      }
 
      if (force) {
        blockUntilThreadPoolEmpty();
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::freeChunk(RawCubeChunk *chunkToFree) const {
    if(chunkToFree && m_rawData) {
      int chunkIndex = getChunkIndex(*chunkToFree);
 
      m_rawData->erase(m_rawData->find(chunkIndex));
 
      if(chunkToFree->isDirty())
        (const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this))->writeRaw(*chunkToFree);
 
      delete chunkToFree;
 
      if(m_lastProcessByLineChunks) {
        delete m_lastProcessByLineChunks;
        m_lastProcessByLineChunks = NULL;
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  RawCubeChunk *CubeIoHandler::getChunk(int chunkIndex,
                                        bool allocateIfNecessary) const {
    RawCubeChunk *chunk = NULL;
 
    if(m_rawData) {
      chunk = m_rawData->value(chunkIndex);
    }
 
    if(allocateIfNecessary && !chunk) {
      if(m_dataIsOnDiskMap && !(*m_dataIsOnDiskMap)[chunkIndex]) {
        chunk = getNullChunk(chunkIndex);
        (*m_dataIsOnDiskMap)[chunkIndex] = true;
      }
      else {
        int startSample;
        int startLine;
        int startBand;
        int endSample;
        int endLine;
        int endBand;
        getChunkPlacement(chunkIndex, startSample, startLine, startBand,
                          endSample, endLine, endBand);
        chunk = new RawCubeChunk(startSample, startLine, startBand,
                                    endSample, endLine, endBand,
                                    getBytesPerChunk());
 
        (const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this))->readRaw(*chunk);
        chunk->setDirty(false);
      }
 
      (*m_rawData)[chunkIndex] = chunk;
    }
 
    return chunk;
  }
 
 
  int CubeIoHandler::getChunkCount() const {
    return getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
           getChunkCountInLineDimension() *
           getChunkCountInBandDimension();
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::getChunkPlacement(int chunkIndex,
      int &startSample, int &startLine, int &startBand,
      int &endSample, int &endLine, int &endBand) const {
    int chunkSampleIndex = chunkIndex % getChunkCountInSampleDimension();
 
    chunkIndex =
        (chunkIndex - chunkSampleIndex) / getChunkCountInSampleDimension();
 
    int chunkLineIndex = chunkIndex % getChunkCountInLineDimension();
    chunkIndex = (chunkIndex - chunkLineIndex) / getChunkCountInLineDimension();
 
    int chunkBandIndex = chunkIndex;
 
    startSample = chunkSampleIndex * getSampleCountInChunk() + 1;
    endSample = startSample + getSampleCountInChunk() - 1;
    startLine = chunkLineIndex * getLineCountInChunk() + 1;
    endLine = startLine + getLineCountInChunk() - 1;
    startBand = chunkBandIndex * getBandCountInChunk() + 1;
    endBand = startBand + getBandCountInChunk() - 1;
  }
 
 
  RawCubeChunk *CubeIoHandler::getNullChunk(int chunkIndex) const {
    // Shouldn't ask for null chunks when the area has already been allocated
//     ASSERT(getChunk(chunkIndex) == NULL);
 
    int startSample = 0;
    int startLine = 0;
    int startBand = 0;
 
    int endSample = 0;
    int endLine = 0;
    int endBand = 0;
 
    getChunkPlacement(chunkIndex, startSample, startLine, startBand,
                      endSample, endLine, endBand);
 
    RawCubeChunk *result = new RawCubeChunk(startSample, startLine, startBand,
        endSample, endLine, endBand, getBytesPerChunk());
 
    if(!m_nullChunkData) {
      // the pixel type doesn't really matter, so pick something small
      Brick nullBuffer(result->sampleCount(),
                      result->lineCount(),
                      result->bandCount(),
                      UnsignedByte);
 
      nullBuffer.SetBasePosition(result->getStartSample(),
                            result->getStartLine(),
                            result->getStartBand());
      for(int i = 0; i < nullBuffer.size(); i++) {
        nullBuffer[i] = Null;
      }
 
      writeIntoRaw(nullBuffer, *result, result->getStartBand());
      m_nullChunkData = new QByteArray(result->getRawData());
    }
    else {
      result->setRawData(*m_nullChunkData);
    }
 
    result->setDirty(true);
    return result;
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::minimizeCache(const QList<RawCubeChunk *> &justUsed,
                                    const Buffer &justRequested) const {
    // Since we have a lock on the cache, no newly created threads can utilize
    //   or access any cache data until we're done.
    if (m_rawData->size() * getBytesPerChunk() > 1 * 1024 * 1024 ||
       m_cachingAlgorithms->size() > 1) {
      bool algorithmAccepted = false;
 
      int algorithmIndex = 0;
      while(!algorithmAccepted &&
            algorithmIndex < m_cachingAlgorithms->size()) {
        CubeCachingAlgorithm *algorithm = (*m_cachingAlgorithms)[algorithmIndex];
 
        CubeCachingAlgorithm::CacheResult result =
            algorithm->recommendChunksToFree(m_rawData->values(), justUsed,
                                             justRequested);
 
        algorithmAccepted = result.algorithmUnderstoodData();
 
        if(algorithmAccepted) {
          QList<RawCubeChunk *> chunksToFree = result.getChunksToFree();
 
          RawCubeChunk *chunkToFree;
          foreach(chunkToFree, chunksToFree) {
            freeChunk(chunkToFree);
          }
        }
 
        algorithmIndex ++;
      }
 
      // Fall back - no algorithms liked us :(
      if(!algorithmAccepted && m_rawData->size() > 100) {
        // This (minimizeCache()) is typically executed in the Runnable thread.
        // We don't want to wait for ourselves.
        clearCache(false);
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::synchronousWrite(const Buffer &bufferToWrite) {
    QList<RawCubeChunk *> cubeChunks;
    QList<int> cubeChunkBands;
 
    int bufferSampleCount = bufferToWrite.SampleDimension();
    int bufferLineCount = bufferToWrite.LineDimension();
    int bufferBandCount = bufferToWrite.BandDimension();
 
    // process by line optimization
    if(m_lastProcessByLineChunks &&
       m_lastProcessByLineChunks->size()) {
      // Not optimized yet, let's see if we can optimize
      if(bufferToWrite.Sample() == 1 &&
         bufferSampleCount == sampleCount() &&
         bufferLineCount == 1 &&
         bufferBandCount == 1) {
        // We look like a process by line, are we using the same chunks as
        //   before?
        int bufferLine = bufferToWrite.Line();
        int chunkStartLine =
            (*m_lastProcessByLineChunks)[0]->getStartLine();
        int chunkLines =
            (*m_lastProcessByLineChunks)[0]->lineCount();
        int bufferBand = bufferToWrite.Band();
        int chunkStartBand =
            (*m_lastProcessByLineChunks)[0]->getStartBand();
        int chunkBands =
            (*m_lastProcessByLineChunks)[0]->bandCount();
 
        if(bufferLine >= chunkStartLine &&
           bufferLine <= chunkStartLine + chunkLines - 1 &&
           bufferBand >= chunkStartBand &&
           bufferBand <= chunkStartBand + chunkBands - 1) {
          cubeChunks = *m_lastProcessByLineChunks;
          for (int i = 0; i < cubeChunks.size(); i++) {
            cubeChunkBands.append( cubeChunks[i]->getStartBand() );
          }
        }
      }
    }
    // Processing by chunk size
    else if (bufferSampleCount == m_samplesInChunk &&
             bufferLineCount == m_linesInChunk &&
             bufferBandCount == m_bandsInChunk) {
      int bufferStartSample = bufferToWrite.Sample();
      int bufferStartLine = bufferToWrite.Line();
      int bufferStartBand = bufferToWrite.Band();
 
      int bufferEndSample = bufferStartSample + bufferSampleCount - 1;
      int bufferEndLine = bufferStartLine + bufferLineCount - 1;
      int bufferEndBand = bufferStartBand + bufferBandCount - 1;
 
      int expectedChunkIndex =
          ((bufferStartSample - 1) / getSampleCountInChunk()) +
          ((bufferStartLine - 1) / getLineCountInChunk()) *
            getChunkCountInSampleDimension() +
          ((bufferStartBand - 1) / getBandCountInChunk()) *
            getChunkCountInSampleDimension() *
            getChunkCountInLineDimension();
 
      int chunkStartSample, chunkStartLine, chunkStartBand,
          chunkEndSample, chunkEndLine, chunkEndBand;
 
      getChunkPlacement(expectedChunkIndex,
          chunkStartSample, chunkStartLine, chunkStartBand,
          chunkEndSample, chunkEndLine, chunkEndBand);
 
      if (chunkStartSample == bufferStartSample &&
          chunkStartLine == bufferStartLine &&
          chunkStartBand == bufferStartBand &&
          chunkEndSample == bufferEndSample &&
          chunkEndLine == bufferEndLine &&
          chunkEndBand == bufferEndBand) {
        cubeChunks.append(getChunk(expectedChunkIndex, true));
        cubeChunkBands.append(cubeChunks.last()->getStartBand());
      }
    }
 
    QPair< QList<RawCubeChunk *>, QList<int> > chunkInfo;
    if(cubeChunks.empty()) {
      chunkInfo = findCubeChunks(
         bufferToWrite.Sample(), bufferSampleCount,
         bufferToWrite.Line(), bufferLineCount,
         bufferToWrite.Band(), bufferBandCount);
      cubeChunks = chunkInfo.first;
      cubeChunkBands = chunkInfo.second;
    }
 
    // process by line optimization
    if(bufferToWrite.Sample() == 1 &&
        bufferSampleCount == sampleCount() &&
        bufferLineCount == 1 &&
        bufferBandCount == 1) {
      if(!m_lastProcessByLineChunks)
        m_lastProcessByLineChunks =
            new QList<RawCubeChunk *>(cubeChunks);
      else
        *m_lastProcessByLineChunks = cubeChunks;
    }
 
    for(int i = 0; i < cubeChunks.size(); i++) {
      writeIntoRaw(bufferToWrite, *cubeChunks[i], cubeChunkBands[i]);
    }
 
    minimizeCache(cubeChunks, bufferToWrite);
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::writeIntoDouble(const RawCubeChunk &chunk,
                                      Buffer &output, int index) const {
    // The code in this method is highly optimized. Even the order of the if
    //   statements will have a significant impact on performance if changed.
    //   Also, there is a lot of duplicate code in both writeIntoDouble(...) and
    //   writeIntoRaw(...). This is needed for performance gain. Any function
    //   or method calls from within the x loop cause significant performance
    //   decreases.
    int startX = 0;
    int startY = 0;
    int startZ = 0;
 
    int endX = 0;
    int endY = 0;
    int endZ = 0;
 
    findIntersection(chunk, output, startX, startY, startZ, endX, endY, endZ);
 
    int bufferBand = output.Band();
    int bufferBands = output.BandDimension();
    int chunkStartSample = chunk.getStartSample();
    int chunkStartLine = chunk.getStartLine();
    int chunkStartBand = chunk.getStartBand();
    int chunkLineSize = chunk.sampleCount();
    int chunkBandSize = chunkLineSize * chunk.lineCount();
    //double *buffersDoubleBuf = output.p_buf;
    double *buffersDoubleBuf = output.DoubleBuffer();
    const char *chunkBuf = chunk.getRawData().data();
    char *buffersRawBuf = (char *)output.RawBuffer();
 
    for(int z = startZ; z <= endZ; z++) {
      const int &bandIntoChunk = z - chunkStartBand;
      int virtualBand = z;
 
      virtualBand = index;
 
      if(virtualBand != 0 && virtualBand >= bufferBand &&
         virtualBand <= bufferBand + bufferBands - 1) {
 
        for(int y = startY; y <= endY; y++) {
          const int &lineIntoChunk = y - chunkStartLine;
          int bufferIndex = output.Index(startX, y, virtualBand);
 
          for(int x = startX; x <= endX; x++) {
            const int &sampleIntoChunk = x - chunkStartSample;
 
            const int &chunkIndex = sampleIntoChunk +
                (chunkLineSize * lineIntoChunk) +
                (chunkBandSize * bandIntoChunk);
 
            double &bufferVal = buffersDoubleBuf[bufferIndex];
 
            if(m_pixelType == Real) {
              float raw = ((float *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex];
              if(m_byteSwapper)
                raw = m_byteSwapper->Float(&raw);
 
              if(raw >= VALID_MIN4) {
                bufferVal = (double) raw;
              }
              else {
                if(raw == NULL4)
                  bufferVal = NULL8;
                else if(raw == LOW_INSTR_SAT4)
                  bufferVal = LOW_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == LOW_REPR_SAT4)
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_INSTR_SAT4)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_REPR_SAT4)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
 
              ((float *)buffersRawBuf)[bufferIndex] = raw;
            }
 
            else if(m_pixelType == SignedWord) {
              short raw = ((short *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex];
              if(m_byteSwapper)
                raw = m_byteSwapper->ShortInt(&raw);
 
              if(raw >= VALID_MIN2) {
                bufferVal = (double) raw * m_multiplier + m_base;
              }
              else {
                if(raw == NULL2)
                  bufferVal = NULL8;
                else if(raw == LOW_INSTR_SAT2)
                  bufferVal = LOW_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == LOW_REPR_SAT2)
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_INSTR_SAT2)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_REPR_SAT2)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
 
              ((short *)buffersRawBuf)[bufferIndex] = raw;
            }
 
 
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedWord) {
              unsigned short raw = ((unsigned short *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex];
              if(m_byteSwapper)
                raw = m_byteSwapper->UnsignedShortInt(&raw);
 
              if(raw >= VALID_MINU2) {
                bufferVal = (double) raw * m_multiplier + m_base;
              }
              else if (raw > VALID_MAXU2) {
                if(raw == HIGH_INSTR_SATU2)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_REPR_SATU2)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
              else {
                if(raw == NULLU2)
                  bufferVal = NULL8;
                else if(raw == LOW_INSTR_SATU2)
                  bufferVal = LOW_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == LOW_REPR_SATU2)
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
 
              ((unsigned short *)buffersRawBuf)[bufferIndex] = raw;
            }
 
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedInteger) {
 
              unsigned int raw = ((unsigned int *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex];
              if(m_byteSwapper)
                raw = m_byteSwapper->Uint32_t(&raw);
 
              if(raw >= VALID_MINUI4) {
                bufferVal = (double) raw * m_multiplier + m_base;
              }
              else if (raw > VALID_MAXUI4) {
                if(raw == HIGH_INSTR_SATUI4)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == HIGH_REPR_SATUI4)
                  bufferVal = HIGH_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
              else {
                if(raw == NULLUI4)
                  bufferVal = NULL8;
                else if(raw == LOW_INSTR_SATUI4)
                  bufferVal = LOW_INSTR_SAT8;
                else if(raw == LOW_REPR_SATUI4)
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
                else
                  bufferVal = LOW_REPR_SAT8;
              }
 
              ((unsigned int *)buffersRawBuf)[bufferIndex] = raw;
 
 
 
            }
 
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedByte) {
              unsigned char raw = ((unsigned char *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex];
 
              if(raw == NULL1) {
                bufferVal = NULL8;
              }
              else if(raw == HIGH_REPR_SAT1) {
                bufferVal = HIGH_REPR_SAT8;
              }
              else {
                bufferVal = (double) raw * m_multiplier + m_base;
              }
 
              ((unsigned char *)buffersRawBuf)[bufferIndex] = raw;
            }
 
            bufferIndex ++;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::writeIntoRaw(const Buffer &buffer, RawCubeChunk &output, int index)
      const {
    // The code in this method is highly optimized. Even the order of the if
    //   statements will have a significant impact on performance if changed.
    //   Also, there is a lot of duplicate code in both writeIntoDouble(...) and
    //   writeIntoRaw(...). This is needed for performance gain. Any function
    //   or method calls from within the x loop cause significant performance
    //   decreases.
    int startX = 0;
    int startY = 0;
    int startZ = 0;
 
    int endX = 0;
    int endY = 0;
    int endZ = 0;
 
    output.setDirty(true);
    findIntersection(output, buffer, startX, startY, startZ, endX, endY, endZ);
 
    int bufferBand = buffer.Band();
    int bufferBands = buffer.BandDimension();
    int outputStartSample = output.getStartSample();
    int outputStartLine = output.getStartLine();
    int outputStartBand = output.getStartBand();
    int lineSize = output.sampleCount();
    int bandSize = lineSize * output.lineCount();
    double *buffersDoubleBuf = buffer.DoubleBuffer();
    char *chunkBuf = output.getRawData().data();
 
    for(int z = startZ; z <= endZ; z++) {
      const int &bandIntoChunk = z - outputStartBand;
      int virtualBand = index;
 
 
      if(m_virtualBands) {
        virtualBand = m_virtualBands->indexOf(virtualBand) + 1;
      }
 
      if(virtualBand != 0 && virtualBand >= bufferBand &&
         virtualBand <= bufferBand + bufferBands - 1) {
 
        for(int y = startY; y <= endY; y++) {
          const int &lineIntoChunk = y - outputStartLine;
          int bufferIndex = buffer.Index(startX, y, virtualBand);
 
          for(int x = startX; x <= endX; x++) {
            const int &sampleIntoChunk = x - outputStartSample;
 
            const int &chunkIndex = sampleIntoChunk +
                (lineSize * lineIntoChunk) + (bandSize * bandIntoChunk);
 
            double bufferVal = buffersDoubleBuf[bufferIndex];
 
            if(m_pixelType == Real) {
              float raw = 0;
 
              if(bufferVal >= VALID_MIN8) {
                double filePixelValueDbl = (bufferVal - m_base) /
                    m_multiplier;
 
                if(filePixelValueDbl < (double) VALID_MIN4) {
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT4;
                }
                else if(filePixelValueDbl > (double) VALID_MAX4) {
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT4;
                }
                else {
                  raw = (float) filePixelValueDbl;
                }
              }
              else {
                if(bufferVal == NULL8)
                  raw = NULL4;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_INSTR_SAT4;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT4;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_INSTR_SAT4;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT4;
                else
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT4;
              }
              ((float *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex] =
                  m_byteSwapper ? m_byteSwapper->Float(&raw) : raw;
            }
 
            else if(m_pixelType == SignedWord) {
              short raw;
 
              if(bufferVal >= VALID_MIN8) {
                double filePixelValueDbl = (bufferVal - m_base) /
                    m_multiplier;
                if(filePixelValueDbl < VALID_MIN2 - 0.5) {
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT2;
                }
                if(filePixelValueDbl > VALID_MAX2 + 0.5) {
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT2;
                }
                else {
                  int filePixelValue = (int)round(filePixelValueDbl);
 
                  if(filePixelValue < VALID_MIN2) {
                    raw = LOW_REPR_SAT2;
                  }
                  else if(filePixelValue > VALID_MAX2) {
                    raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT2;
                  }
                  else {
                    raw = filePixelValue;
                  }
                }
              }
              else {
                if(bufferVal == NULL8)
                  raw = NULL2;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_INSTR_SAT2;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT2;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_INSTR_SAT2;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT2;
                else
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT2;
              }
 
              ((short *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex] =
                  m_byteSwapper ? m_byteSwapper->ShortInt(&raw) : raw;
            }
 
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedInteger) {
 
              unsigned int raw;
 
              if(bufferVal >= VALID_MINUI4) {
                double filePixelValueDbl = (bufferVal - m_base) /
                    m_multiplier;
                if(filePixelValueDbl < VALID_MINUI4 - 0.5) {
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATUI4;
                }
                if(filePixelValueDbl > VALID_MAXUI4) {
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SATUI4;
                }
                else {
                  unsigned int filePixelValue = (unsigned int)round(filePixelValueDbl);
 
                  if(filePixelValue < VALID_MINUI4) {
                    raw = LOW_REPR_SATUI4;
                  }
                  else if(filePixelValue > VALID_MAXUI4) {
                    raw = HIGH_REPR_SATUI4;
                  }
                  else {
                    raw = filePixelValue;
                  }
                }
              }
              else {
                if(bufferVal == NULL8)
                  raw = NULLUI4;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_INSTR_SATUI4;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATUI4;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_INSTR_SATUI4;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SATUI4;
                else
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATUI4;
              }
 
              ((unsigned int *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex] =
                  m_byteSwapper ? m_byteSwapper->Uint32_t(&raw) : raw;
 
            }
 
 
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedWord) {
              unsigned short raw;
 
              if(bufferVal >= VALID_MIN8) {
                double filePixelValueDbl = (bufferVal - m_base) /
                    m_multiplier;
                if(filePixelValueDbl < VALID_MINU2 - 0.5) {
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATU2;
                }
                if(filePixelValueDbl > VALID_MAXU2 + 0.5) {
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SATU2;
                }
                else {
                  int filePixelValue = (int)round(filePixelValueDbl);
 
                  if(filePixelValue < VALID_MINU2) {
                    raw = LOW_REPR_SATU2;
                  }
                  else if(filePixelValue > VALID_MAXU2) {
                    raw = HIGH_REPR_SATU2;
                  }
                  else {
                    raw = filePixelValue;
                  }
                }
              }
              else {
                if(bufferVal == NULL8)
                  raw = NULLU2;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_INSTR_SATU2;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATU2;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_INSTR_SATU2;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SATU2;
                else
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SATU2;
              }
 
              ((unsigned short *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex] =
                  m_byteSwapper ? m_byteSwapper->UnsignedShortInt(&raw) : raw;
            }
            else if(m_pixelType == UnsignedByte) {
              unsigned char raw;
 
              if(bufferVal >= VALID_MIN8) {
                double filePixelValueDbl = (bufferVal - m_base) /
                    m_multiplier;
                if(filePixelValueDbl < VALID_MIN1 - 0.5) {
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT1;
                }
                else if(filePixelValueDbl > VALID_MAX1 + 0.5) {
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT1;
                }
                else {
                  int filePixelValue = (int)(filePixelValueDbl + 0.5);
                  if(filePixelValue < VALID_MIN1) {
                    raw = LOW_REPR_SAT1;
                  }
                  else if(filePixelValue > VALID_MAX1) {
                    raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT1;
                  }
                  else {
                    raw = (unsigned char)(filePixelValue);
                  }
                }
              }
              else {
                if(bufferVal == NULL8)
                  raw = NULL1;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_INSTR_SAT1;
                else if(bufferVal == LOW_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT1;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_INSTR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_INSTR_SAT1;
                else if(bufferVal == HIGH_REPR_SAT8)
                  raw = HIGH_REPR_SAT1;
                else
                  raw = LOW_REPR_SAT1;
              }
 
              ((unsigned char *)chunkBuf)[chunkIndex] = raw;
            }
 
            bufferIndex ++;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::writeNullDataToDisk() const {
    if(!m_dataIsOnDiskMap) {
      IString msg = "Cannot call CubeIoHandler::writeNullDataToDisk unless "
          "data is not already on disk (Cube::Create was called)";
      throw IException(IException::Programmer, msg, _FILEINFO_);
    }
 
    int numChunks = getChunkCount();
    for(int i = 0; i < numChunks; i++) {
      if(!(*m_dataIsOnDiskMap)[i]) {
        RawCubeChunk *nullChunk = getNullChunk(i);
        (const_cast<CubeIoHandler *>(this))->writeRaw(*nullChunk);
        (*m_dataIsOnDiskMap)[i] = true;
 
        delete nullChunk;
        nullChunk = NULL;
      }
    }
  }
 
 
  CubeIoHandler::BufferToChunkWriter::BufferToChunkWriter(
      CubeIoHandler * ioHandler, QList<Buffer *> buffersToWrite) {
    m_ioHandler = ioHandler;
    m_buffersToWrite = new QList<Buffer *>(buffersToWrite);
    m_timer = new QTime;
    m_timer->start();
 
    m_ioHandler->m_writeThreadMutex->lock();
  }
 
 
  CubeIoHandler::BufferToChunkWriter::~BufferToChunkWriter() {
    int elapsedMs = m_timer->elapsed();
    int idealFlushElapsedTime = 100; // ms
 
    // We want to aim our flush size at 100ms, so adjust accordingly to aim at
    //   our target. This method seems to be extremely effective because
    //   we maximize our I/O calls when caching is interfering and normalize
    //   them otherwise.
    int msOffIdeal = elapsedMs - idealFlushElapsedTime;
    double percentOffIdeal = msOffIdeal / (double)idealFlushElapsedTime;
 
    // flush size is bounded to [32, 5000]
    int currentCacheSize = m_ioHandler->m_idealFlushSize;
    int desiredAdjustment = -1 * currentCacheSize * percentOffIdeal;
    int desiredCacheSize = (int)(currentCacheSize + desiredAdjustment);
    m_ioHandler->m_idealFlushSize = (int)(qMin(5000,
                                               qMax(32, desiredCacheSize)));
 
    delete m_timer;
    m_timer = NULL;
 
    m_ioHandler->m_writeThreadMutex->unlock();
    m_ioHandler = NULL;
 
    ASSERT(m_buffersToWrite->isEmpty());
    delete m_buffersToWrite;
    m_buffersToWrite = NULL;
  }
 
 
  void CubeIoHandler::BufferToChunkWriter::run() {
    // Sorting the buffers didn't seem to have a large positive impact on speed,
    //   but does increase complexity so it's disabled.
//     QList<Buffer * > buffersToWrite(*m_buffersToWrite);
//     qSort(buffersToWrite.begin(), buffersToWrite.end(), bufferLessThan);
 
    // If the buffers have any overlap at all then we can't sort them and still
    //   guarantee the last write() call makes it into the correct place. The
    //   bufferLessThan is guaranteed to return false if there is overlap.
//     bool sortable = true;
//     for (int i = 1; sortable && i < buffersToWrite.size(); i++) {
//       if (!bufferLessThan(buffersToWrite[i - 1], buffersToWrite[i])) {
//         sortable = false;
//       }
//     }
 
//     if (!sortable) {
//       buffersToWrite = *m_buffersToWrite;
//     }
 
    foreach (Buffer * bufferToWrite, *m_buffersToWrite) {
      m_ioHandler->synchronousWrite(*bufferToWrite);
      delete bufferToWrite;
    }
 
    m_buffersToWrite->clear();
    m_ioHandler->m_dataFile->flush();
  }
}