protected void encodeLinePrefix(OutputStream outStream,int length) throws IOException {
  outStream.write('*');
  crc.value=0;
  tmp[0]=(byte)length;
  tmp[1]=(byte)sequence;
  sequence=(sequence + 1) & 0xff;
  encodeAtom(outStream,tmp,0,2);
}

protected void encodeLinePrefix ( OutputStream outStream , int length ) throws IOException { outStream . write ( '*' ) ; crc . value = 0 ; tmp [ 0 ] = ( byte ) length ; tmp [ 1 ] = ( byte ) sequence ; sequence = ( sequence + 1 ) & 0xff ; encodeAtom ( outStream , tmp , 0 , 2 ) ; }
each uce encoded line starts with a prefix of ' * [ xxx ] ' , where the sequence number and the length are encoded in the first atom .
