code: public EncodedElement getData() {
      EncodedElement result = new EncodedElement(_totalBits/8+1,_offset);
      //result.clear((int)_totalBits+1, _offset);
      writeLPC(_samples, _lastCount, _start,
          _increment, result, _frameSampleSize, _lowOrderBits,
          _precision, _shift, _quantizedCoeffs, _errors, _lpcOrder,rice);
      int totalBits = result.getTotalBits();
      this.lastEncodedSize = (int)totalBits;
  
      if(DEBUG_LEV > 0) {
        System.err.println("lastencodedSize set: "+this.lastEncodedSize);
        System.err.println("Subframe_LPC::getData(...): End");
      }
      return result;
    }
docs: Get the data from the last encode attempt. Data is returned in an
  EncodedElement, properly packed at the bit-level to be added directly to
  a FLAC stream.
  
  @return EncodedElement containing encoded subframe