public override void encode(MutableByte buffer)
{
// encode oid to the temporary buffer
MutableByte oidbuf = new MutableByte();
_oid.encode(oidbuf);
// encode value to a temporary buffer
MutableByte valbuf = new MutableByte();
_value.encode(valbuf);
// calculate data content length of the vb
int vblen = oidbuf.Length + valbuf.Length;
// encode vb header at the end of the result
BuildHeader(buffer, Type, vblen);
// add values to the encoded arrays to the end of the result
buffer.Append(oidbuf);
buffer.Append(valbuf);
}