def get_invalidation_bits(self, group_index, channel, fragment):
        """ get invalidation indexes for the channel

        Parameters
        ----------
        group_index : int
            group index
        channel : Channel
            channel object
        fragment : (bytes, int)
            (fragment bytes, fragment offset)

        Returns
        -------
        invalidation_bits : iterable
            iterable of valid channel indexes; if all are valid `None` is
            returned

        """
        group = self.groups[group_index]
        dtypes = group.types

        data_bytes, offset, _count = fragment
        try:
            invalidation = self._invalidation_cache[(group_index, offset, _count)]
        except KeyError:
            record = group.record
            if record is None:
                dtypes = group.types
                if dtypes.itemsize:
                    record = fromstring(data_bytes, dtype=dtypes)
                else:
                    record = None

            invalidation = record["invalidation_bytes"].copy()
            self._invalidation_cache[(group_index, offset, _count)] = invalidation

        ch_invalidation_pos = channel.pos_invalidation_bit
        pos_byte, pos_offset = divmod(ch_invalidation_pos, 8)

        mask = 1 << pos_offset

        invalidation_bits = invalidation[:, pos_byte] & mask
        invalidation_bits = invalidation_bits.astype(bool)

        return invalidation_bits
get invalidation indexes for the channel

        Parameters
        ----------
        group_index : int
            group index
        channel : Channel
            channel object
        fragment : (bytes, int)
            (fragment bytes, fragment offset)

        Returns
        -------
        invalidation_bits : iterable
            iterable of valid channel indexes; if all are valid `None` is
            returned