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authorLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2008-01-26 19:12:50 +0200
committerLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2008-01-26 19:12:50 +0200
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parentAdded more test files. (diff)
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Added api/lzma/easy.h. I had forgot to add this to the
git repo. Thanks to Stephan Kulow.
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+/**
+ * \file lzma/easy.h
+ * \brief Easy to use encoder initialization
+ *
+ * \author Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov
+ * \author Copyright (C) 2008 Lasse Collin
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LZMA_H_INTERNAL
+# error Never include this file directly. Use <lzma.h> instead.
+#endif
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Compression level names for lzma_easy_* functions
+ *
+ * At the moment, all the compression levels support LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH.
+ * In future there may be levels that don't support LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH.
+ * However, the LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH support won't be removed from the
+ * existing compression levels.
+ *
+ * \note If liblzma is built without encoder support, or with some
+ * filters disabled, some of the compression levels may be
+ * unsupported. In that case, the initialization functions
+ * will return LZMA_HEADER_ERROR.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+ LZMA_EASY_COPY,
+ /**<
+ * No compression; the data is just wrapped into .lzma
+ * container.
+ */
+
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_1,
+ /**<
+ * LZMA filter with fast compression (fast in terms of LZMA).
+ * If you are interested in the exact options used, see
+ * lzma_preset_lzma[0]. Note that the exact options may
+ * change between liblzma versions.
+ *
+ * At the moment, the command line tool uses these settings
+ * when `lzma -1' is used. In future, the command line tool
+ * may default to some more complex way to determine the
+ * settings used e.g. the type of files being compressed.
+ *
+ * LZMA_EASY_LZMA_2 is equivalent to lzma_preset_lzma[1]
+ * and so on.
+ */
+
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_2,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_3,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_4,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_5,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_6,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_7,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_8,
+ LZMA_EASY_LZMA_9,
+} lzma_easy_level;
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Default compression level for Data Blocks
+ *
+ * Data Blocks contain the actual compressed data. It's not straightforward
+ * to recommend a default level, because in some cases keeping the resource
+ * usage relatively low is more important that getting the maximum
+ * compression ratio.
+ */
+#define LZMA_EASY_DEFAULT LZMA_EASY_LZMA_7
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Default compression level for Metadata Blocks
+ *
+ * Metadata Blocks are present only in Multi-Block Streams. Metadata Blocks
+ * contain the Extra Records (if any) and some book-keeping data that is
+ * used by decoders.
+ */
+#define LZMA_EASY_METADATA_DEFAULT LZMA_EASY_LZMA_3
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Calculates rough memory requirements of a compression level
+ *
+ * This function is a wrapper for lzma_memory_usage(), which is declared
+ * in lzma/filter.h.
+ *
+ * \return Approximate memory usage of the encoder with the given
+ * compression level in mebibytes (value * 1024 * 1024 bytes).
+ * On error (e.g. compression level is not supported),
+ * UINT32_MAX is returned.
+ */
+extern uint32_t lzma_easy_memory_usage(lzma_easy_level level);
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Initializes Single-Block .lzma Stream encoder
+ *
+ * This function is intended for those who just want to use the basic LZMA
+ * features (that is, most developers out there). Lots of assumptions are
+ * made, which are correct for most situations or at least good enough.
+ *
+ * \param strm Pointer to lzma_stream that is at least initialized
+ * with LZMA_STREAM_INIT.
+ * \param level Compression level to use. This selects a set of
+ * compression settings from a list of compression
+ * presets.
+ *
+ * \return - LZMA_OK: Initialization succeeded. Use lzma_code() to
+ * encode your data.
+ * - LZMA_MEM_ERROR: Memory allocation failed. All memory
+ * previously allocated for *strm is now freed.
+ * - LZMA_HEADER_ERROR: The given compression level is not
+ * supported by this build of liblzma.
+ *
+ * If initialization succeeds, use lzma_code() to do the actual encoding.
+ * Valid values for `action' (the second argument of lzma_code()) are
+ * LZMA_RUN, LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH, and LZMA_FINISH. In future, there may be
+ * compression levels that don't support LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH.
+ */
+extern lzma_ret lzma_easy_encoder_single(
+ lzma_stream *strm, lzma_easy_level level);
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Initializes Multi-Block .lzma Stream encoder
+ *
+ * If you want to be able to store Extra Records or want to be able to use
+ * LZMA_FULL_FLUSH, you need to create a Multi-Block Stream.
+ *
+ * \param strm Pointer to lzma_stream that is at least initialized
+ * with LZMA_STREAM_INIT.
+ * \param level Compression level to use for the data being encoded.
+ * \param metadata_level
+ * Compression level to use for Metadata Blocks.
+ * Metadata Blocks contain the Extra Records (if any)
+ * and some book-keeping data that is used by decoders.
+ * \param header Pointer to a list of Extra Records to be stored to
+ * the Header Metadata Block. Set this to NULL to omit
+ * Header Metadata Block completely. The list must be
+ * kept available until the encoding has finished.
+ * \param footer Pointer to a list of Extra Records to be stored to
+ * the Footer Metadata Block. Set this to NULL if you
+ * don't want to store any Extra Records (the Footer
+ * Metadata Block will still be written for other
+ * reasons.) The list must be kept available until
+ * the encoding has finished.
+ *
+ * \return - LZMA_OK: Initialization succeeded. Use lzma_code() to
+ * encode your data.
+ * - LZMA_MEM_ERROR: Memory allocation failed. All memory
+ * previously allocated for *strm is now freed.
+ * - LZMA_HEADER_ERROR: The given compression level is not
+ * supported by this build of liblzma.
+ *
+ * If initialization succeeds, use lzma_code() to do the actual encoding.
+ * Valid values for `action' (the second argument of lzma_code()) are
+ * LZMA_RUN, LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH, LZMA_FULL_FLUSH, and LZMA_FINISH. In future,
+ * there may be compression levels that don't support LZMA_SYNC_FLUSH.
+ * LZMA_FULL_FLUSH will always work with all compression levels.
+ */
+extern lzma_ret lzma_easy_encoder_multi(lzma_stream *strm,
+ lzma_easy_level level, lzma_easy_level metadata_level,
+ const lzma_extra *header, const lzma_extra *footer);