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author | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2007-12-09 00:42:33 +0200 |
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committer | Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> | 2007-12-09 00:42:33 +0200 |
commit | 5d018dc03549c1ee4958364712fb0c94e1bf2741 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/src/liblzma/api/lzma/stream.h b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/stream.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be86075f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/liblzma/api/lzma/stream.h @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ +/** + * \file lzma/stream.h + * \brief .lzma Stream handling + * + * \author Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Igor Pavlov + * \author Copyright (C) 2007 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 Options for .lzma Stream encoder + */ +typedef struct { + /** + * \brief Type of integrity Check + * + * The type of the integrity Check is stored into Stream Header + * and Stream Footer. The same Check is used for all Blocks in + * the Stream. + */ + lzma_check_type check; + + /** + * \brief Precense of CRC32 of the Block Header + * + * Set this to true if CRC32 of every Block Header should be + * calculated and stored in the Block Header. This is recommended. + * + * This setting is stored into Stream Header and Stream Footer. + */ + lzma_bool has_crc32; + + /** + * \brief Uncompressed Size in bytes + * + * This is somewhat advanced feature. Most users want to set this to + * LZMA_VLI_VALUE_UNKNOWN to indicate unknown Uncompressed Size. + * + * If the Uncompressed Size of the Stream being encoded is known, + * it can be stored to the beginning of the Stream. The details + * differ for Single-Block and Multi-Block Streams: + * - With Single-Block Streams, the Uncompressed Size is stored to + * the Block Header and End of Payload Marker is omitted. + * - With Multi-Block Streams, the Uncompressed Size is stored to + * the Header Metadata Block. The Uncompressed Size of the Blocks + * will be unknown, because liblzma cannot predict how the + * application is going to split the data in Blocks. + */ + lzma_vli uncompressed_size; + + /** + * \brief Alignment of the beginning of the Stream + * + * Certain filters handle data in bigger chunks than single bytes. + * This affects two things: + * - Performance: aligned memory access is usually faster. + * - Further compression ratio in custom file formats: if you + * encode multiple Blocks with some non-compression filter + * such as LZMA_FILTER_POWERPC, it is a good idea to keep + * the inter-Block alignment correct to maximize compression + * ratio when all these Blocks are finally compressed as a + * single step. + * + * Usually the Stream is stored into its own file, thus + * the alignment is usually zero. + */ + uint32_t alignment; + + /** + * \brief Array of filters used to encode Data Blocks + * + * There can be at maximum of seven filters. The end of the array is + * marked with .id = LZMA_VLI_VALUE_UNKNOWN. (That's why the array + * has eight members.) Minimum number of filters is zero; in that + * case, an implicit Copy filter is used. + */ + lzma_options_filter filters[8]; + + /** + * \brief Array of filters used to encode Metadata Blocks + * + * This is like filters[] but for Metadata Blocks. If Metadata + * Blocks are compressed, they usually are compressed with + * settings that require only little memory to uncompress e.g. + * LZMA with 64 KiB dictionary. + * + * \todo Recommend a preset. + * + * When liblzma sees that the Metadata Block would be very small + * even in uncompressed form, it is not compressed no matter + * what filter have been set here. This is to avoid possibly + * increasing the size of the Metadata Block with bad compression, + * and to avoid useless overhead of filters in uncompression phase. + */ + lzma_options_filter metadata_filters[8]; + + /** + * \brief Extra information in the Header Metadata Block + */ + lzma_extra *header; + + /** + * \brief Extra information in the Footer Metadata Block + * + * It is enough to set this pointer any time before calling + * lzma_code() with LZMA_FINISH as the second argument. + */ + lzma_extra *footer; + +} lzma_options_stream; + + +/** + * \brief Initializes Single-Block .lzma Stream encoder + * + * This is the function that most developers are looking for. :-) It + * compresses using the specified options without storing any extra + * information. + * + * \todo Describe that is_metadata is ignored, maybe something else. + */ +extern lzma_ret lzma_stream_encoder_single( + lzma_stream *strm, const lzma_options_stream *options); + + +/** + * \brief Initializes Multi-Block .lzma Stream encoder + * + */ +extern lzma_ret lzma_stream_encoder_multi( + lzma_stream *strm, const lzma_options_stream *options); + + +/** + * \brief Initializes decoder for .lzma Stream + * + * \param strm Pointer to propertily prepared lzma_stream + * \param header Pointer to hold a pointer to Extra Records read + * from the Header Metadata Block. Use NULL if + * you don't care about Extra Records. + * \param footer Same as header, but for Footer Metadata Block. + * + * \return - LZMA_OK: Initialization was successful. + * - LZMA_MEM_ERROR: Cannot allocate memory. + * + * If header and/or footer are not NULL, *header and/or *footer will be + * initially set to NULL. + * + * The application can detect that Header Metadata Block has been completely + * parsed when the decoder procudes some output the first time. If *header + * is still NULL, there was no Extra field in the Header Metadata Block (or + * the whole Header Metadata Block wasn't present at all). + * + * The application can detect that Footer Metadata Block has been parsed + * completely when lzma_code() returns LZMA_STREAM_END. If *footer is still + * NULL, there was no Extra field in the Footer Metadata Block. + * + * \note If you use lzma_memory_limitter, the Extra Records will be + * allocated with it, and thus remain in the lzma_memory_limitter + * even after they get exported to the application via *header + * and *footer pointers. + */ +extern lzma_ret lzma_stream_decoder(lzma_stream *strm, + lzma_extra **header, lzma_extra **footer); |