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| 4 | zlib general purpose compression library version 1.1.4 |
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| 10 | <h1> zlib 1.1.4 Manual </h1> |
| 11 | <hr> |
| 12 | <a name="Contents"><h2>Contents</h2> |
| 13 | <ol type="I"> |
| 14 | <li> <a href="#Prologue">Prologue</a> |
| 15 | <li> <a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a> |
| 16 | <li> <a href="#Utility functions">Utility functions</a> |
| 17 | <li> <a href="#Basic functions">Basic functions</a> |
| 18 | <li> <a href="#Advanced functions">Advanced functions</a> |
| 19 | <li> <a href="#Constants">Constants</a> |
| 20 | <li> <a href="#struct z_stream_s">struct z_stream_s</a> |
| 21 | <li> <a href="#Checksum functions">Checksum functions</a> |
| 22 | <li> <a href="#Misc">Misc</a> |
| 23 | </ol> |
| 24 | <hr> |
| 25 | <a name="Prologue"><h2> Prologue </h2> |
| 26 | 'zlib' general purpose compression library version 1.1.4, March 11th, 2002 |
| 27 | <p> |
| 28 | Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler |
| 29 | <p> |
| 30 | This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied |
| 31 | warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages |
| 32 | arising from the use of this software. |
| 33 | <p> |
| 34 | Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, |
| 35 | including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it |
| 36 | freely, subject to the following restrictions: |
| 37 | <ol> |
| 38 | <li> The origin of this software must not be misrepresented ; you must not |
| 39 | claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software |
| 40 | in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be |
| 41 | appreciated but is not required. |
| 42 | <li> Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be |
| 43 | misrepresented as being the original software. |
| 44 | <li> This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. |
| 45 | </ol> |
| 46 | |
| 47 | <dl> |
| 48 | <dt>Jean-loup Gailly |
| 49 | <dd><a href="mailto:jloup@gzip.org">jloup@gzip.org</a> |
| 50 | <dt>Mark Adler |
| 51 | <dd><a href="mailto:madler@alumni.caltech.edu">madler@alumni.caltech.edu</a> |
| 52 | </dl> |
| 53 | |
| 54 | The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs (Request for |
| 55 | Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files |
| 56 | <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt"> |
| 57 | ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt </a> |
| 58 | (zlib format), |
| 59 | <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1951.txt"> |
| 60 | rfc1951.txt </a> |
| 61 | (<a href="#deflate">deflate</a> format) and |
| 62 | <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1952.txt"> |
| 63 | rfc1952.txt </a> |
| 64 | (gzip format). |
| 65 | <p> |
| 66 | This manual is converted from zlib.h by |
| 67 | <a href="mailto:piaip@csie.ntu.edu.tw"> piaip </a> |
| 68 | <p> |
| 69 | Visit <a href="http://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/"> |
| 70 | http://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/</a> |
| 71 | for the official zlib web page. |
| 72 | <p> |
| 73 | |
| 74 | <hr> |
| 75 | <a name="Introduction"><h2> Introduction </h2> |
| 76 | The 'zlib' compression library provides in-memory compression and |
| 77 | decompression functions, including integrity checks of the uncompressed |
| 78 | data. This version of the library supports only one compression method |
| 79 | (deflation) but other algorithms will be added later and will have the same |
| 80 | stream interface. |
| 81 | <p> |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large |
| 84 | enough (for example if an input file is mmap'ed), or can be done by |
| 85 | repeated calls of the compression function. In the latter case, the |
| 86 | application must provide more input and/or consume the output |
| 87 | (providing more output space) before each call. |
| 88 | <p> |
| 89 | |
| 90 | The library also supports reading and writing files in gzip (.gz) format |
| 91 | with an interface similar to that of stdio. |
| 92 | <p> |
| 93 | |
| 94 | The library does not install any signal handler. The decoder checks |
| 95 | the consistency of the compressed data, so the library should never |
| 96 | crash even in case of corrupted input. |
| 97 | <p> |
| 98 | |
| 99 | <hr> |
| 100 | <a name="Utility functions"><h2> Utility functions </h2> |
| 101 | The following utility functions are implemented on top of the |
| 102 | <a href="#Basic functions">basic stream-oriented functions</a>. |
| 103 | To simplify the interface, some |
| 104 | default options are assumed (compression level and memory usage, |
| 105 | standard memory allocation functions). The source code of these |
| 106 | utility functions can easily be modified if you need special options. |
| 107 | <h3> Function list </h3> |
| 108 | <ul> |
| 109 | <li> int <a href="#compress">compress</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen); |
| 110 | <li> int <a href="#compress2">compress2</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen, int level); |
| 111 | <li> int <a href="#uncompress">uncompress</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen); |
| 112 | <li> typedef voidp gzFile; |
| 113 | <li> gzFile <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a> (const char *path, const char *mode); |
| 114 | <li> gzFile <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a> (int fd, const char *mode); |
| 115 | <li> int <a href="#gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> (gzFile file, int level, int strategy); |
| 116 | <li> int <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> (gzFile file, voidp buf, unsigned len); |
| 117 | <li> int <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> (gzFile file, const voidp buf, unsigned len); |
| 118 | <li> int VA <a href="#gzprintf">gzprintf</a> (gzFile file, const char *format, ...); |
| 119 | <li> int <a href="#gzputs">gzputs</a> (gzFile file, const char *s); |
| 120 | <li> char * <a href="#gzgets">gzgets</a> (gzFile file, char *buf, int len); |
| 121 | <li> int <a href="#gzputc">gzputc</a> (gzFile file, int c); |
| 122 | <li> int <a href="#gzgetc">gzgetc</a> (gzFile file); |
| 123 | <li> int <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> (gzFile file, int flush); |
| 124 | <li> z_off_t <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> (gzFile file, z_off_t offset, int whence); |
| 125 | <li> z_off_t <a href="#gztell">gztell</a> (gzFile file); |
| 126 | <li> int <a href="#gzrewind">gzrewind</a> (gzFile file); |
| 127 | <li> int <a href="#gzeof">gzeof</a> (gzFile file); |
| 128 | <li> int <a href="#gzclose">gzclose</a> (gzFile file); |
| 129 | <li> const char * <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> (gzFile file, int *errnum); |
| 130 | </ul> |
| 131 | <h3> Function description </h3> |
| 132 | <dl> |
| 133 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="compress">compress</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);</font> |
| 134 | <dd> |
| 135 | Compresses the source buffer into the destination buffer. sourceLen is |
| 136 | the byte length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total |
| 137 | size of the destination buffer, which must be at least 0.1% larger than |
| 138 | sourceLen plus 12 bytes. Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the |
| 139 | compressed buffer.<p> |
| 140 | This function can be used to <a href="#compress">compress</a> a whole file at once if the |
| 141 | input file is mmap'ed.<p> |
| 142 | <a href="#compress">compress</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not |
| 143 | enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output |
| 144 | buffer.<p> |
| 145 | |
| 146 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="compress2">compress2</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen, int level);</font> |
| 147 | <dd> |
| 148 | Compresses the source buffer into the destination buffer. The level |
| 149 | parameter has the same meaning as in <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>. sourceLen is the byte |
| 150 | length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total size of the |
| 151 | destination buffer, which must be at least 0.1% larger than sourceLen plus |
| 152 | 12 bytes. Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the compressed buffer. |
| 153 | <p> |
| 154 | |
| 155 | <a href="#compress2">compress2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough |
| 156 | memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output buffer, |
| 157 | <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the level parameter is invalid. |
| 158 | <p> |
| 159 | |
| 160 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="uncompress">uncompress</a> (Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);</font> |
| 161 | <dd> |
| 162 | Decompresses the source buffer into the destination buffer. sourceLen is |
| 163 | the byte length of the source buffer. Upon entry, destLen is the total |
| 164 | size of the destination buffer, which must be large enough to hold the |
| 165 | entire uncompressed data. (The size of the uncompressed data must have |
| 166 | been saved previously by the compressor and transmitted to the decompressor |
| 167 | by some mechanism outside the scope of this compression library.) |
| 168 | Upon exit, destLen is the actual size of the compressed buffer. <p> |
| 169 | This function can be used to decompress a whole file at once if the |
| 170 | input file is mmap'ed. |
| 171 | <p> |
| 172 | |
| 173 | <a href="#uncompress">uncompress</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not |
| 174 | enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if there was not enough room in the output |
| 175 | buffer, or <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the input data was corrupted. |
| 176 | <p> |
| 177 | |
| 178 | <dt> typedef voidp gzFile; |
| 179 | <dd> <p> |
| 180 | |
| 181 | <font color="Blue"><dt> gzFile <a name="gzopen">gzopen</a> (const char *path, const char *mode);</font> |
| 182 | <dd> |
| 183 | Opens a gzip (.gz) file for reading or writing. The mode parameter |
| 184 | is as in fopen ("rb" or "wb") but can also include a compression level |
| 185 | ("wb9") or a strategy: 'f' for filtered data as in "wb6f", 'h' for |
| 186 | Huffman only compression as in "wb1h". (See the description |
| 187 | of <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> for more information about the strategy parameter.) |
| 188 | <p> |
| 189 | |
| 190 | <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a> can be used to read a file which is not in gzip format ; in this |
| 191 | case <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> will directly read from the file without decompression. |
| 192 | <p> |
| 193 | |
| 194 | <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a> returns NULL if the file could not be opened or if there was |
| 195 | insufficient memory to allocate the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a> ; errno |
| 196 | can be checked to distinguish the two cases (if errno is zero, the |
| 197 | zlib error is <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a>). |
| 198 | <p> |
| 199 | |
| 200 | <font color="Blue"><dt> gzFile <a name="gzdopen">gzdopen</a> (int fd, const char *mode);</font> |
| 201 | <dd> |
| 202 | <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a>() associates a gzFile with the file descriptor fd. File |
| 203 | descriptors are obtained from calls like open, dup, creat, pipe or |
| 204 | fileno (in the file has been previously opened with fopen). |
| 205 | The mode parameter is as in <a href="#gzopen">gzopen</a>. |
| 206 | <p> |
| 207 | The next call of <a href="#gzclose">gzclose</a> on the returned gzFile will also close the |
| 208 | file descriptor fd, just like fclose(fdopen(fd), mode) closes the file |
| 209 | descriptor fd. If you want to keep fd open, use <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a>(dup(fd), mode). |
| 210 | <p> |
| 211 | <a href="#gzdopen">gzdopen</a> returns NULL if there was insufficient memory to allocate |
| 212 | the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a>. |
| 213 | <p> |
| 214 | |
| 215 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> (gzFile file, int level, int strategy);</font> |
| 216 | <dd> |
| 217 | Dynamically update the compression level or strategy. See the description |
| 218 | of <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> for the meaning of these parameters. |
| 219 | <p> |
| 220 | <a href="#gzsetparams">gzsetparams</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the file was not |
| 221 | opened for writing. |
| 222 | <p> |
| 223 | |
| 224 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzread">gzread</a> (gzFile file, voidp buf, unsigned len);</font> |
| 225 | <dd> |
| 226 | Reads the given number of uncompressed bytes from the compressed file. |
| 227 | If the input file was not in gzip format, <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> copies the given number |
| 228 | of bytes into the buffer. |
| 229 | <p> |
| 230 | <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> returns the number of uncompressed bytes actually read (0 for |
| 231 | end of file, -1 for error). |
| 232 | <p> |
| 233 | |
| 234 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzwrite">gzwrite</a> (gzFile file, const voidp buf, unsigned len);</font> |
| 235 | <dd> |
| 236 | Writes the given number of uncompressed bytes into the compressed file. |
| 237 | <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> returns the number of uncompressed bytes actually written |
| 238 | (0 in case of error). |
| 239 | <p> |
| 240 | |
| 241 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int VA <a name="gzprintf">gzprintf</a> (gzFile file, const char *format, ...);</font> |
| 242 | <dd> |
| 243 | Converts, formats, and writes the args to the compressed file under |
| 244 | control of the format string, as in fprintf. <a href="#gzprintf">gzprintf</a> returns the number of |
| 245 | uncompressed bytes actually written (0 in case of error). |
| 246 | <p> |
| 247 | |
| 248 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzputs">gzputs</a> (gzFile file, const char *s);</font> |
| 249 | <dd> |
| 250 | Writes the given null-terminated string to the compressed file, excluding |
| 251 | the terminating null character. |
| 252 | <p> |
| 253 | <a href="#gzputs">gzputs</a> returns the number of characters written, or -1 in case of error. |
| 254 | <p> |
| 255 | |
| 256 | <font color="Blue"><dt> char * <a name="gzgets">gzgets</a> (gzFile file, char *buf, int len);</font> |
| 257 | <dd> |
| 258 | Reads bytes from the compressed file until len-1 characters are read, or |
| 259 | a newline character is read and transferred to buf, or an end-of-file |
| 260 | condition is encountered. The string is then terminated with a null |
| 261 | character. |
| 262 | <p> |
| 263 | <a href="#gzgets">gzgets</a> returns buf, or <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> in case of error. |
| 264 | <p> |
| 265 | |
| 266 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzputc">gzputc</a> (gzFile file, int c);</font> |
| 267 | <dd> |
| 268 | Writes c, converted to an unsigned char, into the compressed file. |
| 269 | <a href="#gzputc">gzputc</a> returns the value that was written, or -1 in case of error. |
| 270 | <p> |
| 271 | |
| 272 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzgetc">gzgetc</a> (gzFile file);</font> |
| 273 | <dd> |
| 274 | Reads one byte from the compressed file. <a href="#gzgetc">gzgetc</a> returns this byte |
| 275 | or -1 in case of end of file or error. |
| 276 | <p> |
| 277 | |
| 278 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzflush">gzflush</a> (gzFile file, int flush);</font> |
| 279 | <dd> |
| 280 | Flushes all pending output into the compressed file. The parameter |
| 281 | flush is as in the <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() function. The return value is the zlib |
| 282 | error number (see function <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> below). <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if |
| 283 | the flush parameter is <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> and all output could be flushed. |
| 284 | <p> |
| 285 | <a href="#gzflush">gzflush</a> should be called only when strictly necessary because it can |
| 286 | degrade compression. |
| 287 | <p> |
| 288 | |
| 289 | <font color="Blue"><dt> z_off_t <a name="gzseek">gzseek</a> (gzFile file, z_off_t offset, int whence);</font> |
| 290 | <dd> |
| 291 | Sets the starting position for the next <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> or <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> on the |
| 292 | given compressed file. The offset represents a number of bytes in the |
| 293 | uncompressed data stream. The whence parameter is defined as in lseek(2); |
| 294 | the value SEEK_END is not supported. |
| 295 | <p> |
| 296 | If the file is opened for reading, this function is emulated but can be |
| 297 | extremely slow. If the file is opened for writing, only forward seeks are |
| 298 | supported ; <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> then compresses a sequence of zeroes up to the new |
| 299 | starting position. |
| 300 | <p> |
| 301 | <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a> returns the resulting offset location as measured in bytes from |
| 302 | the beginning of the uncompressed stream, or -1 in case of error, in |
| 303 | particular if the file is opened for writing and the new starting position |
| 304 | would be before the current position. |
| 305 | <p> |
| 306 | |
| 307 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzrewind">gzrewind</a> (gzFile file);</font> |
| 308 | <dd> |
| 309 | Rewinds the given file. This function is supported only for reading. |
| 310 | <p> |
| 311 | <a href="#gzrewind">gzrewind</a>(file) is equivalent to (int)<a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a>(file, 0L, SEEK_SET) |
| 312 | <p> |
| 313 | |
| 314 | <font color="Blue"><dt> z_off_t <a name="gztell">gztell</a> (gzFile file);</font> |
| 315 | <dd> |
| 316 | Returns the starting position for the next <a href="#gzread">gzread</a> or <a href="#gzwrite">gzwrite</a> on the |
| 317 | given compressed file. This position represents a number of bytes in the |
| 318 | uncompressed data stream. |
| 319 | <p> |
| 320 | |
| 321 | <a href="#gztell">gztell</a>(file) is equivalent to <a href="#gzseek">gzseek</a>(file, 0L, SEEK_CUR) |
| 322 | <p> |
| 323 | |
| 324 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzeof">gzeof</a> (gzFile file);</font> |
| 325 | <dd> |
| 326 | Returns 1 when EOF has previously been detected reading the given |
| 327 | input stream, otherwise zero. |
| 328 | <p> |
| 329 | |
| 330 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="gzclose">gzclose</a> (gzFile file);</font> |
| 331 | <dd> |
| 332 | Flushes all pending output if necessary, closes the compressed file |
| 333 | and deallocates all the (de)compression <a href="#state">state</a>. The return value is the zlib |
| 334 | error number (see function <a href="#gzerror">gzerror</a> below). |
| 335 | <p> |
| 336 | |
| 337 | <font color="Blue"><dt> const char * <a name="gzerror">gzerror</a> (gzFile file, int *errnum);</font> |
| 338 | <dd> |
| 339 | Returns the error message for the last error which occurred on the |
| 340 | given compressed file. errnum is set to zlib error number. If an |
| 341 | error occurred in the file system and not in the compression library, |
| 342 | errnum is set to <a href="#Z_ERRNO">Z_ERRNO</a> and the application may consult errno |
| 343 | to get the exact error code. |
| 344 | <p> |
| 345 | </dl> |
| 346 | <hr> |
| 347 | <a name="Basic functions"><h2> Basic functions </h2> |
| 348 | <h3> Function list </h3> |
| 349 | <ul> |
| 350 | <li> const char * <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> (void); |
| 351 | <li> int <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level); |
| 352 | <li> int <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush); |
| 353 | <li> int <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 354 | <li> int <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 355 | <li> int <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush); |
| 356 | <li> int <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 357 | </ul> |
| 358 | |
| 359 | <h3> Function description </h3> |
| 360 | <dl> |
| 361 | <font color="Blue"><dt> const char * <a name="zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> (void);</font> |
| 362 | <dd> The application can compare <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a> and ZLIB_VERSION for consistency. |
| 363 | If the first character differs, the library code actually used is |
| 364 | not compatible with the zlib.h header file used by the application. |
| 365 | This check is automatically made by <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> and <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a>. |
| 366 | <p> |
| 367 | |
| 368 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateInit">deflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level);</font> |
| 369 | <dd> |
| 370 | Initializes the internal stream <a href="#state">state</a> for compression. The fields |
| 371 | <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by the caller. |
| 372 | If <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> are set to <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> updates them to |
| 373 | use default allocation functions. |
| 374 | <p> |
| 375 | |
| 376 | The compression level must be <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a>, or between 0 and 9: |
| 377 | 1 gives best speed, 9 gives best compression, 0 gives no compression at |
| 378 | all (the input data is simply copied a block at a time). |
| 379 | <p> |
| 380 | |
| 381 | <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a> requests a default compromise between speed and |
| 382 | compression (currently equivalent to level 6). |
| 383 | <p> |
| 384 | |
| 385 | <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not |
| 386 | enough memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if level is not a valid compression level, |
| 387 | <a href="#Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> if the zlib library version (<a href="#zlib_version">zlib_version</a>) is incompatible |
| 388 | with the version assumed by the caller (ZLIB_VERSION). |
| 389 | <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message. <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> does not |
| 390 | perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(). |
| 391 | <p> |
| 392 | |
| 393 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflate">deflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);</font> |
| 394 | <dd> |
| 395 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> compresses as much data as possible, and stops when the input |
| 396 | buffer becomes empty or the output buffer becomes full. It may introduce some |
| 397 | output latency (reading input without producing any output) except when |
| 398 | forced to flush.<p> |
| 399 | |
| 400 | The detailed semantics are as follows. <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> performs one or both of the |
| 401 | following actions: |
| 402 | |
| 403 | <ul> |
| 404 | <li> Compress more input starting at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> |
| 405 | accordingly. If not all input can be processed (because there is not |
| 406 | enough room in the output buffer), <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> are updated and |
| 407 | processing will resume at this point for the next call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(). |
| 408 | |
| 409 | <li> |
| 410 | Provide more output starting at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> |
| 411 | accordingly. This action is forced if the parameter flush is non zero. |
| 412 | Forcing flush frequently degrades the compression ratio, so this parameter |
| 413 | should be set only when necessary (in interactive applications). |
| 414 | Some output may be provided even if flush is not set. |
| 415 | </ul> <p> |
| 416 | |
| 417 | Before the call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(), the application should ensure that at least |
| 418 | one of the actions is possible, by providing more input and/or consuming |
| 419 | more output, and updating <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> or <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> accordingly ; <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> |
| 420 | should never be zero before the call. The application can consume the |
| 421 | compressed output when it wants, for example when the output buffer is full |
| 422 | (<a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0), or after each call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(). If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> |
| 423 | and with zero <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>, it must be called again after making room in the |
| 424 | output buffer because there might be more output pending. |
| 425 | <p> |
| 426 | |
| 427 | If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, all pending output is |
| 428 | flushed to the output buffer and the output is aligned on a byte boundary, so |
| 429 | that the decompressor can get all input data available so far. (In particular |
| 430 | <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> is zero after the call if enough output space has been provided |
| 431 | before the call.) Flushing may degrade compression for some compression |
| 432 | algorithms and so it should be used only when necessary. |
| 433 | <p> |
| 434 | |
| 435 | If flush is set to <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a>, all output is flushed as with |
| 436 | <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, and the compression <a href="#state">state</a> is reset so that decompression can |
| 437 | restart from this point if previous compressed data has been damaged or if |
| 438 | random access is desired. Using <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a> too often can seriously degrade |
| 439 | the compression. |
| 440 | <p> |
| 441 | |
| 442 | If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0, this function must be called again |
| 443 | with the same value of the flush parameter and more output space (updated |
| 444 | <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>), until the flush is complete (<a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with non-zero |
| 445 | <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>). |
| 446 | <p> |
| 447 | |
| 448 | If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>, pending input is processed, |
| 449 | pending output is flushed and <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if there |
| 450 | was enough output space ; if <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> returns with <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a>, this function must be |
| 451 | called again with <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> and more output space (updated <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>) but no |
| 452 | more input data, until it returns with <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or an error. After |
| 453 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> has returned <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a>, the only possible operations on the |
| 454 | stream are <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> or <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a>. |
| 455 | <p> |
| 456 | |
| 457 | <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> can be used immediately after <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> if all the compression |
| 458 | is to be done in a single step. In this case, <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be at least |
| 459 | 0.1% larger than <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> plus 12 bytes. If <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> does not return |
| 460 | <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a>, then it must be called again as described above. |
| 461 | <p> |
| 462 | |
| 463 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() sets strm-> <a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of all input read |
| 464 | so far (that is, <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> bytes). |
| 465 | <p> |
| 466 | |
| 467 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() may update <a href="#data_type">data_type</a> if it can make a good guess about |
| 468 | the input data type (<a href="#Z_ASCII">Z_ASCII</a> or <a href="#Z_BINARY">Z_BINARY</a>). In doubt, the data is considered |
| 469 | binary. This field is only for information purposes and does not affect |
| 470 | the compression algorithm in any manner. |
| 471 | <p> |
| 472 | |
| 473 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if some progress has been made (more input |
| 474 | processed or more output produced), <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if all input has been |
| 475 | consumed and all output has been produced (only when flush is set to |
| 476 | <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>), <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (for example |
| 477 | if <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> or <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> was NULL), <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if no progress is possible |
| 478 | (for example <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> or <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> was zero). |
| 479 | <p> |
| 480 | |
| 481 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 482 | <dd> |
| 483 | All dynamically allocated data structures for this stream are freed. |
| 484 | This function discards any unprocessed input and does not flush any |
| 485 | pending output. |
| 486 | <p> |
| 487 | |
| 488 | <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the |
| 489 | stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the stream was freed |
| 490 | prematurely (some input or output was discarded). In the error case, |
| 491 | <a href="#msg">msg</a> may be set but then points to a static string (which must not be |
| 492 | deallocated). |
| 493 | <p> |
| 494 | |
| 495 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateInit">inflateInit</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 496 | <dd> |
| 497 | Initializes the internal stream <a href="#state">state</a> for decompression. The fields |
| 498 | <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by |
| 499 | the caller. If <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> is not <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> is large enough (the exact |
| 500 | value depends on the compression method), <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> determines the |
| 501 | compression method from the zlib header and allocates all data structures |
| 502 | accordingly ; otherwise the allocation will be deferred to the first call of |
| 503 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>. If <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> are set to <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> updates them to |
| 504 | use default allocation functions. |
| 505 | <p> |
| 506 | |
| 507 | <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough |
| 508 | memory, <a href="#Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> if the zlib library version is incompatible with the |
| 509 | version assumed by the caller. <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error |
| 510 | message. <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> does not perform any decompression apart from reading |
| 511 | the zlib header if present: this will be done by <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). (So <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and |
| 512 | <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> may be modified, but <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> are unchanged.) |
| 513 | <p> |
| 514 | |
| 515 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflate">inflate</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int flush);</font> |
| 516 | <dd> |
| 517 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> decompresses as much data as possible, and stops when the input |
| 518 | buffer becomes empty or the output buffer becomes full. It may some |
| 519 | introduce some output latency (reading input without producing any output) |
| 520 | except when forced to flush. |
| 521 | <p> |
| 522 | |
| 523 | The detailed semantics are as follows. <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> performs one or both of the |
| 524 | following actions: |
| 525 | |
| 526 | <ul> |
| 527 | <li> Decompress more input starting at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> |
| 528 | accordingly. If not all input can be processed (because there is not |
| 529 | enough room in the output buffer), <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> is updated and processing |
| 530 | will resume at this point for the next call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). |
| 531 | |
| 532 | <li> Provide more output starting at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and |
| 533 | <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> accordingly. <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() provides as much output as possible, |
| 534 | until there is no more input data or no more space in the output buffer |
| 535 | (see below about the flush parameter). |
| 536 | </ul> <p> |
| 537 | |
| 538 | Before the call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(), the application should ensure that at least |
| 539 | one of the actions is possible, by providing more input and/or consuming |
| 540 | more output, and updating the next_* and avail_* values accordingly. |
| 541 | The application can consume the uncompressed output when it wants, for |
| 542 | example when the output buffer is full (<a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> == 0), or after each |
| 543 | call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). If <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> and with zero <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a>, it |
| 544 | must be called again after making room in the output buffer because there |
| 545 | might be more output pending. |
| 546 | <p> |
| 547 | |
| 548 | If the parameter flush is set to <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a>, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> flushes as much |
| 549 | output as possible to the output buffer. The flushing behavior of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> is |
| 550 | not specified for values of the flush parameter other than <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a> |
| 551 | and <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>, but the current implementation actually flushes as much output |
| 552 | as possible anyway. |
| 553 | <p> |
| 554 | |
| 555 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() should normally be called until it returns <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or an |
| 556 | error. However if all decompression is to be performed in a single step |
| 557 | (a single call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>), the parameter flush should be set to |
| 558 | <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a>. In this case all pending input is processed and all pending |
| 559 | output is flushed ; <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be large enough to hold all the |
| 560 | uncompressed data. (The size of the uncompressed data may have been saved |
| 561 | by the compressor for this purpose.) The next operation on this stream must |
| 562 | be <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> to deallocate the decompression <a href="#state">state</a>. The use of <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> |
| 563 | is never required, but can be used to inform <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> that a faster routine |
| 564 | may be used for the single <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() call. |
| 565 | <p> |
| 566 | |
| 567 | If a preset dictionary is needed at this point (see <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> |
| 568 | below), <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> sets strm-<a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of the |
| 569 | dictionary chosen by the compressor and returns <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a> ; otherwise |
| 570 | it sets strm-> <a href="#adler">adler</a> to the <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum of all output produced |
| 571 | so far (that is, <a href="#total_out">total_out</a> bytes) and returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a>, <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> or |
| 572 | an error code as described below. At the end of the stream, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() |
| 573 | checks that its computed <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum is equal to that saved by the |
| 574 | compressor and returns <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> only if the checksum is correct. |
| 575 | <p> |
| 576 | |
| 577 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if some progress has been made (more input processed |
| 578 | or more output produced), <a href="#Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> if the end of the compressed data has |
| 579 | been reached and all uncompressed output has been produced, <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a> if a |
| 580 | preset dictionary is needed at this point, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the input data was |
| 581 | corrupted (input stream not conforming to the zlib format or incorrect |
| 582 | <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> checksum), <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream structure was inconsistent |
| 583 | (for example if <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> or <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> was NULL), <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not |
| 584 | enough memory, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> if no progress is possible or if there was not |
| 585 | enough room in the output buffer when <a href="#Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> is used. In the <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> |
| 586 | case, the application may then call <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> to look for a good |
| 587 | compression block. |
| 588 | <p> |
| 589 | |
| 590 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 591 | <dd> |
| 592 | All dynamically allocated data structures for this stream are freed. |
| 593 | This function discards any unprocessed input and does not flush any |
| 594 | pending output. |
| 595 | <p> |
| 596 | |
| 597 | <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream <a href="#state">state</a> |
| 598 | was inconsistent. In the error case, <a href="#msg">msg</a> may be set but then points to a |
| 599 | static string (which must not be deallocated). |
| 600 | </dl> |
| 601 | <hr> |
| 602 | <a name="Advanced functions"><h2> Advanced functions </h2> |
| 603 | The following functions are needed only in some special applications. |
| 604 | <h3> Function list </h3> |
| 605 | <ul> |
| 606 | <li> int <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, |
| 607 | <li> int <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt dictLength); |
| 608 | <li> int <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> dest, <a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> source); |
| 609 | <li> int <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 610 | <li> int <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level, int strategy); |
| 611 | <li> int <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int windowBits); |
| 612 | <li> int <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt dictLength); |
| 613 | <li> int <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 614 | <li> int <a href="#inflateReset">inflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm); |
| 615 | |
| 616 | </ul> |
| 617 | <h3> Function description </h3> |
| 618 | <dl> |
| 619 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level, int method, int windowBits, int memLevel, int strategy);</font> |
| 620 | |
| 621 | <dd> This is another version of <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> with more compression options. The |
| 622 | fields <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized before by |
| 623 | the caller.<p> |
| 624 | |
| 625 | The method parameter is the compression method. It must be <a href="#Z_DEFLATED">Z_DEFLATED</a> in |
| 626 | this version of the library.<p> |
| 627 | |
| 628 | The windowBits parameter is the base two logarithm of the window size |
| 629 | (the size of the history buffer). It should be in the range 8..15 for this |
| 630 | version of the library. Larger values of this parameter result in better |
| 631 | compression at the expense of memory usage. The default value is 15 if |
| 632 | <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> is used instead.<p> |
| 633 | |
| 634 | The memLevel parameter specifies how much memory should be allocated |
| 635 | for the internal compression <a href="#state">state</a>. memLevel=1 uses minimum memory but |
| 636 | is slow and reduces compression ratio ; memLevel=9 uses maximum memory |
| 637 | for optimal speed. The default value is 8. See zconf.h for total memory |
| 638 | usage as a function of windowBits and memLevel.<p> |
| 639 | |
| 640 | The strategy parameter is used to tune the compression algorithm. Use the |
| 641 | value <a href="#Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY">Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY</a> for normal data, <a href="#Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a> for data produced by a |
| 642 | filter (or predictor), or <a href="#Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a> to force Huffman encoding only (no |
| 643 | string match). Filtered data consists mostly of small values with a |
| 644 | somewhat random distribution. In this case, the compression algorithm is |
| 645 | tuned to <a href="#compress">compress</a> them better. The effect of <a href="#Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a> is to force more |
| 646 | Huffman coding and less string matching ; it is somewhat intermediate |
| 647 | between Z_DEFAULT and <a href="#Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a>. The strategy parameter only affects |
| 648 | the compression ratio but not the correctness of the compressed output even |
| 649 | if it is not set appropriately.<p> |
| 650 | |
| 651 | <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough |
| 652 | memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a parameter is invalid (such as an invalid |
| 653 | method). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message. <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> does |
| 654 | not perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p> |
| 655 | |
| 656 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt dictLength);</font> |
| 657 | <dd> |
| 658 | Initializes the compression dictionary from the given byte sequence |
| 659 | without producing any compressed output. This function must be called |
| 660 | immediately after <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>, <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a> or <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a>, before any |
| 661 | call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>. The compressor and decompressor must use exactly the same |
| 662 | dictionary (see <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a>).<p> |
| 663 | |
| 664 | The dictionary should consist of strings (byte sequences) that are likely |
| 665 | to be encountered later in the data to be compressed, with the most commonly |
| 666 | used strings preferably put towards the end of the dictionary. Using a |
| 667 | dictionary is most useful when the data to be compressed is short and can be |
| 668 | predicted with good accuracy ; the data can then be compressed better than |
| 669 | with the default empty dictionary.<p> |
| 670 | |
| 671 | Depending on the size of the compression data structures selected by |
| 672 | <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> or <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>, a part of the dictionary may in effect be |
| 673 | discarded, for example if the dictionary is larger than the window size in |
| 674 | <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> or deflate2. Thus the strings most likely to be useful should be |
| 675 | put at the end of the dictionary, not at the front.<p> |
| 676 | |
| 677 | Upon return of this function, strm-> <a href="#adler">adler</a> is set to the Adler32 value |
| 678 | of the dictionary ; the decompressor may later use this value to determine |
| 679 | which dictionary has been used by the compressor. (The Adler32 value |
| 680 | applies to the whole dictionary even if only a subset of the dictionary is |
| 681 | actually used by the compressor.)<p> |
| 682 | |
| 683 | <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a |
| 684 | parameter is invalid (such as NULL dictionary) or the stream <a href="#state">state</a> is |
| 685 | inconsistent (for example if <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> has already been called for this stream |
| 686 | or if the compression method is bsort). <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a> does not |
| 687 | perform any compression: this will be done by <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p> |
| 688 | |
| 689 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> dest, <a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> source);</font> |
| 690 | <dd> |
| 691 | Sets the destination stream as a complete copy of the source stream.<p> |
| 692 | |
| 693 | This function can be useful when several compression strategies will be |
| 694 | tried, for example when there are several ways of pre-processing the input |
| 695 | data with a filter. The streams that will be discarded should then be freed |
| 696 | by calling <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a>. Note that <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> duplicates the internal |
| 697 | compression <a href="#state">state</a> which can be quite large, so this strategy is slow and |
| 698 | can consume lots of memory.<p> |
| 699 | |
| 700 | <a href="#deflateCopy">deflateCopy</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not |
| 701 | enough memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent |
| 702 | (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> being NULL). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is left unchanged in both source and |
| 703 | destination.<p> |
| 704 | |
| 705 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateReset">deflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 706 | <dd> This function is equivalent to <a href="#deflateEnd">deflateEnd</a> followed by <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a>, |
| 707 | but does not free and reallocate all the internal compression <a href="#state">state</a>. |
| 708 | The stream will keep the same compression level and any other attributes |
| 709 | that may have been set by <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>.<p> |
| 710 | |
| 711 | <a href="#deflateReset">deflateReset</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source |
| 712 | stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> or <a href="#state">state</a> being NULL).<p> |
| 713 | |
| 714 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="deflateParams">deflateParams</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int level, int strategy);</font> |
| 715 | <dd> |
| 716 | Dynamically update the compression level and compression strategy. The |
| 717 | interpretation of level and strategy is as in <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>. This can be |
| 718 | used to switch between compression and straight copy of the input data, or |
| 719 | to switch to a different kind of input data requiring a different |
| 720 | strategy. If the compression level is changed, the input available so far |
| 721 | is compressed with the old level (and may be flushed); the new level will |
| 722 | take effect only at the next call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>().<p> |
| 723 | |
| 724 | Before the call of <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a>, the stream <a href="#state">state</a> must be set as for |
| 725 | a call of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>(), since the currently available input may have to |
| 726 | be compressed and flushed. In particular, strm-> <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> must be |
| 727 | non-zero.<p> |
| 728 | |
| 729 | <a href="#deflateParams">deflateParams</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source |
| 730 | stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent or if a parameter was invalid, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> |
| 731 | if strm->avail_out was zero.<p> |
| 732 | |
| 733 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, int windowBits);</font> |
| 734 | |
| 735 | <dd> This is another version of <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> with an extra parameter. The |
| 736 | fields <a href="#next_in">next_in</a>, <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a>, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> must be initialized |
| 737 | before by the caller.<p> |
| 738 | |
| 739 | The windowBits parameter is the base two logarithm of the maximum window |
| 740 | size (the size of the history buffer). It should be in the range 8..15 for |
| 741 | this version of the library. The default value is 15 if <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> is used |
| 742 | instead. If a compressed stream with a larger window size is given as |
| 743 | input, <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>() will return with the error code <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> instead of |
| 744 | trying to allocate a larger window.<p> |
| 745 | |
| 746 | <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> if there was not enough |
| 747 | memory, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a parameter is invalid (such as a negative |
| 748 | memLevel). <a href="#msg">msg</a> is set to null if there is no error message. <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a> |
| 749 | does not perform any decompression apart from reading the zlib header if |
| 750 | present: this will be done by <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>(). (So <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> may be |
| 751 | modified, but <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> are unchanged.)<p> |
| 752 | |
| 753 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm, const Bytef *dictionary, uInt dictLength);</font> |
| 754 | <dd> |
| 755 | Initializes the decompression dictionary from the given uncompressed byte |
| 756 | sequence. This function must be called immediately after a call of <a href="#inflate">inflate</a> |
| 757 | if this call returned <a href="#Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a>. The dictionary chosen by the compressor |
| 758 | can be determined from the Adler32 value returned by this call of |
| 759 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>. The compressor and decompressor must use exactly the same |
| 760 | dictionary (see <a href="#deflateSetDictionary">deflateSetDictionary</a>).<p> |
| 761 | |
| 762 | <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if a |
| 763 | parameter is invalid (such as NULL dictionary) or the stream <a href="#state">state</a> is |
| 764 | inconsistent, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if the given dictionary doesn't match the |
| 765 | expected one (incorrect Adler32 value). <a href="#inflateSetDictionary">inflateSetDictionary</a> does not |
| 766 | perform any decompression: this will be done by subsequent calls of |
| 767 | <a href="#inflate">inflate</a>().<p> |
| 768 | |
| 769 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateSync">inflateSync</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 770 | |
| 771 | <dd> Skips invalid compressed data until a full flush point (see above the |
| 772 | description of <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> with <a href="#Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a>) can be found, or until all |
| 773 | available input is skipped. No output is provided.<p> |
| 774 | |
| 775 | <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if a full flush point has been found, <a href="#Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> |
| 776 | if no more input was provided, <a href="#Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> if no flush point has been found, |
| 777 | or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the stream structure was inconsistent. In the success |
| 778 | case, the application may save the current current value of <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> which |
| 779 | indicates where valid compressed data was found. In the error case, the |
| 780 | application may repeatedly call <a href="#inflateSync">inflateSync</a>, providing more input each time, |
| 781 | until success or end of the input data.<p> |
| 782 | |
| 783 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateReset">inflateReset</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> strm);</font> |
| 784 | <dd> |
| 785 | This function is equivalent to <a href="#inflateEnd">inflateEnd</a> followed by <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a>, |
| 786 | but does not free and reallocate all the internal decompression <a href="#state">state</a>. |
| 787 | The stream will keep attributes that may have been set by <a href="#inflateInit2">inflateInit2</a>. |
| 788 | <p> |
| 789 | |
| 790 | <a href="#inflateReset">inflateReset</a> returns <a href="#Z_OK">Z_OK</a> if success, or <a href="#Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> if the source |
| 791 | stream <a href="#state">state</a> was inconsistent (such as <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> or <a href="#state">state</a> being NULL). |
| 792 | <p> |
| 793 | </dl> |
| 794 | |
| 795 | <hr> |
| 796 | <a name="Checksum functions"><h2> Checksum functions </h2> |
| 797 | These functions are not related to compression but are exported |
| 798 | anyway because they might be useful in applications using the |
| 799 | compression library. |
| 800 | <h3> Function list </h3> |
| 801 | <ul> |
| 802 | <li> uLong <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> (uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a>, const Bytef *buf, uInt len); |
| 803 | <li> uLong <a href="#crc32">crc32</a> (uLong crc, const Bytef *buf, uInt len); |
| 804 | </ul> |
| 805 | <h3> Function description </h3> |
| 806 | <dl> |
| 807 | <font color="Blue"><dt> uLong <a name="adler32">adler32</a> (uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a>, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);</font> |
| 808 | <dd> |
| 809 | Update a running Adler-32 checksum with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and |
| 810 | return the updated checksum. If buf is NULL, this function returns |
| 811 | the required initial value for the checksum. |
| 812 | <p> |
| 813 | An Adler-32 checksum is almost as reliable as a CRC32 but can be computed |
| 814 | much faster. Usage example: |
| 815 | <pre> |
| 816 | |
| 817 | uLong <a href="#adler">adler</a> = <a href="#adler32">adler32</a>(0L, <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, 0); |
| 818 | |
| 819 | while (read_buffer(buffer, length) != EOF) { |
| 820 | <a href="#adler">adler</a> = <a href="#adler32">adler32</a>(<a href="#adler">adler</a>, buffer, length); |
| 821 | } |
| 822 | if (<a href="#adler">adler</a> != original_adler) error(); |
| 823 | </pre> |
| 824 | |
| 825 | <font color="Blue"><dt> uLong <a name="crc32">crc32</a> (uLong crc, const Bytef *buf, uInt len);</font> |
| 826 | <dd> |
| 827 | Update a running crc with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and return the updated |
| 828 | crc. If buf is NULL, this function returns the required initial value |
| 829 | for the crc. Pre- and post-conditioning (one's complement) is performed |
| 830 | within this function so it shouldn't be done by the application. |
| 831 | Usage example: |
| 832 | <pre> |
| 833 | |
| 834 | uLong crc = <a href="#crc32">crc32</a>(0L, <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a>, 0); |
| 835 | |
| 836 | while (read_buffer(buffer, length) != EOF) { |
| 837 | crc = <a href="#crc32">crc32</a>(crc, buffer, length); |
| 838 | } |
| 839 | if (crc != original_crc) error(); |
| 840 | </pre> |
| 841 | </dl> |
| 842 | <hr> |
| 843 | <a name="struct z_stream_s"><h2> struct z_stream_s </h2> |
| 844 | <font color="Blue"> |
| 845 | <a name="z_stream_s"> |
| 846 | <pre> |
| 847 | typedef struct z_stream_s { |
| 848 | Bytef *<a name="next_in">next_in</a>; /* next input byte */ |
| 849 | uInt <a name="avail_in">avail_in</a>; /* number of bytes available at <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> */ |
| 850 | uLong <a name="total_in">total_in</a>; /* total nb of input bytes read so far */ |
| 851 | |
| 852 | Bytef *<a name="next_out">next_out</a>; /* next output byte should be put there */ |
| 853 | uInt <a name="avail_out">avail_out</a>; /* remaining free space at <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> */ |
| 854 | uLong <a name="total_out">total_out</a>; /* total nb of bytes output so far */ |
| 855 | |
| 856 | char *<a name="msg">msg</a>; /* last error message, NULL if no error */ |
| 857 | struct internal_state FAR *<a name="state">state</a>; /* not visible by applications */ |
| 858 | |
| 859 | alloc_func <a name="zalloc">zalloc</a>; /* used to allocate the internal <a href="#state">state</a> */ |
| 860 | free_func <a name="zfree">zfree</a>; /* used to free the internal <a href="#state">state</a> */ |
| 861 | voidpf <a name="opaque">opaque</a>; /* private data object passed to <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> */ |
| 862 | |
| 863 | int <a name="data_type">data_type</a>; /* best guess about the data type: ascii or binary */ |
| 864 | uLong <a name="adler">adler</a>; /* <a href="#adler32">adler32</a> value of the uncompressed data */ |
| 865 | uLong <a name="reserved">reserved</a>; /* <a href="#reserved">reserved</a> for future use */ |
| 866 | } <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a> ; |
| 867 | |
| 868 | typedef <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a> FAR * <a name="z_streamp">z_streamp</a>; ÿ |
| 869 | </pre> |
| 870 | </font> |
| 871 | The application must update <a href="#next_in">next_in</a> and <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> when <a href="#avail_in">avail_in</a> has |
| 872 | dropped to zero. It must update <a href="#next_out">next_out</a> and <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> when <a href="#avail_out">avail_out</a> |
| 873 | has dropped to zero. The application must initialize <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> and |
| 874 | <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> before calling the init function. All other fields are set by the |
| 875 | compression library and must not be updated by the application. <p> |
| 876 | |
| 877 | The <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> value provided by the application will be passed as the first |
| 878 | parameter for calls of <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a>. This can be useful for custom |
| 879 | memory management. The compression library attaches no meaning to the |
| 880 | <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> value. <p> |
| 881 | |
| 882 | <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> must return <a href="#Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> if there is not enough memory for the object. |
| 883 | If zlib is used in a multi-threaded application, <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> must be |
| 884 | thread safe. <p> |
| 885 | |
| 886 | On 16-bit systems, the functions <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> and <a href="#zfree">zfree</a> must be able to allocate |
| 887 | exactly 65536 bytes, but will not be required to allocate more than this |
| 888 | if the symbol MAXSEG_64K is defined (see zconf.h). WARNING: On MSDOS, |
| 889 | pointers returned by <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a> for objects of exactly 65536 bytes *must* |
| 890 | have their offset normalized to zero. The default allocation function |
| 891 | provided by this library ensures this (see zutil.c). To reduce memory |
| 892 | requirements and avoid any allocation of 64K objects, at the expense of |
| 893 | compression ratio, compile the library with -DMAX_WBITS=14 (see zconf.h). |
| 894 | <p> |
| 895 | |
| 896 | The fields <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> and <a href="#total_out">total_out</a> can be used for statistics or |
| 897 | progress reports. After compression, <a href="#total_in">total_in</a> holds the total size of |
| 898 | the uncompressed data and may be saved for use in the decompressor |
| 899 | (particularly if the decompressor wants to decompress everything in |
| 900 | a single step). <p> |
| 901 | |
| 902 | <hr> |
| 903 | <a name="Constants"><h2> Constants </h2> |
| 904 | <font color="Blue"> |
| 905 | <pre> |
| 906 | #define <a name="Z_NO_FLUSH">Z_NO_FLUSH</a> 0 |
| 907 | #define <a name="Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH">Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH</a> 1 |
| 908 | /* will be removed, use <a href="#Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a> instead */ |
| 909 | #define <a name="Z_SYNC_FLUSH">Z_SYNC_FLUSH</a> 2 |
| 910 | #define <a name="Z_FULL_FLUSH">Z_FULL_FLUSH</a> 3 |
| 911 | #define <a name="Z_FINISH">Z_FINISH</a> 4 |
| 912 | /* Allowed flush values ; see <a href="#deflate">deflate</a>() below for details */ |
| 913 | |
| 914 | #define <a name="Z_OK">Z_OK</a> 0 |
| 915 | #define <a name="Z_STREAM_END">Z_STREAM_END</a> 1 |
| 916 | #define <a name="Z_NEED_DICT">Z_NEED_DICT</a> 2 |
| 917 | #define <a name="Z_ERRNO">Z_ERRNO</a> (-1) |
| 918 | #define <a name="Z_STREAM_ERROR">Z_STREAM_ERROR</a> (-2) |
| 919 | #define <a name="Z_DATA_ERROR">Z_DATA_ERROR</a> (-3) |
| 920 | #define <a name="Z_MEM_ERROR">Z_MEM_ERROR</a> (-4) |
| 921 | #define <a name="Z_BUF_ERROR">Z_BUF_ERROR</a> (-5) |
| 922 | #define <a name="Z_VERSION_ERROR">Z_VERSION_ERROR</a> (-6) |
| 923 | /* Return codes for the compression/decompression functions. Negative |
| 924 | * values are errors, positive values are used for special but normal events. |
| 925 | */ |
| 926 | |
| 927 | #define <a name="Z_NO_COMPRESSION">Z_NO_COMPRESSION</a> 0 |
| 928 | #define <a name="Z_BEST_SPEED">Z_BEST_SPEED</a> 1 |
| 929 | #define <a name="Z_BEST_COMPRESSION">Z_BEST_COMPRESSION</a> 9 |
| 930 | #define <a name="Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION">Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</a> (-1) |
| 931 | /* compression levels */ |
| 932 | |
| 933 | #define <a name="Z_FILTERED">Z_FILTERED</a> 1 |
| 934 | #define <a name="Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY">Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY</a> 2 |
| 935 | #define <a name="Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY">Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY</a> 0 |
| 936 | /* compression strategy ; see <a href="#deflateInit2">deflateInit2</a>() below for details */ |
| 937 | |
| 938 | #define <a name="Z_BINARY">Z_BINARY</a> 0 |
| 939 | #define <a name="Z_ASCII">Z_ASCII</a> 1 |
| 940 | #define <a name="Z_UNKNOWN">Z_UNKNOWN</a> 2 |
| 941 | /* Possible values of the <a href="#data_type">data_type</a> field */ |
| 942 | |
| 943 | #define <a name="Z_DEFLATED">Z_DEFLATED</a> 8 |
| 944 | /* The <a href="#deflate">deflate</a> compression method (the only one supported in this version) */ |
| 945 | |
| 946 | #define <a name="Z_NULL">Z_NULL</a> 0 /* for initializing <a href="#zalloc">zalloc</a>, <a href="#zfree">zfree</a>, <a href="#opaque">opaque</a> */ |
| 947 | |
| 948 | #define <a name="zlib_version">zlib_version</a> <a href="#zlibVersion">zlibVersion</a>() |
| 949 | /* for compatibility with versions less than 1.0.2 */ |
| 950 | </pre> |
| 951 | </font> |
| 952 | |
| 953 | <hr> |
| 954 | <a name="Misc"><h2> Misc </h2> |
| 955 | <a href="#deflateInit">deflateInit</a> and <a href="#inflateInit">inflateInit</a> are macros to allow checking the zlib version |
| 956 | and the compiler's view of <a href="#z_stream_s">z_stream</a>. |
| 957 | <p> |
| 958 | Other functions: |
| 959 | <dl> |
| 960 | <font color="Blue"><dt> const char * <a name="zError">zError</a> (int err);</font> |
| 961 | <font color="Blue"><dt> int <a name="inflateSyncPoint">inflateSyncPoint</a> (<a href="#z_streamp">z_streamp</a> z);</font> |
| 962 | <font color="Blue"><dt> const uLongf * <a name="get_crc_table">get_crc_table</a> (void);</font> |
| 963 | </dl> |
| 964 | <hr> |
| 965 | <font size="-1"> |
| 966 | Last update: Wed Oct 13 20:42:34 1999<br> |
| 967 | piapi@csie.ntu.edu.tw |
| 968 | </font> |
| 969 | |
| 970 | </body> |
| 971 | </html> |