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authorYann Collet <yann.collet.73@gmail.com>2015-03-30 15:36:57 (GMT)
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Updated comments on LZ4F_getFrameInfo()
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@@ -214,8 +214,12 @@ size_t LZ4F_getFrameInfo(LZ4F_decompressionContext_t dctx,
* This function decodes frame header information, such as blockSize.
* It is optional : you could start by calling directly LZ4F_decompress() instead.
* The objective is to extract header information without starting decompression, typically for allocation purposes.
+ * The function will work only if srcBuffer points at the beginning of the frame,
+ * and *srcSizePtr is large enough to decode the whole header (typically, between 7 & 15 bytes).
+ * The result is copied into an LZ4F_frameInfo_t structure, which is pointed by frameInfoPtr, and must be already allocated.
* LZ4F_getFrameInfo() can also be used *after* starting decompression, on a valid LZ4F_decompressionContext_t.
* The number of bytes read from srcBuffer will be provided within *srcSizePtr (necessarily <= original value).
+ * It is basically the frame header size.
* You are expected to resume decompression from where it stopped (srcBuffer + *srcSizePtr)
* The function result is an hint of how many srcSize bytes LZ4F_decompress() expects for next call,
* or an error code which can be tested using LZ4F_isError().