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@@ -386,6 +386,34 @@ LZ4LIB_API void LZ4_resetStream_fast (LZ4_stream_t* streamPtr); */ LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compress_fast_extState_fastReset (void* state, const char* src, char* dst, int srcSize, int dstCapacity, int acceleration); +/*! LZ4_attach_dictionary() : + * This is an experimental API that allows for the efficient use of a + * static dictionary many times. + * + * Rather than re-loading the dictionary buffer into a working context before + * each compression, or copying a pre-loaded dictionary's LZ4_stream_t into a + * working LZ4_stream_t, this function introduces a no-copy setup mechanism, + * in which the working stream references the dictionary stream in-place. + * + * Several assumptions are made about the state of the dictionary stream. + * Currently, only streams which have been prepared by LZ4_loadDict() should + * be expected to work. + * + * Alternatively, the provided dictionary stream pointer may be NULL, in which + * case any existing dictionary stream is unset. + * + * If a dictionary is provided, it replaces any pre-existing stream history. + * The dictionary contents are the only history that can be referenced and + * logically immediately precede the data compressed in the first subsequent + * compression call. + * + * The dictionary will only remain attached to the working stream through the + * first compression call, at the end of which it is cleared. The dictionary + * stream (and source buffer) must remain in-place / accessible / unchanged + * through the completion of the first compression call on the stream. + */ +LZ4LIB_API void LZ4_attach_dictionary(LZ4_stream_t *working_stream, const LZ4_stream_t *dictionary_stream); + /*-************************************ * Private definitions |