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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/lz4.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/lz4.h | 42 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ LZ4LIB_API const char* LZ4_versionString (void); /**< library version string; LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compress_default(const char* src, char* dst, int srcSize, int dstCapacity); /*! LZ4_decompress_safe() : - * compressedSize : is the exact complete size of the compressed block. - * dstCapacity : is the size of destination buffer (which must be already allocated), presumed an upper bound of decompressed size. + * @compressedSize : is the exact complete size of the compressed block. + * @dstCapacity : is the size of destination buffer (which must be already allocated), + * is an upper bound of decompressed size. * @return : the number of bytes decompressed into destination buffer (necessarily <= dstCapacity) * If destination buffer is not large enough, decoding will stop and output an error code (negative value). * If the source stream is detected malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result. @@ -443,11 +444,24 @@ LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_setStreamDecode (LZ4_streamDecode_t* LZ4_streamDecode, const LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_decoderRingBufferSize(int maxBlockSize); #define LZ4_DECODER_RING_BUFFER_SIZE(maxBlockSize) (65536 + 14 + (maxBlockSize)) /* for static allocation; maxBlockSize presumed valid */ -/*! LZ4_decompress_*_continue() : - * These decoding functions allow decompression of consecutive blocks in "streaming" mode. - * A block is an unsplittable entity, it must be presented entirely to a decompression function. - * Decompression functions only accepts one block at a time. - * The last 64KB of previously decoded data *must* remain available and unmodified at the memory position where they were decoded. +/*! LZ4_decompress_safe_continue() : + * This decoding function allows decompression of consecutive blocks in "streaming" mode. + * The difference with the usual independent blocks is that + * new blocks are allowed to find references into former blocks. + * A block is an unsplittable entity, and must be presented entirely to the decompression function. + * LZ4_decompress_safe_continue() only accepts one block at a time. + * It's modeled after `LZ4_decompress_safe()` and behaves similarly. + * + * @LZ4_streamDecode : decompression state, tracking the position in memory of past data + * @compressedSize : exact complete size of one compressed block. + * @dstCapacity : size of destination buffer (which must be already allocated), + * must be an upper bound of decompressed size. + * @return : number of bytes decompressed into destination buffer (necessarily <= dstCapacity) + * If destination buffer is not large enough, decoding will stop and output an error code (negative value). + * If the source stream is detected malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result. + * + * The last 64KB of previously decoded data *must* remain available and unmodified + * at the memory position where they were previously decoded. * If less than 64KB of data has been decoded, all the data must be present. * * Special : if decompression side sets a ring buffer, it must respect one of the following conditions : @@ -474,10 +488,10 @@ LZ4_decompress_safe_continue (LZ4_streamDecode_t* LZ4_streamDecode, int srcSize, int dstCapacity); -/*! LZ4_decompress_*_usingDict() : - * These decoding functions work the same as - * a combination of LZ4_setStreamDecode() followed by LZ4_decompress_*_continue() - * They are stand-alone, and don't need an LZ4_streamDecode_t structure. +/*! LZ4_decompress_safe_usingDict() : + * Works the same as + * a combination of LZ4_setStreamDecode() followed by LZ4_decompress_safe_continue() + * However, it's stateless: it doesn't need any LZ4_streamDecode_t state. * Dictionary is presumed stable : it must remain accessible and unmodified during decompression. * Performance tip : Decompression speed can be substantially increased * when dst == dictStart + dictSize. @@ -487,6 +501,12 @@ LZ4_decompress_safe_usingDict(const char* src, char* dst, int srcSize, int dstCapacity, const char* dictStart, int dictSize); +/*! LZ4_decompress_safe_partial_usingDict() : + * Behaves the same as LZ4_decompress_safe_partial() + * with the added ability to specify a memory segment for past data. + * Performance tip : Decompression speed can be substantially increased + * when dst == dictStart + dictSize. + */ LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_decompress_safe_partial_usingDict(const char* src, char* dst, int compressedSize, |