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diff --git a/doc/TclZlib.3 b/doc/TclZlib.3 index 1b5e892..ebd294b 100644 --- a/doc/TclZlib.3 +++ b/doc/TclZlib.3 @@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ int .sp int \fBTcl_ZlibStreamGet\fR(\fIzshandle, dataObj, count\fR) +.sp +\fBTcl_ZlibStreamSetCompressionDictionary\fR(\fIzshandle, compDict\fR) .fi .SH ARGUMENTS -.AS Tcl_ZlibStream *zshandlePtr out +.AS Tcl_ZlibStream zshandle in .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in The interpreter to store resulting compressed or uncompressed data in. Also where any error messages are written. For \fBTcl_ZlibStreamInit\fR, this can @@ -108,6 +110,13 @@ trailer demanded by the format is written. .AP int count in The maximum number of bytes to get from the stream, or -1 to get all remaining bytes from the stream's buffers. +.AP Tcl_Obj *compDict in +A byte array object that is the compression dictionary to use with the stream. +Note that this is \fInot a Tcl dictionary\fR, and it is recommended that this +only ever be used with streams that were created with their \fIformat\fR set +to \fBTCL_ZLIB_FORMAT_ZLIB\fR because the other formats have no mechanism to +indicate whether a compression dictionary was present other than to fail on +decompression. .BE .SH DESCRIPTION These functions form the interface from the Tcl library to the Zlib @@ -172,6 +181,25 @@ uncompressed data according to the format, and \fBTcl_ZlibStreamEof\fR returns a boolean value indicating whether the end of the uncompressed data has been reached. .PP +\fBTcl_ZlibStreamSetCompressionDictionary\fR is used to control the +compression dictionary used with the stream, a compression dictionary being an +array of bytes (such as might be created with \fBTcl_NewByteArrayObj\fR) that +is used to initialize the compression engine rather than leaving it to create +it on the fly from the data being compressed. Setting a compression dictionary +allows for more efficient compression in the case where the start of the data +is highly regular, but it does require both the compressor and the +decompressor to agreee on the value to use. Compression dictionaries are only +fully supported for zlib-format data; on compression, they must be set before +any data is sent in with \fBTcl_ZlibStreamPut\fR, and on decompression they +should be set when \fBTcl_ZlibStreamGet\fR produces an \fBerror\fR with its +\fB\-errorcode\fR set to +.QW "\fBZLIB NEED_DICT\fI code\fR" ; +the \fIcode\fR will be the Adler-32 checksum (see \fBTcl_ZlibAdler32\fR) of +the compression dictionary sought. (Note that this is only true for +zlib-format streams; gzip streams ignore compression dictionaries as the +format specification doesn't permit them, and raw streams just produce a data +error if the compression dictionary is missing or incorrect.) +.PP If you wish to clear a stream and reuse it for a new compression or decompression action, \fBTcl_ZlibStreamReset\fR will do this and return a normal Tcl result code to indicate whether it was successful; if the stream is @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ '\" -'\" Copyright (c) 2008 Donal K. Fellows +'\" Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Donal K. Fellows '\" '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. @@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ the .QW "\fIoptions ...\fR" to the \fBzlib push\fR command: .TP +\fB\-dictionary\fI binData\fR +.VS "TIP 400" +Sets the compression dictionary to use when working with compressing or +decompressing the data to be \fIbinData\fR. Not valid for transformations that +work with gzip-format data. +.VE +.TP \fB\-header\fI dictionary\fR . Passes a description of the gzip header to create, in the same format that @@ -179,15 +186,33 @@ Passes a description of the gzip header to create, in the same format that . How hard to compress the data. Must be an integer from 0 (uncompressed) to 9 (maximally compressed). -'\".TP -'\"\fB\-limit\fI readaheadLimit\fR -'\". -'\"The maximum number of bytes ahead to read. -'\"\fITODO: not yet implemented!\fR +.TP +\fB\-limit\fI readaheadLimit\fR +. +The maximum number of bytes ahead to read when decompressing. This defaults to +1, which ensures that data is always decompressed correctly, but may be +increased to improve performance. This is more useful when the channel is +non-blocking. .PP Both compressing and decompressing channel transformations add extra -configuration options that may be accessed through \fBchan configure\fR. Each -option is either a read-only or a write-only option. The options are: +configuration options that may be accessed through \fBchan configure\fR. The +options are: +.TP +\fB\-checksum\fI checksum\fR +. +This read-only option gets the current checksum for the uncompressed data that +the compression engine has seen so far. It is valid for both compressing and +decompressing transforms, but not for the raw inflate and deflate formats. The +compression algorithm depends on what format is being produced or consumed. +.TP +\fB\-dictionary\fI binData\fR +.VS "TIP 400" +This read-write options gets or sets the compression dictionary to use when +working with compressing or decompressing the data to be \fIbinData\fR. It is +not valid for transformations that work with gzip-format data, and should not +normally be set on compressing transformations other than at the point where +the transformation is stacked. +.VE .TP \fB\-flush\fI type\fR . @@ -198,63 +223,80 @@ expensive flush respectively. Flushing degrades the compression ratio, but makes it easier for a decompressor to recover more of the file in the case of data corruption. .TP -\fB\-checksum\fR -. -This read-only option gets the current checksum for the uncompressed data -that the compression engine has seen so far. It is valid for both -compressing and decompressing transforms, but not for the raw inflate -and deflate formats. The compression algorithm depends on what -format is being produced or consumed. -.TP -\fB\-header\fR +\fB\-header\fI dictionary\fR . This read-only option, only valid for decompressing transforms that are processing gzip-format data, returns the dictionary describing the header read off the data stream. +.TP +\fB\-limit\fI readaheadLimit\fR +. +This read-write option is used by decompressing channels to control the +maximum number of bytes ahead to read from the underlying data source. This +defaults to 1, which ensures that data is always decompressed correctly, but +may be increased to improve performance. This is more useful when the channel +is non-blocking. .RE .SS "STREAMING SUBCOMMAND" .TP -\fBzlib stream\fI mode\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream\fI mode\fR ?\fIoptions\fR? . Creates a streaming compression or decompression command based on the \fImode\fR, and return the name of the command. For a description of how that command works, see \fBSTREAMING INSTANCE COMMAND\fR below. The following modes -are supported: +and \fIoptions\fR are supported: .RS .TP -\fBzlib stream compress\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream compress\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces zlib-format output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer -from 0 to 9. +from 0 to 9, +.VS "TIP 400" +and the compression dictionary \fIbindata\fR (if specified). +.VE .TP -\fBzlib stream decompress\fR +\fBzlib stream decompress\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes zlib-format input and produces uncompressed output. +.VS "TIP 400" +If \fIbindata\fR is supplied, it is a compression dictionary to use if +required. +.VE .TP -\fBzlib stream deflate\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream deflate\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces raw output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer from 0 -to 9. +to 9, +.VS "TIP 400" +and the compression dictionary \fIbindata\fR (if specified). Note that +the raw compressed data includes no metadata about what compression +dictionary was used, if any; that is a feature of the zlib-format data. +.VE .TP \fBzlib stream gunzip\fR . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes gzip-format input and produces uncompressed output. .TP -\fBzlib stream gzip\fR ?\fIlevel\fR? +\fBzlib stream gzip\fR ?\fB\-header \fIheader\fR? ?\fB\-level \fIlevel\fR? . The stream will be a compressing stream that produces gzip-format output, using compression level \fIlevel\fR (if specified) which will be an integer -from 0 to 9. -'\" TODO: Header dictionary! +from 0 to 9, and the header descriptor dictionary \fIheader\fR (if specified; +for keys see \fBzlib gzip\fR). .TP -\fBzlib stream inflate\fR +\fBzlib stream inflate\fR ?\fB\-dictionary \fIbindata\fR? . The stream will be a decompressing stream that takes raw compressed input and produces uncompressed output. +.VS "TIP 400" +If \fIbindata\fR is supplied, it is a compression dictionary to use. Note that +there are no checks in place to determine whether the compression dictionary +is correct. +.VE .RE .SS "CHECKSUMMING SUBCOMMANDS" .TP @@ -277,10 +319,10 @@ the transformed data. The full set of subcommands supported by a streaming instance command, \fIstream\fR, is as follows: .TP -\fIstream \fBadd\fR ?\fIoption\fR? \fIdata\fR +\fIstream \fBadd\fR ?\fIoption...\fR? \fIdata\fR . A short-cut for -.QW "\fIstream \fBput \fIoption data\fR" +.QW "\fIstream \fBput \fR?\fIoption...\fR? \fIdata\fR" followed by .QW "\fIstream \fBget\fR" . .TP @@ -318,15 +360,27 @@ A short-cut for Return up to \fIcount\fR bytes from \fIstream\fR's internal buffers with the transformation applied. If \fIcount\fR is omitted, the entire contents of the buffers are returned. +. +\fIstream \fBheader\fR +. +Return the gzip header description dictionary extracted from the stream. Only +supported for streams created with their \fImode\fR parameter set to +\fBgunzip\fR. .TP -\fIstream \fBput\fR ?\fIoption\fR? \fIdata\fR +\fIstream \fBput\fR ?\fIoption...\fR? \fIdata\fR . Append the contents of the binary string \fIdata\fR to \fIstream\fR's internal -buffers while applying the transformation. If present, \fIoption\fR must be -one of the following (or an unambiguous prefix) which are used to modify the +buffers while applying the transformation. The following \fIoption\fRs are +supported (or an unambiguous prefix of them), which are used to modify the way in which the transformation is applied: .RS .TP +\fB\-dictionary\fI binData\fR +.VS "TIP 400" +Sets the compression dictionary to use when working with compressing or +decompressing the data to be \fIbinData\fR. +.VE +.TP \fB\-finalize\fR . Mark the stream as finished, ensuring that all bytes have been wholly @@ -334,12 +388,22 @@ compressed or decompressed. For gzip streams, this also ensures that the footer is written to the stream. The stream will need to be reset before having more data written to it after this, though data can still be read out of the stream with the \fBget\fR subcommand. +.RS +.PP +This option is mutually exclusive with the \fB\-flush\fR and \fB\-fullflush\fR +options. +.RE .TP \fB\-flush\fR . Ensure that a decompressor consuming the bytes that the current (compressing) stream is producing will be able to produce all the bytes that have been compressed so far, at some performance penalty. +.RS +.PP +This option is mutually exclusive with the \fB\-finalize\fR and +\fB\-fullflush\fR options. +.RE .TP \fB\-fullflush\fR . @@ -347,6 +411,11 @@ Ensure that not only can a decompressor handle all the bytes produced so far (as with \fB\-flush\fR above) but also that it can restart from this point if it detects that the stream is partially corrupt. This incurs a substantial performance penalty. +.RS +.PP +This option is mutually exclusive with the \fB\-finalize\fR and \fB\-flush\fR +options. +.RE .RE .TP \fIstream \fBreset\fR |