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1 root 1.1 /*
2 root 1.14 * Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
3 root 1.15 *
4 root 1.1 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modifica-
5     * tion, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
6 root 1.15 *
7 root 1.1 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
8     * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9 root 1.15 *
10 root 1.1 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
11     * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
12     * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
13 root 1.15 *
14 root 1.1 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
15     * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MER-
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17     * EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPE-
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20     * OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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22     * ERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
23     * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
24 pcg 1.7 *
25     * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
26 root 1.12 * the GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 or any later version,
27     * in which case the provisions of the GPL are applicable instead of
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34     * either the BSD or the GPL.
35 root 1.1 */
36    
37     #ifndef LZF_H
38     #define LZF_H
39    
40     /***********************************************************************
41     **
42     ** lzf -- an extremely fast/free compression/decompression-method
43     ** http://liblzf.plan9.de/
44     **
45     ** This algorithm is believed to be patent-free.
46     **
47     ***********************************************************************/
48    
49 root 1.17 /* API version (major * 256 + minor)
50     * major API version gets bumped on incompatible changes.
51     * minor API version gets bumped on compatible changes.
52     * 1.5 => 1.6: add LZF_MAX_COMPRESSED_SIZE
53     */
54     #define LZF_VERSION 0x0106
55 root 1.10
56 root 1.1 /*
57     * Compress in_len bytes stored at the memory block starting at
58     * in_data and write the result to out_data, up to a maximum length
59     * of out_len bytes.
60     *
61 root 1.14 * If the output buffer is not large enough or any error occurs return 0,
62     * otherwise return the number of bytes used, which might be considerably
63 root 1.16 * more than in_len (but less than 1 + 104% of the original size), so it
64 root 1.14 * makes sense to always use out_len == in_len - 1), to ensure _some_
65     * compression, and store the data uncompressed otherwise (with a flag, of
66     * course.
67 root 1.1 *
68     * lzf_compress might use different algorithms on different systems and
69 root 1.13 * even different runs, thus might result in different compressed strings
70 root 1.10 * depending on the phase of the moon or similar factors. However, all
71     * these strings are architecture-independent and will result in the
72     * original data when decompressed using lzf_decompress.
73 root 1.1 *
74     * The buffers must not be overlapping.
75     *
76 pcg 1.6 * If the option LZF_STATE_ARG is enabled, an extra argument must be
77 root 1.10 * supplied which is not reflected in this header file. Refer to lzfP.h
78     * and lzf_c.c.
79 pcg 1.5 *
80 root 1.1 */
81 root 1.15 unsigned int
82 root 1.1 lzf_compress (const void *const in_data, unsigned int in_len,
83     void *out_data, unsigned int out_len);
84    
85     /*
86 root 1.17 * The maximum out_len that needs to be allocated to make sure
87     * any input data can be compressed without overflowing the output
88     * buffer, i.e. maximum out_len = LZF_MAX_COMPRESSED_SIZE (in_len).
89     * This is useful if you don't want to bother with the case of
90     * incompressible data and just want to provide a buffer that is
91     * guaranteeed to be big enough.
92     * This macro can be used at preprocessing time.
93     */
94     #define LZF_MAX_COMPRESSED_SIZE(n) ((n) * 33 / 32 + 1)
95    
96     /*
97 root 1.1 * Decompress data compressed with some version of the lzf_compress
98     * function and stored at location in_data and length in_len. The result
99     * will be stored at out_data up to a maximum of out_len characters.
100     *
101 root 1.3 * If the output buffer is not large enough to hold the decompressed
102 root 1.1 * data, a 0 is returned and errno is set to E2BIG. Otherwise the number
103     * of decompressed bytes (i.e. the original length of the data) is
104     * returned.
105     *
106     * If an error in the compressed data is detected, a zero is returned and
107     * errno is set to EINVAL.
108     *
109     * This function is very fast, about as fast as a copying loop.
110     */
111 root 1.15 unsigned int
112 root 1.1 lzf_decompress (const void *const in_data, unsigned int in_len,
113     void *out_data, unsigned int out_len);
114    
115     #endif
116