lzo.hpp File Reference

LZO Compression API. More...

#include <util/compress/stream.hpp>
#include <stdio.h>

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Classes
class	CLZOCompression
	CLZOCompression –. More...
struct	CLZOCompression::SFileInfo
	Structure to keep compressed file information. More...
class	CLZOCompressionFile
	CLZOCompressionFile class –. More...
class	CLZOBuffer
	CLZOBuffer –. More...
class	CLZOCompressor
	CLZOCompressor – LZO based compressor. More...
class	CLZODecompressor
	CLZODecompressor – LZO based decompressor. More...
class	CLZOStreamCompressor
	CLZOStreamCompressor – lzo based compression stream processor. More...
class	CLZOStreamDecompressor
	CLZOStreamDecompressor – lzo based decompression stream processor. More...

Variables
const size_t	kLZODefaultBlockSize = 24*1024
	Default LZO block size. More...

Detailed Description

LZO Compression API.

LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data (de)compression in real-time. This means it favours speed over compression ratio.

LZO is good to compress some sort of data only, that have a limited set of characters or many recurring sequences. It is not suitable for a random data, that limits its usage. It is better to test compression on yours own data before making decision to use LZO. Use zlib if you need a more universal and robust solution, that is also slower and needs more memory.

We don't support all possible algorithms, implemented in LZO. Only LZO1X is used in this API. Author of LZO says that it is often the best choice of all.

NOTE: LZO is a just an compression algorithm to compress buffers, it doesnt support streaming or file compression out from the box. We use our own stream/file format to add such support.

CLZOCompression - base methods for compression/decompression memory buffers and files. CLZOCompressionFile - allow read/write operations on files. LZO doesn't support files, so we use here our own file format (very simple). CLZOCompressor - LZO based compressor (used in CLZOStreamCompressor). CLZODecompressor - LZO based decompressor (used in CLZOStreamDecompressor). CLZOStreamCompressor - LZO based compression stream processor (see util/compress/stream.hpp for details). CLZOStreamDecompressor - LZO based decompression stream processor (see util/compress/stream.hpp for details).

For more details see LZO documentation: http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/

Warning

LZO ia an optional compression component and can be missed on a current platform. It is recommended to guard its usage:

if defined(HAVE_LIBLZO) // use LZO related code here #else // some backup code, or error reporting #endif

See also comments at the beginning of "compress.hpp".

Definition in file lzo.hpp.