emile: add documentation for compression function.

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Cedric BAIL 2015-03-17 08:50:33 +01:00
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#ifndef EMILE_COMPRESSION_H_
#define EMILE_COMPRESSION_H_
/**
* @defgroup Emile_Group_Compression Non destructive general purpose compression functions.
* @ingroup Emile
* Function that allow the compression and expansion of Eina_Binbuf with
* non destructive algorithm.
*
* @{
*/
/**
* Supported type of compression algorithm.
* @since 1.14.0
*
* @see emile_binbuf_compress()
* @see emile_binbuf_uncompress()
* @see emile_binbuf_expand()
*/
typedef enum
{
EMILE_ZLIB,
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EMILE_LZ4HC
} Emile_Compressor_Type;
/**
* Compression level to apply.
* @since 1.14.0
*
* @see emile_binbuf_compress();
*/
typedef enum
{
EMILE_DEFAULT = -1,
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EMILE_BEST_COMPRESSION = 9
} Emile_Compressor_Level;
/**
* @brief Compress an Eina_Binbuf into a new Eina_Binbuf
*
* @param in Buffer to compress.
* @param t Type of compression logic to use.
* @param level Level of compression to apply.
*
* @return On success it will return a buffer that contains
* the compressed data, @c NULL otherwise.
*
* @since 1.14.0
*/
EAPI Eina_Binbuf *emile_binbuf_compress(const Eina_Binbuf *in,
Emile_Compressor_Type t, int level);
Emile_Compressor_Type t,
Emile_Compressor_Level level);
/**
* @brief Uncompress a buffer into a newly allocated buffer.
*
* @param in Buffer to uncompress.
* @param t Type of compression logic to use.
* @param dest_length Expected length of the decompressed data.
*
* @return a newly allocated buffer with the uncompressed data,
* @c NULL if it failed.
*
* @since 1.14.0
*
* @note That if dest_length doesn't match the expanded data, it will
* just fail and return @c NULL.
*/
EAPI Eina_Binbuf *emile_binbuf_uncompress(const Eina_Binbuf *in,
Emile_Compressor_Type t,
unsigned int dest_length);
/**
* @brief Uncompress a buffer into an existing buffer.
*
* @param in Buffer to uncompress.
* @param out Buffer to expand data into.
* @param t Type of compression logic to use.
*
* @return EINA_TRUE if it succeed, EINA_FALSE if it failed.
* @since 1.14.0
*
* @note The out buffer should have the necessary size to hold the
* expanded data or it will fail. In case of failure, random garbage
* could fill the out buffer.
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool emile_binbuf_expand(const Eina_Binbuf *in,
Eina_Binbuf *out,
Emile_Compressor_Type t);
/**
* @}
*/
#endif