org.apache.hadoop.io.compress
Interface Compressor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltInZlibDeflater, LzoCompressor, ZlibCompressor

public interface Compressor

Specification of a stream-based 'compressor' which can be plugged into a CompressionOutputStream to compress data. This is modelled after Deflater

Author:

Arun C Murthy

Method Summary

int	compress(byte[] b, int off, int len) Fills specified buffer with compressed data.
void	end() Closes the compressor and discards any unprocessed input.
void	finish() When called, indicates that compression should end with the current contents of the input buffer.
boolean	finished() Returns true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached.
boolean	needsInput() Returns true if the input data buffer is empty and #setInput() should be called to provide more input.
void	reset() Resets compressor so that a new set of input data can be processed.
void	setDictionary(byte[] b, int off, int len) Sets preset dictionary for compression.
void	setInput(byte[] b, int off, int len) Sets input data for compression.

Method Detail

setInput

void setInput(byte[] b,
              int off,
              int len)

Sets input data for compression. This should be called whenever #needsInput() returns true indicating that more input data is required.

Parameters:

b - Input data

off - Start offset

len - Length

needsInput

boolean needsInput()

Returns true if the input data buffer is empty and #setInput() should be called to provide more input.

Returns:

true if the input data buffer is empty and #setInput() should be called in order to provide more input.

setDictionary

void setDictionary(byte[] b,
                   int off,
                   int len)

Sets preset dictionary for compression. A preset dictionary is used when the history buffer can be predetermined.

Parameters:

b - Dictionary data bytes

off - Start offset

len - Length

finish

void finish()

When called, indicates that compression should end with the current contents of the input buffer.

finished

boolean finished()

Returns true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached.

Returns:

true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached.

compress

int compress(byte[] b,
             int off,
             int len)
             throws IOException

Fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates that needsInput() should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.

Parameters:

b - Buffer for the compressed data

off - Start offset of the data

len - Size of the buffer

Returns:

The actual number of bytes of compressed data.

Throws:

IOException

reset

void reset()

Resets compressor so that a new set of input data can be processed.

end

void end()

Closes the compressor and discards any unprocessed input.