put zlib streams in the archive category, too; fix some typos
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / zstream.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: zstream.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxZlibOutputStream
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /// Compression level
11 enum wxZlibCompressionLevels {
12 wxZ_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION = -1,
13 wxZ_NO_COMPRESSION = 0,
14 wxZ_BEST_SPEED = 1,
15 wxZ_BEST_COMPRESSION = 9
16 };
17
18 /// Flags
19 enum wxZLibFlags {
20 wxZLIB_NO_HEADER = 0, //!< raw deflate stream, no header or checksum
21 wxZLIB_ZLIB = 1, //!< zlib header and checksum
22 wxZLIB_GZIP = 2, //!< gzip header and checksum, requires zlib 1.2.1+
23 wxZLIB_AUTO = 3 //!< autodetect header zlib or gzip
24 };
25
26
27 /**
28 @class wxZlibOutputStream
29
30 This stream compresses all data written to it.
31
32 The compressed output can be in zlib or gzip format.
33 Note that writing the gzip format requires zlib version 1.2.1 or greater
34 (the builtin version does support gzip format).
35
36 The stream is not seekable, wxOutputStream::SeekO() returns
37 ::wxInvalidOffset.
38
39 @library{wxbase}
40 @category{archive,streams}
41
42 @see wxOutputStream, wxZlibInputStream
43 */
44 class wxZlibOutputStream : public wxFilterOutputStream
45 {
46 public:
47 //@{
48 /**
49 Creates a new write-only compressed stream.
50
51 @a level means level of compression. It is number between 0 and 9
52 (including these values) where 0 means no compression and 9 best but
53 slowest compression. -1 is default value (currently equivalent to 6).
54
55 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new filter stream
56 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
57
58 The @a flags wxZLIB_ZLIB and wxZLIB_GZIP specify whether the output data
59 will be in zlib or gzip format. wxZLIB_ZLIB is the default.
60
61 If @a flags is wxZLIB_NO_HEADER, then a raw deflate stream is output
62 without either zlib or gzip headers. This is a lower level mode, which
63 is not usually used directly. It can be used to embed a raw deflate
64 stream in a higher level protocol.
65
66 The values of the ::wxZlibCompressionLevels and ::wxZLibFlags
67 enumerations can be used.
68 */
69 wxZlibOutputStream(wxOutputStream& stream, int level = -1,
70 int flags = wxZLIB_ZLIB);
71 wxZlibOutputStream(wxOutputStream* stream, int level = -1,
72 int flags = wxZLIB_ZLIB);
73 //@}
74
75 /**
76 Returns @true if zlib library in use can handle gzip compressed data.
77 */
78 static bool CanHandleGZip();
79 };
80
81
82
83 /**
84 @class wxZlibInputStream
85
86 This filter stream decompresses a stream that is in zlib or gzip format.
87 Note that reading the gzip format requires zlib version 1.2.1 or greater,
88 (the builtin version does support gzip format).
89
90 The stream is not seekable, wxInputStream::SeekI returns ::wxInvalidOffset.
91 Also wxStreamBase::GetSize() is not supported, it always returns 0.
92
93 @library{wxbase}
94 @category{archive,streams}
95
96 @see wxInputStream, wxZlibOutputStream.
97 */
98 class wxZlibInputStream : public wxFilterInputStream
99 {
100 public:
101 //@{
102 /**
103 If the parent stream is passed as a pointer then the new filter stream
104 takes ownership of it. If it is passed by reference then it does not.
105
106 The @a flags wxZLIB_ZLIB and wxZLIB_GZIP specify whether the input data
107 is in zlib or gzip format. If wxZLIB_AUTO is used, then zlib will
108 autodetect the stream type, this is the default.
109
110 If @a flags is wxZLIB_NO_HEADER, then the data is assumed to be a raw
111 deflate stream without either zlib or gzip headers. This is a lower level
112 mode, which is not usually used directly. It can be used to read a raw
113 deflate stream embedded in a higher level protocol.
114
115 The values of the ::wxZLibFlags enumeration can be used.
116 */
117 wxZlibInputStream(wxInputStream& stream, int flags = wxZLIB_AUTO);
118 wxZlibInputStream(wxInputStream* stream, int flags = wxZLIB_AUTO);
119 //@}
120
121 /**
122 Returns @true if zlib library in use can handle gzip compressed data.
123 */
124 static bool CanHandleGZip();
125 };
126