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36 
37 #ifndef LZF_H
38 #define LZF_H
39 
40 #include "lzfP.h"
41 
42 /***********************************************************************
43 **
44 **	lzf -- an extremely fast/free compression/decompression-method
45 **	http://liblzf.plan9.de/
46 **
47 **	This algorithm is believed to be patent-free.
48 **
49 ***********************************************************************/
50 
51 #define LZF_VERSION 0x0105 /* 1.5, API version */
52 
53 /*
54  * Compress in_len bytes stored at the memory block starting at
55  * in_data and write the result to out_data, up to a maximum length
56  * of out_len bytes.
57  *
58  * If the output buffer is not large enough or any error occurs return 0,
59  * otherwise return the number of bytes used, which might be considerably
60  * more than in_len (but less than 104% of the original size), so it
61  * makes sense to always use out_len == in_len - 1), to ensure _some_
62  * compression, and store the data uncompressed otherwise (with a flag, of
63  * course.
64  *
65  * lzf_compress might use different algorithms on different systems and
66  * even different runs, thus might result in different compressed strings
67  * depending on the phase of the moon or similar factors. However, all
68  * these strings are architecture-independent and will result in the
69  * original data when decompressed using lzf_decompress.
70  *
71  * The buffers must not be overlapping.
72  *
73  * If the option LZF_STATE_ARG is enabled, an extra argument must be
74  * supplied which is not reflected in this header file. Refer to lzfP.h
75  * and lzf_c.c.
76  *
77  */
78 unsigned int
79 lzf_compress (const void *const in_data,  unsigned int in_len,
80               void             *out_data, unsigned int out_len,
81 	      LZF_STATE htab);
82 
83 /*
84  * Decompress data compressed with some version of the lzf_compress
85  * function and stored at location in_data and length in_len. The result
86  * will be stored at out_data up to a maximum of out_len characters.
87  *
88  * If the output buffer is not large enough to hold the decompressed
89  * data, a 0 is returned and errno is set to E2BIG. Otherwise the number
90  * of decompressed bytes (i.e. the original length of the data) is
91  * returned.
92  *
93  * If an error in the compressed data is detected, a zero is returned and
94  * errno is set to EINVAL.
95  *
96  * This function is very fast, about as fast as a copying loop.
97  */
98 unsigned int
99 lzf_decompress (const void *const in_data,  unsigned int in_len,
100                 void             *out_data, unsigned int out_len);
101 
102 #endif
103 
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