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+/*
+ * compress.h
+ *
+ * Functions useful for compression, mainly bitstreams.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_H
+#define _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_H
+
+#include "wimlib/endianness.h"
+#include "wimlib/types.h"
+
+typedef u16 output_bitbuf_t;
+
+/* Assuming that WIM chunks are at most 32768 bytes, 16 bits is enough for any
+ * symbol frequency. */
+typedef u16 freq_t;
+
+/* Structure to keep track of the current position in the compressed output. */
+struct output_bitstream {
+
+ /* A variable to buffer writing bits to the output and is flushed to the
+ * compressed output when full. */
+ output_bitbuf_t bitbuf;
+
+ /* Number of free bits in @bitbuf */
+ unsigned free_bits;
+
+ u8 *bit_output;
+ u8 *next_bit_output;
+
+ /* Pointer to the next byte in the compressed output. */
+ u8 *output;
+
+
+ /* Number of bytes left in the memory pointed to by @output. */
+ int num_bytes_remaining;
+};
+
+static inline int bitstream_put_byte(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ u8 n)
+{
+ if (ostream->num_bytes_remaining < 1)
+ return 1;
+ *ostream->output = n;
+ ostream->output++;
+ ostream->num_bytes_remaining--;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int bitstream_put_two_bytes(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ u16 n)
+{
+ if (ostream->num_bytes_remaining < 2)
+ return 1;
+ *(u16*)ostream->output = cpu_to_le16(n);
+ ostream->output += 2;
+ ostream->num_bytes_remaining -= 2;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+struct lz_params {
+ unsigned min_match;
+ unsigned max_match;
+ unsigned nice_match;
+ unsigned good_match;
+ unsigned max_chain_len;
+ unsigned max_lazy_match;
+ unsigned too_far;
+};
+
+typedef unsigned (*lz_record_match_t)(unsigned, unsigned, void *, void *);
+typedef unsigned (*lz_record_literal_t)(u8, void *);
+
+extern unsigned lz_analyze_block(const u8 uncompressed_data[],
+ unsigned uncompressed_len,
+ u32 match_tab[],
+ lz_record_match_t record_match,
+ lz_record_literal_t record_literal,
+ void *record_match_arg1,
+ void *record_match_arg2,
+ void *record_literal_arg,
+ const struct lz_params *params);
+
+extern int bitstream_put_bits(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ output_bitbuf_t bits, unsigned num_bits);
+
+extern void init_output_bitstream(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ void *data, unsigned num_bytes);
+
+extern int flush_output_bitstream(struct output_bitstream *ostream);
+
+extern void make_canonical_huffman_code(unsigned num_syms,
+ unsigned max_codeword_len,
+ const freq_t freq_tab[],
+ u8 lens[],
+ u16 codewords[]);
+
+#endif /* _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_H */