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+/*
+ * compress_common.h
+ *
+ * Header for compression code shared by multiple compression formats.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_COMMON_H
+#define _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_COMMON_H
+
+#include "wimlib/types.h"
+
+/* Variable type that can represent all possible window positions. */
+#ifndef INPUT_IDX_T_DEFINED
+#define INPUT_IDX_T_DEFINED
+typedef u32 input_idx_t;
+#endif
+
+/* Structure to keep track of the current state sending bits and bytes to the
+ * compressed output buffer. */
+struct output_bitstream {
+
+ /* Variable that holds up to 16 bits that haven't yet been flushed to
+ * the output. */
+ u16 bitbuf;
+
+ /* Number of free bits in @bitbuf; that is, 16 minus the number of valid
+ * bits in @bitbuf. */
+ unsigned free_bits;
+
+ /* Pointer to the start of the output buffer. */
+ u8 *output_start;
+
+ /* Position at which to write the next 16 bits. */
+ u8 *bit_output;
+
+ /* Next position to write 16 bits, after they are written to bit_output.
+ * This is after @next_bit_output and may be separated from @bit_output
+ * by literal bytes. */
+ u8 *next_bit_output;
+
+ /* Next position to write literal bytes. This is after @bit_output and
+ * @next_bit_output, and may be separated from them by literal bytes.
+ */
+ u8 *output;
+
+ /* Number of bytes remaining in the @output buffer. */
+ input_idx_t bytes_remaining;
+
+ /* Set to true if the buffer has been exhausted. */
+ bool overrun;
+};
+
+extern void
+init_output_bitstream(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ void *data, unsigned num_bytes);
+
+extern input_idx_t
+flush_output_bitstream(struct output_bitstream *ostream);
+
+extern void
+bitstream_put_bits(struct output_bitstream *ostream,
+ u32 bits, unsigned num_bits);
+
+extern void
+bitstream_put_byte(struct output_bitstream *ostream, u8 n);
+
+struct lz_params {
+ unsigned min_match;
+ unsigned max_match;
+ unsigned max_offset;
+ unsigned nice_match;
+ unsigned good_match;
+ unsigned max_chain_len;
+ unsigned max_lazy_match;
+ unsigned too_far;
+};
+
+typedef void (*lz_record_match_t)(unsigned len, unsigned offset, void *ctx);
+typedef void (*lz_record_literal_t)(u8 lit, void *ctx);
+
+extern void
+lz_analyze_block(const u8 window[restrict],
+ input_idx_t window_size,
+ lz_record_match_t record_match,
+ lz_record_literal_t record_literal,
+ void *record_ctx,
+ const struct lz_params *params,
+ input_idx_t prev_tab[restrict]);
+
+extern void
+make_canonical_huffman_code(unsigned num_syms,
+ unsigned max_codeword_len,
+ const input_idx_t freq_tab[restrict],
+ u8 lens[restrict],
+ u16 codewords[restrict]);
+
+#endif /* _WIMLIB_COMPRESS_H */