| TestsTested | ✓ |
| LangLanguage | Obj-CObjective C |
| License | BSD |
| ReleasedLast Release | Apr 2016 |
Maintained by Chaitanya Gupta, Manav Rathi.
CocoaZ is an Objective-C based compression library. It provides an easy to use and flexible interface on top of the venerable zlib. It is well suited for both file and stream based compression/decompression.
Install the library via Cocoa Pods by adding the following entry in your Podfile:
pod 'CocoaZ', '~> 1.2'
Alternatively, import all the source files inside the CocoaZ/ subdirectory into your project. If you do this, don't forget to link your binary with libz (linker flag: -lz).
To begin compression, create an instance of TDTZCompressor.
// level must be between 0 and 9
// 0 = no compression, 1 = fastest compression, 9 = best compression
TDTZCompressor *compressor = [[TDTZCompressor alloc] initWithCompressionFormat:TDTCompressionFormatGzip level:6];
Start sending NSData for compression using -compressData:. Compressed data is returned back, but all input data may not be compressed immediately. -compressData: can be called as many times as desired.
// Get input data from the source, say a file or a stream
// Send output data to the destination
NSData *output = [compressor compressData:input];
To force compression of everything sent till now, call -flushData:. The input to -flushData: can be either an NSData (which will be included in the compressed data returned back) or nil.
NSData *output = [compressor flushData:input];
Once all input data has been sent for compression, call -finishData:. This method also flushes any remaining input. As with -flushData:, the input can be either an NSData or nil.
NSData *lastOutput = [compressor finishData:input];
After the call to -finishData: returns, compression is finished. None of the compression methods should be called anymore.
Decompression works very similar to compression. First, you create an instance of TDTZDecompressor.
TDTZDecompressor *decompressor = [[TDTZDecompressor alloc] initWithCompressionFormat:TDTCompressionFormatGzip];
Decompress input data using -decompressData:.
NSData *output = [decompressor decompressData:input];
Flush decompressed data using -flushData:.
NSData *output = [decompressor flushData:input];
Once all input has been sent for decompression, call -finishData:.
NSData *lastOutput = [decompressor finishData:input];
-compressFile:error: allows you to easily compress a file into memory. If you plan to use this method, note that it should only be used once and it should not be mixed with calls to the other compression methods.
TDTZCompressor *compressor = [[TDTZCompressor alloc] initWithCompressionFormat:TDTCompressionFormatGzip level:6];
NSError *error;
NSData *output = [compressor compressFile:@"/path/to/file" error:&error];
if (output == nil) {
NSLog(@"Error compressing file: %@", error);
}
Similarly, -decompressFile:error: allows you to decompress a file into memory.
TDTZDecompressor *decompressor = [[TDTZDecompressor alloc] initWithCompressionFormat:TDTCompressionFormatGzip level:6];
NSError *error;
NSData *output = [decompressor decompressFile:@"/path/to/file" error:&error];
if (output == nil) {
NSLog(@"Error decompressing file: %@", error);
}
Go through TDTZCompressor.h and TDTZDecompressor.h for more details on the API.
zlib, and hence this library, allows compression/decompression in two formats. zlib and gzip. zlib, described in RFC 1950, is a wrapper over a deflate stream (RFC 1951). gzip (RFC 1952) is different from zlib, but it too wraps over a deflate stream. To know more about deflate and the two compression formats, see the RFCs.
To know more about the zlib library, see its manual.
To report any issues with the library, create an issue on Github.
For any other feedback or suggestion, contact the maintainers (listed below).
See rake release:prepare and rake release:push.