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/*
   LZ4 - Fast LZ compression algorithm
   Header File
   Copyright (C) 2011-2012, Yann Collet.
   BSD 2-Clause License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)

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   - LZ4 homepage : http://fastcompression.blogspot.com/p/lz4.html
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*/
#pragma once

#if defined (__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif


//****************************
// Simple Functions
//****************************

int LZ4_compress   (const char* source, char* dest, int isize);
int LZ4_uncompress (const char* source, char* dest, int osize);

/*
LZ4_compress() :
	Compresses 'isize' bytes from 'source' into 'dest'.
	Destination buffer must be already allocated,
	and must be sized to handle worst cases situations (input data not compressible)
	Worst case size evaluation is provided by macro LZ4_compressBound()

	isize  : is the input size. Max supported value is ~1.9GB
	return : the number of bytes written in buffer dest


LZ4_uncompress() :
	osize  : is the output size, therefore the original size
	return : the number of bytes read in the source buffer
			 If the source stream is malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result, indicating the byte position of the faulty instruction
			 This function never writes beyond dest + osize, and is therefore protected against malicious data packets
	note : destination buffer must be already allocated.
		   its size must be a minimum of 'osize' bytes.
*/


//****************************
// Advanced Functions
//****************************

#define LZ4_compressBound(isize)   (isize + (isize/255) + 16)

/*
LZ4_compressBound() :
	Provides the maximum size that LZ4 may output in a "worst case" scenario (input data not compressible)
	primarily useful for memory allocation of output buffer.

	isize  : is the input size. Max supported value is ~1.9GB
	return : maximum output size in a "worst case" scenario
	note : this function is limited by "int" range (2^31-1)
*/


int LZ4_compress_limitedOutput   (const char* source, char* dest, int isize, int maxOutputSize);

/*
LZ4_compress_limitedOutput() :
    Compress 'isize' bytes from 'source' into an output buffer 'dest' of maximum size 'maxOutputSize'.
	If it cannot achieve it, compression will stop, and result of the function will be zero.
	This function never writes outside of provided output buffer.

	isize  : is the input size. Max supported value is ~1.9GB
	maxOutputSize : is the size of the destination buffer (which must be already allocated)
	return : the number of bytes written in buffer 'dest'
			 or 0 if the compression fails
*/


int LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize (const char* source, char* dest, int isize, int maxOutputSize);

/*
LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize() :
	isize  : is the input size, therefore the compressed size
	maxOutputSize : is the size of the destination buffer (which must be already allocated)
	return : the number of bytes decoded in the destination buffer (necessarily <= maxOutputSize)
			 If the source stream is malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result, indicating the byte position of the faulty instruction
			 This function never writes beyond dest + maxOutputSize, and is therefore protected against malicious data packets
	note   : Destination buffer must be already allocated.
	         This version is slightly slower than LZ4_uncompress()
*/


#if defined (__cplusplus)
}
#endif