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62 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
Zstandard library files
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The __lib__ directory contains several directories.
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Depending on target use case, it's enough to include only files from relevant directories.
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#### API
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Zstandard's stable API is exposed within [zstd.h](zstd.h),
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at the root of `lib` directory.
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#### Advanced API
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Some additional API may be useful if you're looking into advanced features :
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- common/error_public.h : transforms `size_t` function results into an `enum`,
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for precise error handling.
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- ZSTD_STATIC_LINKING_ONLY : if you define this macro _before_ including `zstd.h`,
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it will give access to advanced and experimental API.
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These APIs shall ___never be used with dynamic library___ !
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They are not "stable", their definition may change in the future.
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Only static linking is allowed.
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#### Modular build
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Directory `common/` is required in all circumstances.
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You can select to support compression only, by just adding files from the `compress/` directory,
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In a similar way, you can build a decompressor-only library with the `decompress/` directory.
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Other optional functionalities provided are :
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- `dictBuilder/` : source files to create dictionaries.
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The API can be consulted in `dictBuilder/zdict.h`.
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This module also depends on `common/` and `compress/` .
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- `legacy/` : source code to decompress previous versions of zstd, starting from `v0.1`.
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This module also depends on `common/` and `decompress/` .
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Library compilation must include directive `ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT = 1` .
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The main API can be consulted in `legacy/zstd_legacy.h`.
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Advanced API from each version can be found in their relevant header file.
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For example, advanced API for version `v0.4` is in `legacy/zstd_v04.h` .
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#### Obsolete streaming API
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Streaming is now provided within `zstd.h`.
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Older streaming API is still provided within `common/zbuff.h`.
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It is considered obsolete, and will be removed in a future version.
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Consider migrating towards newer streaming API.
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#### Miscellaneous
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The other files are not source code. There are :
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- LICENSE : contains the BSD license text
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- Makefile : script to compile or install zstd library (static and dynamic)
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- libzstd.pc.in : for pkg-config (`make install`)
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- README.md : this file
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