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# File : Zlib.pm # Author : Paul Marquess # Created : 28th April 2001 # Version : 1.13 # # Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. #
package Compress::Zlib;
require 5.004 ; require Exporter; require DynaLoader; use AutoLoader; use Carp ; use IO::Handle ;
use strict ; use warnings ; use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT $AUTOLOAD
$deflateDefault $deflateParamsDefault $inflateDefault) ;
$VERSION = "1.13" ;
@ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader); # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead. # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants. @EXPORT = qw(
deflateInit inflateInit
compress uncompress
gzip gunzip
gzopen $gzerrno
adler32 crc32
ZLIB_VERSION
MAX_MEM_LEVEL MAX_WBITS
Z_ASCII Z_BEST_COMPRESSION Z_BEST_SPEED Z_BINARY Z_BUF_ERROR Z_DATA_ERROR Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY Z_DEFLATED Z_ERRNO Z_FILTERED Z_FINISH Z_FULL_FLUSH Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY Z_MEM_ERROR Z_NEED_DICT Z_NO_COMPRESSION Z_NO_FLUSH Z_NULL Z_OK Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH Z_STREAM_END Z_STREAM_ERROR Z_SYNC_FLUSH Z_UNKNOWN Z_VERSION_ERROR );
sub AUTOLOAD { # This AUTOLOAD is used to 'autoload' constants from the constant() # XS function. If a constant is not found then control is passed # to the AUTOLOAD in AutoLoader.
my($constname); ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://; my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0); if ($! != 0) { if ($! =~ /Invalid/) { $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD; goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD; } else { croak "Your vendor has not defined Compress::Zlib macro $constname" } } eval "sub $AUTOLOAD { $val }"; goto &$AUTOLOAD; }
bootstrap Compress::Zlib $VERSION ;
# Preloaded methods go here.
sub isaFilehandle { my $fh = shift ;
return ((UNIVERSAL::isa($fh,'GLOB') or UNIVERSAL::isa(\$fh,'GLOB')) and defined fileno($fh) )
}
sub isaFilename { my $name = shift ;
return (! ref $name and UNIVERSAL::isa(\$name, 'SCALAR')) ; }
sub gzopen { my ($file, $mode) = @_ ; if (isaFilehandle $file) { IO::Handle::flush($file) ; gzdopen_(fileno($file), $mode, tell($file)) } elsif (isaFilename $file) { gzopen_($file, $mode) } else { croak "gzopen: file parameter is not a filehandle or filename" } }
sub ParseParameters($@) { my ($default, @rest) = @_ ; my (%got) = %$default ; my (@Bad) ; my ($key, $value) ; my $sub = (caller(1))[3] ; my %options = () ;
# allow the options to be passed as a hash reference or # as the complete hash. if (@rest == 1) {
croak "$sub: parameter is not a reference to a hash" if ref $rest[0] ne "HASH" ;
%options = %{ $rest[0] } ; } elsif (@rest >= 2) { %options = @rest ; }
while (($key, $value) = each %options) { $key =~ s/^-// ;
if (exists $default->{$key}) { $got{$key} = $value } else { push (@Bad, $key) } } if (@Bad) { my ($bad) = join(", ", @Bad) ; croak "unknown key value(s) @Bad" ; }
return \%got ; }
$deflateDefault = { 'Level' => Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION(), 'Method' => Z_DEFLATED(), 'WindowBits' => MAX_WBITS(), 'MemLevel' => MAX_MEM_LEVEL(), 'Strategy' => Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY(), 'Bufsize' => 4096, 'Dictionary' => "", } ;
$deflateParamsDefault = { 'Level' => Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION(), 'Strategy' => Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY(), } ;
$inflateDefault = { 'WindowBits' => MAX_WBITS(), 'Bufsize' => 4096, 'Dictionary' => "", } ;
sub deflateInit { my ($got) = ParseParameters($deflateDefault, @_) ; _deflateInit($got->{Level}, $got->{Method}, $got->{WindowBits}, $got->{MemLevel}, $got->{Strategy}, $got->{Bufsize}, $got->{Dictionary}) ; }
sub inflateInit { my ($got) = ParseParameters($inflateDefault, @_) ; _inflateInit($got->{WindowBits}, $got->{Bufsize}, $got->{Dictionary}) ; }
sub compress($) { my ($x, $output, $out, $err, $in) ;
if (ref $_[0] ) { $in = $_[0] ; croak "not a scalar reference" unless ref $in eq 'SCALAR' ; } else { $in = \$_[0] ; }
if ( (($x, $err) = deflateInit())[1] == Z_OK()) {
($output, $err) = $x->deflate($in) ; return undef unless $err == Z_OK() ;
($out, $err) = $x->flush() ; return undef unless $err == Z_OK() ; return ($output . $out) ;
}
return undef ; }
sub uncompress($) { my ($x, $output, $err, $in) ;
if (ref $_[0] ) { $in = $_[0] ; croak "not a scalar reference" unless ref $in eq 'SCALAR' ; } else { $in = \$_[0] ; }
if ( (($x, $err) = inflateInit())[1] == Z_OK()) { ($output, $err) = $x->__unc_inflate($in) ; return undef unless $err == Z_STREAM_END() ; return $output ; } return undef ; }
# Constants use constant MAGIC1 => 0x1f ; use constant MAGIC2 => 0x8b ; use constant OSCODE => 3 ;
use constant FTEXT => 1 ; use constant FHCRC => 2 ; use constant FEXTRA => 4 ; use constant FNAME => 8 ; use constant FCOMMENT => 16 ; use constant NULL => pack("C", 0) ; use constant RESERVED => 0xE0 ;
use constant MIN_HDR_SIZE => 10 ; # minimum gzip header size sub memGzip { my $x = deflateInit( -Level => Z_BEST_COMPRESSION(), -WindowBits => - MAX_WBITS(), ) or return undef ; # write a minimal gzip header my(@m); push @m, pack("c" . MIN_HDR_SIZE, MAGIC1, MAGIC2, Z_DEFLATED(), 0,0,0,0,0,0, OSCODE) ; # if the deflation buffer isn't a reference, make it one my $string = (ref $_[0] ? $_[0] : \$_[0]) ;
my ($output, $status) = $x->deflate($string) ; push @m, $output ; $status == Z_OK() or return undef ; ($output, $status) = $x->flush() ; push @m, $output ; $status == Z_OK() or return undef ; push @m, pack("V V", crc32($string), length($$string)) ; return join "", @m; }
sub _removeGzipHeader { my $string = shift ;
return Z_DATA_ERROR() if length($$string) < MIN_HDR_SIZE ;
my ($magic1, $magic2, $method, $flags, $time, $xflags, $oscode) = unpack ('CCCCVCC', $$string);
return Z_DATA_ERROR() unless $magic1 == MAGIC1 and $magic2 == MAGIC2 and $method == Z_DEFLATED() and !($flags & RESERVED()) ; substr($$string, 0, MIN_HDR_SIZE) = '' ;
# skip extra field if ($flags & FEXTRA) { return Z_DATA_ERROR() if length($$string) < 2 ;
my ($extra_len) = unpack ('v', $$string); $extra_len += 2; return Z_DATA_ERROR() if length($$string) < $extra_len ;
substr($$string, 0, $extra_len) = ''; }
# skip orig name if ($flags & FNAME) { my $name_end = index ($$string, NULL); return Z_DATA_ERROR() if $name_end == -1 ; substr($$string, 0, $name_end + 1) = ''; }
# skip comment if ($flags & FCOMMENT) { my $comment_end = index ($$string, NULL); return Z_DATA_ERROR() if $comment_end == -1 ; substr($$string, 0, $comment_end + 1) = ''; }
# skip header crc if ($flags & FHCRC) { return Z_DATA_ERROR() if length ($$string) < 2 ; substr($$string, 0, 2) = ''; } return Z_OK(); }
sub memGunzip { # if the buffer isn't a reference, make it one my $string = (ref $_[0] ? $_[0] : \$_[0]); _removeGzipHeader($string) == Z_OK() or return undef; my $x = inflateInit( -WindowBits => - MAX_WBITS()) or return undef; my ($output, $status) = $x->inflate($string); return undef unless $status == Z_STREAM_END(); my ($crc, $len) = unpack ("VV", substr($$string, 0, 8)); substr($$string, 0, 8) = ''; return undef unless $len == length($output) and $crc == crc32($output); return $output; }
# Autoload methods go after __END__, and are processed by the autosplit program.
1; __END__
=cut
=head1 NAME
Compress::Zlib - Interface to zlib compression library
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Compress::Zlib ;
($d, $status) = deflateInit( [OPT] ) ; ($out, $status) = $d->deflate($buffer) ; ($out, $status) = $d->flush() ; $d->dict_adler() ;
($i, $status) = inflateInit( [OPT] ) ; ($out, $status) = $i->inflate($buffer) ; $i->dict_adler() ;
$dest = compress($source) ; $dest = uncompress($source) ;
$gz = gzopen($filename or filehandle, $mode) ; $bytesread = $gz->gzread($buffer [,$size]) ; $bytesread = $gz->gzreadline($line) ; $byteswritten = $gz->gzwrite($buffer) ; $status = $gz->gzflush($flush) ; $status = $gz->gzclose() ; $errstring = $gz->gzerror() ; $gzerrno
$dest = Compress::Zlib::memGzip($buffer) ; $dest = Compress::Zlib::memGunzip($buffer) ;
$crc = adler32($buffer [,$crc]) ; $crc = crc32($buffer [,$crc]) ;
ZLIB_VERSION
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The I<Compress::Zlib> module provides a Perl interface to the I<zlib> compression library (see L</AUTHOR> for details about where to get I<zlib>). Most of the functionality provided by I<zlib> is available in I<Compress::Zlib>.
The module can be split into two general areas of functionality, namely in-memory compression/decompression and read/write access to I<gzip> files. Each of these areas will be discussed separately below.
=head1 DEFLATE
The interface I<Compress::Zlib> provides to the in-memory I<deflate> (and I<inflate>) functions has been modified to fit into a Perl model.
The main difference is that for both inflation and deflation, the Perl interface will I<always> consume the complete input buffer before returning. Also the output buffer returned will be automatically grown to fit the amount of output available.
Here is a definition of the interface available:
=head2 B<($d, $status) = deflateInit( [OPT] )>
Initialises a deflation stream.
It combines the features of the I<zlib> functions B<deflateInit>, B<deflateInit2> and B<deflateSetDictionary>.
If successful, it will return the initialised deflation stream, B<$d> and B<$status> of C<Z_OK> in a list context. In scalar context it returns the deflation stream, B<$d>, only.
If not successful, the returned deflation stream (B<$d>) will be I<undef> and B<$status> will hold the exact I<zlib> error code.
The function optionally takes a number of named options specified as C<-Name=E<gt>value> pairs. This allows individual options to be tailored without having to specify them all in the parameter list.
For backward compatibility, it is also possible to pass the parameters as a reference to a hash containing the name=>value pairs.
The function takes one optional parameter, a reference to a hash. The contents of the hash allow the deflation interface to be tailored.
Here is a list of the valid options:
=over 5
=item B<-Level>
Defines the compression level. Valid values are 1 through 9, C<Z_BEST_SPEED>, C<Z_BEST_COMPRESSION>, and C<Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION>.
The default is C<-Level =E<gt>Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION>.
=item B<-Method>
Defines the compression method. The only valid value at present (and the default) is C<-Method =E<gt>Z_DEFLATED>.
=item B<-WindowBits>
For a definition of the meaning and valid values for B<WindowBits> refer to the I<zlib> documentation for I<deflateInit2>.
Defaults to C<-WindowBits =E<gt>MAX_WBITS>.
=item B<-MemLevel>
For a definition of the meaning and valid values for B<MemLevel> refer to the I<zlib> documentation for I<deflateInit2>.
Defaults to C<-MemLevel =E<gt>MAX_MEM_LEVEL>.
=item B<-Strategy>
Defines the strategy used to tune the compression. The valid values are C<Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY>, C<Z_FILTERED> and C<Z_HUFFMAN_ONLY>.
The default is C<-Strategy =E<gt>Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY>.
=item B<-Dictionary>
When a dictionary is specified I<Compress::Zlib> will automatically call B<deflateSetDictionary> directly after calling B<deflateInit>. The Adler32 value for the dictionary can be obtained by calling the method C<$d->dict_adler()>.
The default is no dictionary.
=item B<-Bufsize>
Sets the initial size for the deflation buffer. If the buffer has to be reallocated to increase the size, it will grow in increments of B<Bufsize>.
The default is 4096.
=back
Here is an example of using the B<deflateInit> optional parameter list to override the default buffer size and compression level. All other options will take their default values.
deflateInit( -Bufsize => 300, -Level => Z_BEST_SPEED ) ;
=head2 B<($out, $status) = $d-E<gt>deflate($buffer)>
Deflates the contents of B<$buffer>. The buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference. When finished, B<$buffer> will be completely processed (assuming there were no errors). If the deflation was successful it returns the deflated output, B<$out>, and a status value, B<$status>, of C<Z_OK>.
On error, B<$out> will be I<undef> and B<$status> will contain the I<zlib> error code.
In a scalar context B<deflate> will return B<$out> only.
As with the I<deflate> function in I<zlib>, it is not necessarily the case that any output will be produced by this method. So don't rely on the fact that B<$out> is empty for an error test.
=head2 B<($out, $status) = $d-E<gt>flush([flush_type])>
Finishes the deflation. Any pending output will be returned via B<$out>. B<$status> will have a value C<Z_OK> if successful.
In a scalar context B<flush> will return B<$out> only.
Note that flushing can degrade the compression ratio, so it should only be used to terminate a decompression.
By default the C<flush_type> used is C<Z_FINISH>. Other valid values for C<flush_type> are Z_NO_FLUSH, Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH, Z_SYNC_FLUSH and Z_FULL_FLUSH. It is strongly recommended that you only set the C<flush_type> parameter if you fully understand what it does. See the C<zlib> documentation for details.
=head2 B<$d-E<gt>dict_adler()>
Returns the adler32 value for the dictionary.
=head2 Example
Here is a trivial example of using B<deflate>. It simply reads standard input, deflates it and writes it to standard output.
use strict ; use warnings ;
use Compress::Zlib ;
binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; my $x = deflateInit() or die "Cannot create a deflation stream\n" ;
my ($output, $status) ; while (<>) { ($output, $status) = $x->deflate($_) ; $status == Z_OK or die "deflation failed\n" ; print $output ; } ($output, $status) = $x->flush() ; $status == Z_OK or die "deflation failed\n" ; print $output ;
=head1 INFLATE
Here is a definition of the interface:
=head2 B<($i, $status) = inflateInit()>
Initialises an inflation stream.
In a list context it returns the inflation stream, B<$i>, and the I<zlib> status code (B<$status>). In a scalar context it returns the inflation stream only.
If successful, B<$i> will hold the inflation stream and B<$status> will be C<Z_OK>.
If not successful, B<$i> will be I<undef> and B<$status> will hold the I<zlib> error code.
The function optionally takes a number of named options specified as C<-Name=E<gt>value> pairs. This allows individual options to be tailored without having to specify them all in the parameter list. For backward compatibility, it is also possible to pass the parameters as a reference to a hash containing the name=>value pairs. The function takes one optional parameter, a reference to a hash. The contents of the hash allow the deflation interface to be tailored. Here is a list of the valid options:
=over 5
=item B<-WindowBits>
For a definition of the meaning and valid values for B<WindowBits> refer to the I<zlib> documentation for I<inflateInit2>.
Defaults to C<-WindowBits =E<gt>MAX_WBITS>.
=item B<-Bufsize>
Sets the initial size for the inflation buffer. If the buffer has to be reallocated to increase the size, it will grow in increments of B<Bufsize>.
Default is 4096.
=item B<-Dictionary>
The default is no dictionary.
=back
Here is an example of using the B<inflateInit> optional parameter to override the default buffer size.
inflateInit( -Bufsize => 300 ) ;
=head2 B<($out, $status) = $i-E<gt>inflate($buffer)>
Inflates the complete contents of B<$buffer>. The buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
Returns C<Z_OK> if successful and C<Z_STREAM_END> if the end of the compressed data has been successfully reached. If not successful, B<$out> will be I<undef> and B<$status> will hold the I<zlib> error code.
The C<$buffer> parameter is modified by C<inflate>. On completion it will contain what remains of the input buffer after inflation. This means that C<$buffer> will be an empty string when the return status is C<Z_OK>. When the return status is C<Z_STREAM_END> the C<$buffer> parameter will contains what (if anything) was stored in the input buffer after the deflated data stream.
This feature is useful when processing a file format that encapsulates a compressed data stream (e.g. gzip, zip).
=head2 B<$i-E<gt>dict_adler()>
Returns the adler32 value for the dictionary.
=head2 Example
Here is an example of using B<inflate>.
use strict ; use warnings ; use Compress::Zlib ; my $x = inflateInit() or die "Cannot create a inflation stream\n" ; my $input = '' ; binmode STDIN; binmode STDOUT; my ($output, $status) ; while (read(STDIN, $input, 4096)) { ($output, $status) = $x->inflate(\$input) ; print $output if $status == Z_OK or $status == Z_STREAM_END ; last if $status != Z_OK ; } die "inflation failed\n" unless $status == Z_STREAM_END ;
=head1 COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS
Two high-level functions are provided by I<zlib> to perform in-memory compression. They are B<compress> and B<uncompress>. Two Perl subs are provided which provide similar functionality.
=over 5
=item B<$dest = compress($source) ;>
Compresses B<$source>. If successful it returns the compressed data. Otherwise it returns I<undef>.
The source buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
=item B<$dest = uncompress($source) ;>
Uncompresses B<$source>. If successful it returns the uncompressed data. Otherwise it returns I<undef>.
The source buffer can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
=back
=head1 GZIP INTERFACE
A number of functions are supplied in I<zlib> for reading and writing I<gzip> files. This module provides an interface to most of them. In general the interface provided by this module operates identically to the functions provided by I<zlib>. Any differences are explained below.
=over 5
=item B<$gz = gzopen(filename or filehandle, mode)>
This function operates identically to the I<zlib> equivalent except that it returns an object which is used to access the other I<gzip> methods.
As with the I<zlib> equivalent, the B<mode> parameter is used to specify both whether the file is opened for reading or writing and to optionally specify a a compression level. Refer to the I<zlib> documentation for the exact format of the B<mode> parameter.
If a reference to an open filehandle is passed in place of the filename, gzdopen will be called behind the scenes. The third example at the end of this section, I<gzstream>, uses this feature.
=item B<$bytesread = $gz-E<gt>gzread($buffer [, $size]) ;>
Reads B<$size> bytes from the compressed file into B<$buffer>. If B<$size> is not specified, it will default to 4096. If the scalar B<$buffer> is not large enough, it will be extended automatically.
Returns the number of bytes actually read. On EOF it returns 0 and in the case of an error, -1.
=item B<$bytesread = $gz-E<gt>gzreadline($line) ;>
Reads the next line from the compressed file into B<$line>.
Returns the number of bytes actually read. On EOF it returns 0 and in the case of an error, -1.
It is legal to intermix calls to B<gzread> and B<gzreadline>.
At this time B<gzreadline> ignores the variable C<$/> (C<$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR> or C<$RS> when C<English> is in use). The end of a line is denoted by the C character C<'\n'>.
=item B<$byteswritten = $gz-E<gt>gzwrite($buffer) ;>
Writes the contents of B<$buffer> to the compressed file. Returns the number of bytes actually written, or 0 on error.
=item B<$status = $gz-E<gt>gzflush($flush) ;>
Flushes all pending output into the compressed file. Works identically to the I<zlib> function it interfaces to. Note that the use of B<gzflush> can degrade compression.
Refer to the I<zlib> documentation for the valid values of B<$flush>.
=item B<$gz-E<gt>gzclose>
Closes the compressed file. Any pending data is flushed to the file before it is closed.
=item B<$gz-E<gt>gzerror>
Returns the I<zlib> error message or number for the last operation associated with B<$gz>. The return value will be the I<zlib> error number when used in a numeric context and the I<zlib> error message when used in a string context. The I<zlib> error number constants, shown below, are available for use.
Z_OK Z_STREAM_END Z_ERRNO Z_STREAM_ERROR Z_DATA_ERROR Z_MEM_ERROR Z_BUF_ERROR
=item B<$gzerrno>
The B<$gzerrno> scalar holds the error code associated with the most recent I<gzip> routine. Note that unlike B<gzerror()>, the error is I<not> associated with a particular file.
As with B<gzerror()> it returns an error number in numeric context and an error message in string context. Unlike B<gzerror()> though, the error message will correspond to the I<zlib> message when the error is associated with I<zlib> itself, or the UNIX error message when it is not (i.e. I<zlib> returned C<Z_ERRORNO>).
As there is an overlap between the error numbers used by I<zlib> and UNIX, B<$gzerrno> should only be used to check for the presence of I<an> error in numeric context. Use B<gzerror()> to check for specific I<zlib> errors. The I<gzcat> example below shows how the variable can be used safely.
=back
=head2 Examples
Here is an example script which uses the interface. It implements a I<gzcat> function.
use strict ; use warnings ; use Compress::Zlib ; die "Usage: gzcat file...\n" unless @ARGV ; my $file ; foreach $file (@ARGV) { my $buffer ; my $gz = gzopen($file, "rb") or die "Cannot open $file: $gzerrno\n" ; print $buffer while $gz->gzread($buffer) > 0 ; die "Error reading from $file: $gzerrno" . ($gzerrno+0) . "\n" if $gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END ; $gz->gzclose() ; }
Below is a script which makes use of B<gzreadline>. It implements a very simple I<grep> like script.
use strict ; use warnings ; use Compress::Zlib ; die "Usage: gzgrep pattern file...\n" unless @ARGV >= 2; my $pattern = shift ; my $file ; foreach $file (@ARGV) { my $gz = gzopen($file, "rb") or die "Cannot open $file: $gzerrno\n" ; while ($gz->gzreadline($_) > 0) { print if /$pattern/ ; } die "Error reading from $file: $gzerrno\n" if $gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END ; $gz->gzclose() ; }
This script, I<gzstream>, does the opposite of the I<gzcat> script above. It reads from standard input and writes a gzip file to standard output.
use strict ; use warnings ; use Compress::Zlib ; binmode STDOUT; # gzopen only sets it on the fd my $gz = gzopen(\*STDOUT, "wb") or die "Cannot open stdout: $gzerrno\n" ; while (<>) { $gz->gzwrite($_) or die "error writing: $gzerrno\n" ; }
$gz->gzclose ;
=head2 Compress::Zlib::memGzip
This function is used to create an in-memory gzip file. It creates a minimal gzip header.
$dest = Compress::Zlib::memGzip($buffer) ;
If successful, it returns the in-memory gzip file, otherwise it returns undef.
The buffer parameter can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
=head2 Compress::Zlib::memGunzip
This function is used to uncompress an in-memory gzip file.
$dest = Compress::Zlib::memGunzip($buffer) ;
If successful, it returns the uncompressed gzip file, otherwise it returns undef.
The buffer parameter can either be a scalar or a scalar reference. The contents of the buffer parameter are destroyed after calling this function.
=head1 CHECKSUM FUNCTIONS
Two functions are provided by I<zlib> to calculate a checksum. For the Perl interface, the order of the two parameters in both functions has been reversed. This allows both running checksums and one off calculations to be done.
$crc = adler32($buffer [,$crc]) ; $crc = crc32($buffer [,$crc]) ;
The buffer parameters can either be a scalar or a scalar reference.
If the $crc parameters is C<undef>, the crc value will be reset.
=head1 ACCESSING ZIP FILES
Although it is possible to use this module to access .zip files, there is a module on CPAN that will do all the hard work for you. Check out
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Archive/Archive-Zip-*.tar.gz
Assuming you don't want to use this module to access zip files there are a number of undocumented features in the zlib library you need to be aware of.
=over 5
=item 1.
When calling B<inflateInit> or B<deflateInit> the B<WindowBits> parameter must be set to C<-MAX_WBITS>. This disables the creation of the zlib header.
=item 2.
The zlib function B<inflate>, and so the B<inflate> method supplied in this module, assume that there is at least one trailing byte after the compressed data stream. Normally this isn't a problem because both the gzip and zip file formats will guarantee that there is data directly after the compressed data stream.
=back
=head1 CONSTANTS
All the I<zlib> constants are automatically imported when you make use of I<Compress::Zlib>.
=head1 AUTHOR
The I<Compress::Zlib> module was written by Paul Marquess, F<[email protected]>. The latest copy of the module can be found on CPAN in F<modules/by-module/Compress/Compress-Zlib-x.x.tar.gz>.
The primary site for the I<zlib> compression library is F<http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/>.
=head1 MODIFICATION HISTORY
See the README file.
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