com.xxdb.compression

Interface Decoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDecoder, DeltaOfDeltaDecoder, LZ4Decoder

public interface Decoder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExtendedDataInput	decompress(DataInput in, int length, int unitLength, int elementCount, boolean isLittleEndian, int extra, int type, short scale) This method takes in an input stream with many blocks and decompresses them all into a byte array

Method Detail

decompress

ExtendedDataInput decompress(DataInput in,
                             int length,
                             int unitLength,
                             int elementCount,
                             boolean isLittleEndian,
                             int extra,
                             int type,
                             short scale)
                      throws IOException

This method takes in an input stream with many blocks and decompresses them all into a byte array

Form of input: 1. 4 bytes - block size 2. contents 3. 4 bytes - block size 4. contents ...

Parameters:

in - input stream

length - input length, continue from current position of input stream

unitLength - The length of an element in bytes. It is zero if the element is a string object.

Returns:

Throws:

IOException