suplib/src/GzipWr.i3


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The GzipWr interface defines a subclass of StreamWr.T which writes to a compressed stream, compressing the data written in the process.

INTERFACE GzipWr;

IMPORT OSError, StreamWr, Wr;

TYPE
  T <: Public;

  Public = StreamWr.T OBJECT METHODS
    init(wr: Wr.T;
	 level: CompLevel := -1;
	 closeChild: BOOLEAN := TRUE): T RAISES {OSError.E};
  END;

  CompLevel = [-1 .. 9];  (* default, none, fastest .. best *)
The init method is supplied with a so-called child writer, which must write bytes directly to the compressed stream. The optional parameter level specifies the desired tradoff between compression efficiency and speed.

If closeChild is TRUE (the default), then closing the Gzip writer will also cause the child writer to be closed. If it is FALSE, then the child writer will be left open.

PROCEDURE Cleanup(wr: T);
Frees all resources used by wr, without doing anything to the child.
 Cleanup is a no-op if the resources have already been freed, e.g.,
   by a call to Wr.Close. 

END GzipWr.