nmWTAI-Platform/3rd/VTK7.1/include/vtkDataCompressor.h

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  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkDataCompressor.h

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/**
 * @class   vtkDataCompressor
 * @brief   Abstract interface for data compression classes.
 *
 * vtkDataCompressor provides a universal interface for data
 * compression.  Subclasses provide one compression method and one
 * decompression method.  The public interface to all compressors
 * remains the same, and is defined by this class.
*/

#ifndef vtkDataCompressor_h
#define vtkDataCompressor_h

#include "vtkIOCoreModule.h" // For export macro
#include "vtkObject.h"

class vtkUnsignedCharArray;

class VTKIOCORE_EXPORT vtkDataCompressor : public vtkObject
{
public:
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkDataCompressor,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  /**
   * Get the maximum space that may be needed to store data of the
   * given uncompressed size after compression.  This is the minimum
   * size of the output buffer that can be passed to the four-argument
   * Compress method.
   */
  virtual size_t GetMaximumCompressionSpace(size_t size)=0;

  /**
   * Compress the given input data buffer into the given output
   * buffer.  The size of the output buffer must be at least as large
   * as the value given by GetMaximumCompressionSpace for the given
   * input size.
   */
  size_t Compress(unsigned char const* uncompressedData,
                  size_t uncompressedSize,
                  unsigned char* compressedData,
                  size_t compressionSpace);

  /**
   * Uncompress the given input data into the given output buffer.
   * The size of the uncompressed data must be known by the caller.
   * It should be transmitted from the compressor by a means outside
   * of this class.
   */
  size_t Uncompress(unsigned char const* compressedData,
                    size_t compressedSize,
                    unsigned char* uncompressedData,
                    size_t uncompressedSize);

  /**
   * Compress the given data.  A vtkUnsignedCharArray containing the
   * compressed data is returned with a reference count of 1.
   */
  vtkUnsignedCharArray* Compress(unsigned char const* uncompressedData,
                                 size_t uncompressedSize);

  /**
   * Uncompress the given data.  A vtkUnsignedCharArray containing the
   * compressed data is returned with a reference count of 1.  The
   * size of the uncompressed data must be known by the caller.  It
   * should be transmitted from the compressor by a means outside of
   * this class.
   */
  vtkUnsignedCharArray* Uncompress(unsigned char const* compressedData,
                                   size_t compressedSize,
                                   size_t uncompressedSize);

protected:
  vtkDataCompressor();
  ~vtkDataCompressor();

  // Actual compression method.  This must be provided by a subclass.
  // Must return the size of the compressed data, or zero on error.
  virtual size_t CompressBuffer(unsigned char const* uncompressedData,
                                size_t uncompressedSize,
                                unsigned char* compressedData,
                                size_t compressionSpace)=0;
  // Actual decompression method.  This must be provided by a subclass.
  // Must return the size of the uncompressed data, or zero on error.
  virtual size_t UncompressBuffer(unsigned char const* compressedData,
                                  size_t compressedSize,
                                  unsigned char* uncompressedData,
                                  size_t uncompressedSize)=0;
private:
  vtkDataCompressor(const vtkDataCompressor&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
  void operator=(const vtkDataCompressor&) VTK_DELETE_FUNCTION;
};

#endif