5.1 Compressing a buffer with LZNV DLL


   5.1 Compressing (encoding) a buffer using the LZNV DLL


The code is available in function _loadDLL from LZNV_DLL_Tester.cpp


#include <LZNV_Defines.h> // load header file from predefined include paths



/// \brief      _test_encode_decode_buffer is a sample function that performs a simple buffer compression / decompression.

/// \details    The function needs prior LZNV Dll loading and export function "LZNV_Main_Buffer_Compress" to work

/// \pre        The function needs prior LZNV Dll loading and export function "LZNV_Main_Buffer_Compress" to work

/// \return     returns NO_ERROR (0) in case of no errors or one of the error codes defined in LZNV_Defines.h header file

///             other possible values:

///             - _LZNV_ERROR_INVALID_COMPRESSION_METHOD      

///             - _LZNV_ERROR_INVALID_BUFFER_SIZE            

///             - _LZNV_ERROR_EXPORTED_MAIN_FUNC_NOT_FOUND    

///


int32_t _test_encode_decode_buffer()

{

    int32_t _res = _LZNV_NO_ERROR_;


    const char* _wchr_test_string = "text_to_be_compressed_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";

   

    int32_t _chunk_to_process = (int32_t)strlen(_wchr_test_string); // size of the text to be compressed


    uint8_t* __restrict _uint8_buffer_to_encode       = (uint8_t * __restrict)malloc(_chunk_to_process + 1);

    uint8_t* __restrict _uint8_output_buffer          = (uint8_t * __restrict)malloc(_chunk_to_process + 1);  

    uint8_t* __restrict _uint8_output_buffer_original = (uint8_t * __restrict)malloc(_chunk_to_process + 1);  


    ASSERT(_uint8_buffer_to_encode);

    ASSERT(_uint8_output_buffer);

    ASSERT(_uint8_output_buffer_original);


    if (!_uint8_buffer_to_encode) {

        wprintf(L"\n Not enough memory for chunk size %d... Exiting!\n\n", _chunk_to_process);

        return _LZNV_ERROR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR_OR_SIZE;

    }


    if (!_uint8_output_buffer) {

        wprintf(L"\n Not enough memory for chunk size %d... Exiting!\n\n", _chunk_to_process);

        return _LZNV_ERROR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR_OR_SIZE;

    }

    if (!_uint8_output_buffer_original) {

        wprintf(L"\n Not enough memory for chunk size %d... Exiting!\n\n", _chunk_to_process);

        return _LZNV_ERROR_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR_OR_SIZE;

    }


    int32_t _output_bytes = 0;

    uint8_t _encoding_method =  _LZNV_HUFFMAN_COMPRESSION;


    memcpy(_uint8_buffer_to_encode, _wchr_test_string, _chunk_to_process); // construct a more complex "test string" to compress


    //

    // Prepare buffer compression command structure

    //

    {

        LZNV_BUFFER_COMMAND_PARAMS _lznv_buffer_compression_commands = { 0 };


        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._command_to_execute = _LZNV_COMMAND_ENCODE;

        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._cpu_priority_level = _LZNV_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS;


        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._encoding_method = _encoding_method; // LZ or ENTROPY

        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._memory_level = _LZNV_BUFFER_SIZE_256KB_INDX;


        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._p_source_buffer = (uint8_t*)_wchr_test_string; // to use _uint8_buffer_to_encode for more complex examples

        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._i_source_buffer_size = _chunk_to_process;


        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._p_destination_buffer = _uint8_output_buffer;

        _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._i_destination_buffer_size = _chunk_to_process;


        int64_t s = _get_ms(); // use a high performance counter

        _res = (*_p_LZNV_DLL_Main_Buffer_funct)(_lznv_buffer_compression_commands);

        int64_t e = _get_ms(); // use a high performance counter


        _output_bytes = _lznv_buffer_compression_commands._i_destination_buffer_size;

        double speed_encode = (e - s) > 0 ? (double)(_chunk_to_process / 1024) / (e - s) : 1000;


        wprintf(L"\n Encoding: %7d --> %7d [%3lldms] | Speed: %4.02fMB/s | res = %s ", _chunk_to_process, _output_bytes, e - s, speed_encode, _res == 0 ? L"Ok!" : L"NOk!");


        if(NO_ERROR != _res)

        {  

            const wchar_t* _wch_error_string = _get_extended_error_information(_res);

            wprintf(L"-> Error Detected: %s", _wch_error_string);

            return _res;

        }

    }


 // [...] de-allocated buffers, compare output, etc


    return _res;

}