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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml index f8140544b7..6f4c42da27 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml @@ -65,13 +65,22 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre> <tag><c>badarg</c></tag> <item>Bad argument. </item> + <tag><c>not_initialized</c></tag> + <item>The stream hasn't been initialized, eg. if + <seealso marker="#inflateInit/1"><c>inflateInit/1</c></seealso> wasn't + called prior to a call to + <seealso marker="#inflate/2"><c>inflate/2</c></seealso>. + </item> + <tag><c>not_on_controlling_process</c></tag> + <item>The stream was used by a process that doesn't control it. Use + <seealso marker="#set_controlling_process/2"> + <c>set_controlling_process/2</c></seealso> if you need to transfer + a stream to a different process.</item> <tag><c>data_error</c></tag> <item>The data contains errors. </item> <tag><c>stream_error</c></tag> <item>Inconsistent stream state.</item> - <tag><c>einval</c></tag> - <item>Bad value or wrong function called.</item> <tag><c>{need_dictionary,Adler32}</c></tag> <item>See <seealso marker="#inflate/2"><c>inflate/2</c></seealso>. </item> @@ -90,6 +99,9 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre> <name name="zlevel"/> </datatype> <datatype> + <name name="zflush"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> <name name="zmemlevel"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -112,6 +124,11 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre> <fsummary>Calculate the Adler checksum.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Calculates the Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#adler32/1"> + <c>erlang:adler32/1</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -127,6 +144,11 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre> Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> zlib:adler32(Z, Crc0, Data), end, zlib:adler32(Z,<< >>), Datas)</pre> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#adler32/2"> + <c>erlang:adler32/2</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -141,6 +163,11 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> <p>This function returns the <c><anno>Adler</anno></c> checksum of <c>[Data1,Data2]</c>, requiring only <c><anno>Adler1</anno></c>, <c><anno>Adler2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#adler32_combine/3"> + <c>erlang:adler32_combine/3</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -165,6 +192,12 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> <fsummary>Get current CRC.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Gets the current calculated CRC checksum.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#crc32/1"> + <c>erlang:crc32/1</c></seealso> on the uncompressed data + instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -173,6 +206,11 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> <fsummary>Calculate CRC.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Calculates the CRC checksum for <c><anno>Data</anno></c>.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#crc32/1"> + <c>erlang:crc32/1</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -188,6 +226,11 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> zlib:crc32(Z, Crc0, Data), end, zlib:crc32(Z,<< >>), Datas)</pre> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#crc32/2"> + <c>erlang:crc32/2</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -202,6 +245,11 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Data,Crc0) -> <p>This function returns the <c><anno>CRC</anno></c> checksum of <c>[Data1,Data2]</c>, requiring only <c><anno>CRC1</anno></c>, <c><anno>CRC2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="erts:erlang#crc32_combine/3"> + <c>erlang:crc32_combine/3</c></seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -407,8 +455,8 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <seealso marker="#deflateInit/1"><c>deflateInit/1,2,6</c></seealso> or <seealso marker="#deflateReset/1"><c>deflateReset/1</c></seealso>, before any call of - <seealso marker="#deflate/3"><c>deflate/3</c></seealso>. - The compressor and decompressor must use the same dictionary (see + <seealso marker="#deflate/3"><c>deflate/3</c></seealso>.</p> + <p>The compressor and decompressor must use the same dictionary (see <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>).</p> <p>The Adler checksum of the dictionary is returned.</p> @@ -420,6 +468,10 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <fsummary>Get buffer size.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Gets the size of the intermediate buffer.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -443,14 +495,31 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <name name="inflate" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Decompress data.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Decompresses as much data as possible. - It can introduce some output latency (reading - input without producing any output).</p> - <p>If a preset dictionary is needed at this point (see - <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> - <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>), <c>inflate/2</c> throws a - <c>{need_dictionary,Adler}</c> exception, where <c>Adler</c> is - the Adler-32 checksum of the dictionary chosen by the compressor.</p> + <p>Equivalent to + <seealso marker="#inflate/3"><c>inflate(Z, Data, [])</c></seealso> + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="inflate" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Decompress data.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Decompresses as much data as possible. It can introduce some output + latency (reading input without producing any output).</p> + <p>Currently the only available option is + <c>{exception_on_need_dict,boolean()}</c> which controls whether the + function should throw an exception when a preset dictionary is + required for decompression. When set to false, a + <c>need_dictionary</c> tuple will be returned instead. See + <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> + <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso> for details.</p> + <warning> + <p>This option defaults to <c>true</c> for backwards compatibility + but we intend to remove the exception behavior in a future + release. New code that needs to handle dictionaries manually + should always specify <c>{exception_on_need_dict,false}</c>.</p> + </warning> </desc> </func> @@ -458,6 +527,11 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <name name="inflateChunk" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Read next uncompressed chunk.</fsummary> <desc> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="#safeInflate/2"><c>safeInflate/2</c> + </seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> <p>Reads the next chunk of uncompressed data, initialized by <seealso marker="#inflateChunk/2"><c>inflateChunk/2</c></seealso>.</p> <p>This function is to be repeatedly called, while it returns @@ -469,23 +543,27 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <name name="inflateChunk" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Decompress data with limited output size.</fsummary> <desc> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release. Use <seealso marker="#safeInflate/2"><c>safeInflate/2</c> + </seealso> instead.</p> + </warning> <p>Like <seealso marker="#inflate/2"><c>inflate/2</c></seealso>, - but decompresses no more data than will fit in the buffer configured - through <seealso marker="#setBufSize/2"><c>setBufSize/2</c></seealso>. - Is is useful when decompressing a stream with a high compression - ratio, such that a small amount of compressed input can expand up to - 1000 times.</p> + but decompresses no more data than will fit in the buffer configured + through <seealso marker="#setBufSize/2"><c>setBufSize/2</c> + </seealso>. Is is useful when decompressing a stream with a high + compression ratio, such that a small amount of compressed input can + expand up to 1000 times.</p> <p>This function returns <c>{more, Decompressed}</c>, when there is - more output available, and - <seealso marker="#inflateChunk/1"><c>inflateChunk/1</c></seealso> - is to be used to read it.</p> - <p>This function can introduce some output latency (reading - input without producing any output).</p> - <p>If a preset dictionary is needed at this point (see - <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> - <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>), this function throws a - <c>{need_dictionary,Adler}</c> exception, where <c>Adler</c> is - the Adler-32 checksum of the dictionary chosen by the compressor.</p> + more output available, and + <seealso marker="#inflateChunk/1"><c>inflateChunk/1</c></seealso> + is to be used to read it.</p> + <p>This function can introduce some output latency (reading input + without producing any output).</p> + <p>An exception will be thrown if a preset dictionary is required for + further decompression. See + <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> + <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso> for details.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre> walk(Compressed, Handler) -> @@ -517,6 +595,18 @@ loop(Z, Handler, Uncompressed) -> </func> <func> + <name name="inflateGetDictionary" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Return the decompression dictionary.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns the decompression dictionary currently in use + by the stream. This function must be called between + <seealso marker="#inflateInit/1"><c>inflateInit/1,2</c></seealso> + and <seealso marker="#inflateEnd/1"><c>inflateEnd</c></seealso>.</p> + <p>Only supported if ERTS was compiled with zlib >= 1.2.8.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="inflateInit" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Initialize a session for decompression.</fsummary> <desc> @@ -562,25 +652,38 @@ loop(Z, Handler, Uncompressed) -> <fsummary>Initialize the decompression dictionary.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Initializes the decompression dictionary from the specified - uncompressed byte sequence. This function must be called - immediately after a call of - <seealso marker="#inflate/2"><c>inflate/2</c></seealso> - if this call threw a <c>{need_dictionary,Adler}</c> exception. - The dictionary chosen by the compressor can be determined from the - Adler value thrown by the call to <c>inflate/2</c>. - The compressor and decompressor must use the same dictionary (see - <seealso marker="#deflateSetDictionary/2"> - <c>deflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>).</p> + uncompressed byte sequence. This function must be called as a + response to an inflate operation (eg. + <seealso marker="#safeInflate/2"><c>safeInflate/2</c></seealso>) + returning <c>{need_dictionary,Adler,Output}</c> or in the case of + deprecated functions, throwing an + <c>{'EXIT',{{need_dictionary,Adler},_StackTrace}}</c> exception.</p> + <p>The dictionary chosen by the compressor can be determined from the + Adler value returned or thrown by the call to the inflate function. + The compressor and decompressor must use the same dictionary (See + <seealso marker="#deflateSetDictionary/2"> + <c>deflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>).</p> + <p>After setting the dictionary the inflate operation should be + retried without new input.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre> -unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) -> +deprecated_unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) -> case catch zlib:inflate(Z, Compressed) of - {'EXIT',{{need_dictionary,DictID},_}} -> - zlib:inflateSetDictionary(Z, Dict), + {'EXIT',{{need_dictionary,_DictID},_}} -> + ok = zlib:inflateSetDictionary(Z, Dict), Uncompressed = zlib:inflate(Z, []); Uncompressed -> Uncompressed - end.</pre> + end. + +new_unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) -> + case zlib:inflate(Z, Compressed, [{exception_on_need_dict, false}]) of + {need_dictionary, _DictId, Output} -> + ok = zlib:inflateSetDictionary(Z, Dict), + [Output | zlib:inflate(Z, [])]; + Uncompressed -> + Uncompressed + end.</pre> </desc> </func> @@ -593,10 +696,60 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) -> </func> <func> + <name name="safeInflate" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Decompress data with limited output size.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Like <seealso marker="#inflate/2"><c>inflate/2</c></seealso>, + but returns once it has expanded beyond a small + implementation-defined threshold. It's useful when decompressing + untrusted input which could have been maliciously crafted to expand + until the system runs out of memory.</p> + <p>This function returns <c>{continue | finished, Output}</c>, where + <anno>Output</anno> is the data that was decompressed in this call. + New input can be queued up on each call if desired, and the function + will return <c>{finished, Output}</c> once all queued data has been + decompressed.</p> + <p>This function can introduce some output latency (reading + input without producing any output).</p> + <p>If a preset dictionary is required for further decompression, this + function returns a <c>need_dictionary</c> tuple. See + <seealso marker="#inflateSetDictionary/2"> + <c>inflateSetDictionary/2</c></seealso>) for details.</p> + <p>Example:</p> + <pre> +walk(Compressed, Handler) -> + Z = zlib:open(), + zlib:inflateInit(Z), + loop(Z, Handler, zlib:safeInflate(Z, Compressed)), + zlib:inflateEnd(Z), + zlib:close(Z). + +loop(Z, Handler, {continue, Output}) -> + Handler(Output), + loop(Z, Handler, zlib:safeInflate(Z, [])); +loop(Z, Handler, {finished, Output}) -> + Handler(Output).</pre> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="setBufSize" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Set buffer size.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Sets the intermediate buffer size.</p> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future + release.</p> + </warning> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="set_controlling_process" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Transfers ownership of a zlib stream.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Changes the controlling process of <c><anno>Z</anno></c> to + <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>, which must be a local process.</p> </desc> </func> |