FeedCompressor

Gives data to a compression engine.

Synopsis

Err FeedCompressor(Compressor *comp, void *data,uint32 numDataWords);

Description

Gives data to a compressor engine for compression. As data is compressed, the call back function supplied when the compressor was created is called for every word of compressed data generated.

Arguments

comp: An active compression handle, as obtained from CreateCompressor().

data: A pointer to the data to compress.

numDataWords: The number of words of data being given to the compressor.

Return Value

Returns >= 0 for success, or a negative error code if it fails. Possible error codes include:

COMP_ERR_BADPTR: An invalid compression handle was supplied.

Implementation

Folio call implemented in compression folio V24.

Associated Files

compression.h