Library for performing compression/decompression of data either as:
- Data streams using raw codecs like Deflate/Snappy/GZip/Zstd.
- Archives storing multiple files (e.g. Zip/Tar)
Encoders/decoders of byte streams all implement the crate::Transform trait which supports incremental processing of (un-)compressed inputs chunk by chunk. This interface is designed with the use-case data not being able to fit completely in memory all at once. For cases where compression/decompression of small buffers, use the transform_to_vec() helper which aims to properly hint to the codec that all input/output buffers are available right away.
DEFLATE:
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951
- Little endian numbers
Zlib's algorithm specifics: