Zlib:Inflate is the class for decompressing compressed data. Unlike Zlib::Deflate, an instance of this class is not able to duplicate (clone, dup) itself.

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Class Public methods
Zlib::Inflate.inflate(string)

Decompresses string. Raises a Zlib::NeedDict exception if a preset dictionary is needed for decompression.

This method is almost equivalent to the following code:

def inflate(string)
  zstream = Zlib::Inflate.new
  buf = zstream.inflate(string)
  zstream.finish
  zstream.close
  buf
end

See also Zlib.deflate

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_s_inflate(VALUE obj, VALUE src)
{
    struct zstream z;
    VALUE dst, args[2];
    int err;

    StringValue(src);
    zstream_init_inflate(&z);
    err = inflateInit(&z.stream);
    if (err != Z_OK) {
        raise_zlib_error(err, z.stream.msg);
    }
    ZSTREAM_READY(&z);

    args[0] = (VALUE)&z;
    args[1] = src;
    dst = rb_ensure(inflate_run, (VALUE)args, zstream_end, (VALUE)&z);

    OBJ_INFECT(dst, src);
    return dst;
}
Zlib::Inflate.new(window_bits)

Arguments

windowBits

An Integer for the windowBits size. Should be in the range 8..15, larger values of this parameter result in better at the expense of memory usage.

Description

Creates a new inflate stream for decompression. See zlib.h for details of the argument. If window_bits is nil, the default value is used.

Example

cf = File.open("compressed.file")
ucf = File.open("uncompressed.file", "w+")
zi = Zlib::Inflate.new(Zlib::MAX_WBITS)

ucf << zi.inflate(cf.read)

ucf.close
zi.close
cf.close

or

File.open("compressed.file") {|cf|
  zi = Zlib::Inflate.new
  File.open("uncompressed.file", "w+") {|ucf|
    ucf << zi.inflate(cf.read)
  }
  zi.close
}

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE obj)
{
    struct zstream *z;
    VALUE wbits;
    int err;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &wbits);
    Data_Get_Struct(obj, struct zstream, z);

    err = inflateInit2(&z->stream, ARG_WBITS(wbits));
    if (err != Z_OK) {
        raise_zlib_error(err, z->stream.msg);
    }
    ZSTREAM_READY(z);

    return obj;
}
Instance Public methods
<<(p1)

Same as IO.

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_addstr(VALUE obj, VALUE src)
{
    struct zstream *z = get_zstream(obj);

    OBJ_INFECT(obj, src);

    if (ZSTREAM_IS_FINISHED(z)) {
        if (!NIL_P(src)) {
            StringValue(src);
            zstream_append_buffer2(z, src);
        }
    }
    else {
        do_inflate(z, src);
        if (ZSTREAM_IS_FINISHED(z)) {
            zstream_passthrough_input(z);
        }
    }

    return obj;
}
inflate(string)

Inputs string into the inflate stream and returns the output from the stream. Calling this method, both the input and the output buffer of the stream are flushed. If string is nil, this method finishes the stream, just like Zlib::ZStream#finish.

Raises a Zlib::NeedDict exception if a preset dictionary is needed to decompress. Set the dictionary by #set_dictionary and then call this method again with an empty string to flush the stream:

inflater = Zlib::Inflate.new

begin
  out = inflater.inflate compressed
rescue Zlib::NeedDict
  # ensure the dictionary matches the stream's required dictionary
  raise unless inflater.adler == Zlib.adler32(dictionary)

  inflater.set_dictionary dictionary
  inflater.inflate ''
end

# ...

inflater.close

See also ::new

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_inflate(VALUE obj, VALUE src)
{
    struct zstream *z = get_zstream(obj);
    VALUE dst;

    OBJ_INFECT(obj, src);

    if (ZSTREAM_IS_FINISHED(z)) {
        if (NIL_P(src)) {
            dst = zstream_detach_buffer(z);
        }
        else {
            StringValue(src);
            zstream_append_buffer2(z, src);
            dst = rb_str_new(0, 0);
        }
    }
    else {
        do_inflate(z, src);
        dst = zstream_detach_buffer(z);
        if (ZSTREAM_IS_FINISHED(z)) {
            zstream_passthrough_input(z);
        }
    }

    OBJ_INFECT(dst, obj);
    return dst;
}
set_dictionary(p1)

Sets the preset dictionary and returns string. This method is available just only after a Zlib::NeedDict exception was raised. See zlib.h for details.

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_set_dictionary(VALUE obj, VALUE dic)
{
    struct zstream *z = get_zstream(obj);
    VALUE src = dic;
    int err;

    OBJ_INFECT(obj, dic);
    StringValue(src);
    err = inflateSetDictionary(&z->stream,
                               (Bytef*)RSTRING_PTR(src), RSTRING_LENINT(src));
    if (err != Z_OK) {
        raise_zlib_error(err, z->stream.msg);
    }

    return dic;
}
sync(string)

Inputs string into the end of input buffer and skips data until a full flush point can be found. If the point is found in the buffer, this method flushes the buffer and returns false. Otherwise it returns true and the following data of full flush point is preserved in the buffer.

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_sync(VALUE obj, VALUE src)
{
    struct zstream *z = get_zstream(obj);

    OBJ_INFECT(obj, src);
    StringValue(src);
    return zstream_sync(z, (Bytef*)RSTRING_PTR(src), RSTRING_LEN(src));
}
sync_point?()

Quoted verbatim from original documentation:

What is this?

:)

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static VALUE
rb_inflate_sync_point_p(VALUE obj)
{
    struct zstream *z = get_zstream(obj);
    int err;

    err = inflateSyncPoint(&z->stream);
    if (err == 1) {
        return Qtrue;
    }
    if (err != Z_OK) {
        raise_zlib_error(err, z->stream.msg);
    }
    return Qfalse;
}