|
1 /* |
|
2 * skulltag::Codec class interface - Base class for data encoding or decoding operations. |
|
3 * |
|
4 * Copyright 2009 Timothy Landers |
|
5 * email: code.vortexcortex@gmail.com |
|
6 * |
|
7 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy |
|
8 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal |
|
9 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights |
|
10 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell |
|
11 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is |
|
12 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: |
|
13 * |
|
14 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in |
|
15 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. |
|
16 * |
|
17 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR |
|
18 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, |
|
19 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE |
|
20 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER |
|
21 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, |
|
22 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN |
|
23 * THE SOFTWARE. |
|
24 */ |
|
25 |
|
26 #ifndef _CODEC_VERSION |
|
27 #define _CODEC_VERSION 1 |
|
28 |
|
29 /** Prevents naming convention problems via encapsulation. */ |
|
30 namespace skulltag { |
|
31 |
|
32 /** Huffman tree node -- used to represent a Huffman tree. <br> |
|
33 * Huffman trees are use by compression / decompression codecs. */ |
|
34 struct HuffmanNode { |
|
35 int bitCount; /**< number of bits in the Huffman code. */ |
|
36 int code; /**< bit representation of a Huffman code. */ |
|
37 int value; /**< the value the Huffman code represents. */ |
|
38 HuffmanNode * branch; /**< the left and right child branches or NULL (0) if leaf. */ |
|
39 }; |
|
40 |
|
41 // Codec Class Interface |
|
42 |
|
43 /** Base class for encoding and decoding data. */ |
|
44 class Codec { |
|
45 |
|
46 public: |
|
47 |
|
48 /** Decodes data read from an input buffer and stores the result in the output buffer. |
|
49 * @return number of bytes stored in the output buffer or -1 if an error occurs while encoding. */ |
|
50 virtual int encode( |
|
51 unsigned char const * const input, /**< in: pointer to the first byte to encode. */ |
|
52 unsigned char * const output, /**< out: pointer to an output buffer to store data. */ |
|
53 int const &inLength, /**< in: number of bytes of input buffer to encoded. */ |
|
54 int const &outLength /**< in: maximum length of data to output. */ |
|
55 ) const = 0; |
|
56 |
|
57 /** Decodes data read from an input buffer and stores the result in the output buffer. |
|
58 * @return number of bytes stored in the output buffer or -1 if an error occurs while decoding. */ |
|
59 virtual int decode( |
|
60 unsigned char const * const input, /**< in: pointer to data that needs decoding. */ |
|
61 unsigned char * const output, /**< out: pointer to output buffer to store decoded data. */ |
|
62 int const &inLength, /**< in: number of bytes of input buffer to read. */ |
|
63 int const &outLength /**< in: maximum length of data to output. */ |
|
64 ) = 0; |
|
65 |
|
66 }; // end class Codec |
|
67 |
|
68 }; // end namespace Codec |
|
69 |
|
70 #endif |