thegeorg 68034ebc09 Update nixpkgs revision 23.05 -> 24.05 5 months ago
..
include 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
source 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
CONTRIBUTING.md 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
LICENSE 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
NOTICE 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
README.md 2a71832563 Update contrib/libs/aws-sdk-cpp to 1.11.37 11 months ago
ya.make 68034ebc09 Update nixpkgs revision 23.05 -> 24.05 5 months ago

README.md

AWS C Compression

This is a cross-platform C99 implementation of compression algorithms such as gzip, and huffman encoding/decoding. Currently only huffman is implemented.

License

This library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Usage

Building

Note that aws-c-compression has a dependency on aws-c-common:

git clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-common.git
cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<install-path> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install-path> -S aws-c-common -B aws-c-common/build
cmake --build aws-c-common/build --target install

git clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-compression.git
cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<install-path> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<install-path> -S aws-c-compression -B aws-c-compression/build
cmake --build aws-c-compression/build --target install

Huffman

The Huffman implemention in this library is designed around the concept of a generic "symbol coder" object, which defines how each symbol (value between 0 and 255) is encoded and decoded. This object looks like this:

typedef struct aws_huffman_code (*aws_huffman_symbol_encoder)(uint8_t symbol, void *userdata);
typedef uint8_t (*aws_huffman_symbol_decoder)(uint32_t bits, uint8_t *symbol, void *userdata);

struct aws_huffman_symbol_coder {
    aws_huffman_symbol_encoder encode;
    aws_huffman_symbol_decoder decode;
    void *userdata;
};

These callbacks may be implemented manually, or you may use the included Huffman coder generator to generate one from a table definition file. The generator expects to be called with the following arguments:

$ aws-c-compression-huffman-generator path/to/table.def path/to/generated.c coder_name

The table definition file should be in the following format:

/*           sym               bits   code len */
HUFFMAN_CODE(  0,      "1100101110", 0x32e, 10)
HUFFMAN_CODE(  1,      "1100101111", 0x32f, 10)
/* ... */

The HUFFMAN_CODE macro expects 4 arguments:

  • sym: the symbol value [0-255]
  • bits: the bits representing the symbol in string form
  • code: the bits representing the symbol in numeric form
  • len: the number of bits used to represent the symbol

Note

This file may also be #included in the following way to generate a static list of codes:

> /* Provides the HUFFMAN_CODE macro */
> #include <aws/testing/compression/huffman.h>
>
> static struct huffman_test_code_point code_points[] = {
> #include "test_huffman_static_table.def"
> };
> ```

This will emit a c file which exports a function with the following signiture:

c struct aws_huffman_symbol_coder *{coder_name}_get_coder();

Note that this function does not allocate, but maintains a static instance of
the coder.


An example implementation of this file is provided in
`tests/test_huffman_static_table.def`.


To use the coder, forward declare that function, and pass the result as the
second argument to `aws_huffman_encoder_init` and `aws_huffman_decoder_init`.

c struct aws_huffman_encoder encoder; aws_huffman_encoder_init(&encoder, {coder_name}_get_coder());

struct aws_huffman_decoder decoder; aws_huffman_decoder_init(&decoder, {coder_name}_get_coder())


#### Encoding

c /**

  • Encode a symbol buffer into the output buffer. *
  • \param[in] encoder The encoder object to use
  • \param[in] to_encode The symbol buffer to encode
  • \param[in,out] length In: The length of to_decode. Out: The number of bytes read from to_encode
  • \param[in] output The buffer to write encoded bytes to
  • \param[in,out] output_size In: The size of output. Out: The number of bytes written to output *
  • \return AWS_OP_SUCCESS if encoding is successful, AWS_OP_ERR the code for the error that occured */ int aws_huffman_encode(struct aws_huffman_encoder *encoder, const char *to_encode, size_t *length, uint8_t *output, size_t *output_size);

    The encoder is built to support partial encoding. This means that if there
    isn't enough space in `output`, the encoder will encode as much as possible,
    update `length` to indicate how much was consumed, `output_size` won't change,
    and `AWS_ERROR_SHORT_BUFFER` will be raised. `aws_huffman_encode` may then be
    called again like the following pseudo-code:
    

    c void encode_and_send(const char *to_encode, size_t size) { while (size > 0) {

    uint8_t output[some_chunk_size];
    size_t output_size = sizeof(output);
    size_t bytes_read = size;
    aws_huffman_encode(encoder, to_encode, &bytes_read, output, &output_size);
    /* AWS_ERROR_SHORT_BUFFER was raised... */
    send_output_to_someone_else(output, output_size);
    
    to_encode += bytes_read;
    size -= bytes_read;
    

    } /* Be sure to reset the encoder after use */ aws_huffman_encoder_reset(encoder); }

    
    `aws_huffman_encoder` also has a `uint8_t` field called `eos_padding` that
    defines how any unwritten bits in the last byte of output are filled. The most
    significant bits will used. For example, if the last byte contains only 3 bits
    and `eos_padding` is `0b01010101`, `01010` will be appended to the byte.
    
    #### Decoding
    

    c

/**

  • Decodes a byte buffer into the provided symbol array. *
  • \param[in] decoder The decoder object to use
  • \param[in] to_decode The encoded byte buffer to read from
  • \param[in,out] length In: The length of to_decode. Out: The number of bytes read from to_decode
  • \param[in] output The buffer to write decoded symbols to
  • \param[in,out] output_size In: The size of output. Out: The number of bytes written to output *
  • \return AWS_OP_SUCCESS if encoding is successful, AWS_OP_ERR the code for the error that occured */ int aws_huffman_decode(struct aws_huffman_decoder *decoder, const uint8_t *to_decode, size_t *length, char *output, size_t *output_size);

    The decoder is built to support partial encoding. This means that if there
    isn't enough space in `output`, the decoder will decode as much as possible,
    update `length` to indicate how much was consumed, `output_size` won't change,
    and `AWS_ERROR_SHORT_BUFFER` will be raised. `aws_huffman_decode` may then be
    called again like the following pseudo-code:
    

    c void decode_and_send(const char *to_decode, size_t size) { while (size > 0) {

    uint8_t output[some_chunk_size];
    size_t output_size = sizeof(output);
    size_t bytes_read = size;
    aws_huffman_decode(decoder, to_decode, &bytes_read, output, &output_size);
    /* AWS_ERROR_SHORT_BUFFER was raised... */
    send_output_to_someone_else(output, output_size);
    
    to_decode += bytes_read;
    size -= bytes_read;
    

    } /* Be sure to reset the decoder after use */ aws_huffman_decoder_reset(decoder); }

    
    Upon completion of a decode, the most significant bits of
    `decoder->working_bits` will contain the final bits of `to_decode` that could
    not match a symbol. This is useful for verifying the padding bits of a stream.
    For example, to validate that a stream ends in all 1's (like HPACK requires),
    you could do the following:
    

    c

AWS_ASSERT(decoder->working_bits == UINT64_MAX << (64 - decoder->num_bits)); ```