(Objective-C) Compress Large Binary File in Blocks

Compresses a large binary file in blocks. This example uses BeginCompressBytes, MoreCompressBytes, and EndCompressBytes.

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#import <CkoFileAccess.h>
#import <CkoCompression.h>

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

CkoFileAccess *facSrc = [[CkoFileAccess alloc] init];
CkoFileAccess *facDest = [[CkoFileAccess alloc] init];

// Open a large binary file for reading.
BOOL success = [facSrc OpenForRead: @"qa_data/bmp/big.bmp"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",facSrc.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// If we compress in 64K chunks, find out how many blocks there will be.
int blockSize = 65536;
int numBlocks = [[facSrc GetNumBlocks: [NSNumber numberWithInt: blockSize]] intValue];

// Open an output file for the compressed data.
success = [facDest OpenForWrite: @"qa_data/bmp/compressedBmp.dat"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",facDest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoCompression *compress = [[CkoCompression alloc] init];
compress.Algorithm = @"deflate";

NSData fileBytes;
NSData compressedBytes;

int i = 0;
while (i < numBlocks) {
    fileBytes = [facSrc ReadBlock: [NSNumber numberWithInt: i] blockSize: [NSNumber numberWithInt: blockSize]];
    if (i == 0) {
        compressedBytes = [compress BeginCompressBytes: fileBytes];
    }
    else {
        compressedBytes = [compress MoreCompressBytes: fileBytes];
    }

    [facDest FileWrite: compressedBytes];

    i = i + 1;
}

// At the very end, flush any remaining compressed bytes, if any.
compressedBytes = [compress EndCompressBytes];
[facDest FileWrite: compressedBytes];

[facSrc FileClose];
[facDest FileClose];

NSLog(@"%@",@"Finished compressing file.");