(Unicode C) Decompress Large Text File in Blocks

Decompresses a large text file in blocks, and compares the restored (decompressed) file with the original to make sure it's correct.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkCompressionW.h>
#include <C_CkFileAccessW.h>
#include <C_CkByteData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCompressionW compress;
    HCkFileAccessW fac;
    const wchar_t *originalPath;
    HCkFileAccessW facSrc;
    HCkFileAccessW facDest;
    int blockSize;
    int numBlocks;
    const wchar_t *restoredPath;
    const wchar_t *decompressedStr;
    HCkByteData compressedBytes;
    int i;
    BOOL bEqualContents;

    success = FALSE;

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

    // First, let's compress a text file.
    // We'll then decompress in blocks, and compare the decompressed with the original file.

    // Compress a text file:
    compress = CkCompressionW_Create();
    CkCompressionW_putAlgorithm(compress,L"deflate");

    success = CkCompressionW_CompressFile(compress,L"qa_data/hamlet.xml",L"qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCompressionW_lastErrorText(compress));
        CkCompressionW_Dispose(compress);
        return;
    }

    fac = CkFileAccessW_Create();

    // Examine the uncompressed and compressed sizes:
    originalPath = L"qa_data/hamlet.xml";
    // Note: The FileSize method returns a signed 32-bit integer.  If the file is potentially larger than 2GB, call FileSizeStr instead to return
    // the size of the file as a string, then convert to an integer value.
    wprintf(L"uncompressed size: %d\n",CkFileAccessW_FileSize(fac,originalPath));
    wprintf(L"compressed size: %d\n",CkFileAccessW_FileSize(fac,L"qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat"));

    // Decompress in blocks..
    facSrc = CkFileAccessW_Create();
    facDest = CkFileAccessW_Create();

    CkFileAccessW_OpenForRead(facSrc,L"qa_data/hamlet_compressed.dat");

    // If we compress in 32K chunks, find out how many blocks there will be.
    blockSize = 32768;
    numBlocks = CkFileAccessW_GetNumBlocks(facSrc,blockSize);

    // Open an output file for the decompressed data.
    restoredPath = L"qa_output/hamlet_restored.xml";
    success = CkFileAccessW_OpenForWrite(facDest,restoredPath);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFileAccessW_lastErrorText(facDest));
        CkCompressionW_Dispose(compress);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(facSrc);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(facDest);
        return;
    }

    compressedBytes = CkByteData_Create();

    // Assuming numBlocks > 1
    CkCompressionW_putFirstChunk(compress,TRUE);
    CkCompressionW_putLastChunk(compress,FALSE);

    i = 0;
    while (i < numBlocks) {
        success = CkFileAccessW_ReadBlock(facSrc,i,blockSize,compressedBytes);
        decompressedStr = CkCompressionW_decompressString(compress,compressedBytes);

        CkFileAccessW_AppendText(facDest,decompressedStr,L"utf-8");

        i = i + 1;

        CkCompressionW_putFirstChunk(compress,FALSE);
        if (i == (numBlocks - 1)) {
            CkCompressionW_putLastChunk(compress,TRUE);
        }

    }

    CkFileAccessW_FileClose(facSrc);
    CkFileAccessW_FileClose(facDest);

    // Examine the size of the restored file.
    wprintf(L"restored size: %d\n",CkFileAccessW_FileSize(fac,restoredPath));

    // Compare the contents of the original with the restored.
    bEqualContents = CkFileAccessW_FileContentsEqual(fac,restoredPath,originalPath);
    wprintf(L"Contents Equal: %d\n",bEqualContents);


    CkCompressionW_Dispose(compress);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(facSrc);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(facDest);
    CkByteData_Dispose(compressedBytes);

    }