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(*                                                                     *)
(*                         The CamlZip library                         *)
(*                                                                     *)
(*            Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt         *)
(*                                                                     *)
(*  Copyright 2001 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    *)
(*  under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License.         *)
(*                                                                     *)
(***********************************************************************)

(* $Id: zip.mli,v 1.1 2001/08/07 15:32:07 xleroy Exp $ *)

(* Module [Zip]: reading and writing ZIP archives *)

(* This module provides functions for reading and writing ZIP archive
   files.  ZIP archives package one or more compressed files into
   a single ``ZIP file'' along with information about the files,
   including file name, date and time of last modification, user-provided
   comments, and a checksum to verify the integrity of each entry.
   The entries of a ZIP file are not necessarily actual files, and can
   actually consist of arbitrary data.

   The ZIP file format used in this module is identical to that
   implemented by the popular [pkzip] archiver under Windows,
   and by the Info-ZIP [zip] and [unzip] commands under Unix and Windows.
   This format is also identical to the JAR file format used by Java. *)

(*** Information on ZIP entries *)

type compression_method =
    Stored                     (* data is stored without compression *)
  | Deflated                   (* data is compressed with the ``deflate'' algorithm *)
        (* Indicate whether the data in the entry is compressed or not. *)

type entry =
  { filename: string;          (* file name for entry *)
    extra: string;             (* extra information attached to entry *)
    comment: string;           (* comment attached to entry *)
    methd: compression_method; (* compression method *)
    mtime: float;              (* last modification time (seconds since epoch) *)
    crc: int32;                (* cyclic redundancy check for data *)
    uncompressed_size: int;    (* size of original data in bytes *)
    compressed_size: int;      (* size of compressed data *)
    is_directory: bool;        (* whether this entry represents a directory *)
    file_offset: int }         (* for internal use *)
          (* Description of an entry in a ZIP file. *)

(*** Reading from ZIP files *)

type in_file
          (* Abstract type representing a channel opened for reading from
             a ZIP file. *)
val open_in: string -> in_file
          (* Open the ZIP file with the given filename.  Return a
             channel opened for reading from this file. *)
val entries: in_file -> entry list
          (* Return a list of all entries in the given ZIP file. *)
val comment: in_file -> string
          (* Return the comment attached to the given ZIP file, or the
             empty string if none. *)
val find_entry: in_file -> string -> entry
          (* [Zip.find_entry zf filename] returns the description of the
             entry having name [filename] in the ZIP file [zf].
             Raises [Not_found] if no such entry exists.
             The file name must match exactly; in particular, case is
             significant.  File names must use [/] (slash) as the directory
             separator.  The name of a directory must end with a trailing 
             [/] (slash). *)
val read_entry: in_file -> entry -> string
          (* [Zip.read_entry zf e] reads and uncompresses the data
             (file contents) associated with entry [e] of ZIP file [zf].
             The data is returned as a character string. *)
val copy_entry_to_channel: in_file -> entry -> out_channel -> unit
          (* [Zip.copy_entry_to_channel zf e oc] reads and uncompresses
             the data associated with entry [e] of ZIP file [zf].
             It then writes this data to the output channel [oc]. *)
val copy_entry_to_file: in_file -> entry -> string -> unit
          (* [Zip.copy_entry_to_file zf e destfile] reads and uncompresses
             the data associated with entry [e] of ZIP file [zf].
             It then writes this data to the file named [destfile].
             The file [destfile] is created if it does not exist,
             and overwritten otherwise.  The last modification date of
             the file is set to that indicated in the ZIP entry [e],
             if possible. *)
val close_in: in_file -> unit
          (* Close the given ZIP file channel. *)

(*** Writing from ZIP files *)

type out_file
          (* Abstract type representing a channel opened for writing from
             a ZIP file. *)
val open_out: ?comment: string -> string -> out_file
          (* Create (or truncate to zero length) the ZIP file with
             the given filename.  Return a channel opened for writing
             to this file.  The optional argument [comment] is a
             comment string that is attached to the ZIP file as a whole
             (as opposed to the comments that can be attached to individual
             ZIP entries). *) 
val add_entry:
  string -> out_file -> 
    ?extra: string -> ?comment: string -> ?level: int ->
    ?mtime: float -> string -> unit
          (* [Zip.add_entry data zf name] adds a new entry to the 
             ZIP file [zf].  The data (file contents) associated with
             the entry is taken from the string [data].  It is compressed
             and written to the ZIP file [zf].  [name] is the file name
             stored along with this entry.  Several optional arguments
             can be provided to control the format and attached information 
             of the entry:
-            [extra]  extra data attached to the entry (a string).
               Default: empty.
-            [comment]  comment attached to the entry (a string)
               Default: empty.
-            [level]  compression level for the entry.  This is an integer
               between 0 and 9, with 0 meaning no compression (store as is),
               1 lowest compression, 9 highest compression.  Higher
               levels result in smaller compressed data, but longer compression
               times.  Default: 6 (moderate compression).
-            [mtime]  last modification time (in seconds since the epoch).
               Default: the current time. *)
val copy_channel_to_entry:
  in_channel -> out_file -> 
    ?extra: string -> ?comment: string -> ?level: int ->
    ?mtime: float -> string -> unit
          (* Same as [Zip.add_entry], but the data associated with the
             entry is read from the input channel given as first argument.
             The channel is read up to end of file. *)
val copy_file_to_entry:
  string -> out_file -> 
    ?extra: string -> ?comment: string -> ?level: int ->
    ?mtime: float -> string -> unit
          (* Same as [Zip.add_entry], but the data associated with the
             entry is read from the file whose name is given as first
             argument.  Also, the default value for the [mtime]
             optional parameter is the time of last modification of the
             file. *)
val close_out: out_file -> unit
          (* Finish writing the ZIP archive by adding the table of
             contents, and close it. *)

(*** Error reporting *)

exception Error of string * string * string
          (* Exception raised when an ill-formed ZIP archive is encountered,
             or illegal parameters are given to the functions in this
             module.  The exception is of the form
             [Error(ZIP_name, entry_name, message)] where [ZIP_name]
             is the name of the ZIP file, [entry_name] the name of
             the offending entry, and [message] an explanation of the
             error. *)
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