1.简介

LZ4是一种快速的压缩算法，提供压缩和解压缩的速度，而牺牲了压缩率。它被设计用于快速的数据压缩和解压缩，特别是用于数据存储和传输。LZ4通常用于需要高速数据处理的场景，如数据库、日志文件处理和实时数据传输。

LZ4的特点是压缩和解压缩速度快，但压缩率不如其他一些压缩算法（如gzip或zstd）。

LZ4的工作原理是基于字典的压缩，它查找数据中的重复字符串，并用较短的形式来表示这些重复的部分。这种算法非常适合于有大量重复数据的情况。

以下是和其他压缩算法的比较：

2.环境搭建

下载地址：https://github.com/lz4/lz4/tree/v1.9.4
解压缩文件之后，进入到编译目录。

双击lz4.sln打开工程。
这里编译静态库，将lz4file.c和lz4file.h添加进工程中，编译好后生成liblz4_static.lib静态库。

拷贝include文件和生成的liblz4_static.lib静态库到我们的demo工程下。

最后在visual studio中添加include目录 和 lib目录即可。
配置visual studio环境，具体参考请看Jsoncpp介绍。

3.示例

压缩/解压缩文件

#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

extern "C"
{
#include "lz4.h"
#include "lz4file.h"
}


#define CHUNK_SIZE (16*1024)

static size_t get_file_size(char *filename)
{
	struct stat statbuf;

	if (filename == NULL) {
		return 0;
	}

	if (stat(filename, &statbuf)) {
		return 0;
	}

	return statbuf.st_size;
}

static int compress_file(FILE* f_in, FILE* f_out)
{
	assert(f_in != NULL); assert(f_out != NULL);

	LZ4F_errorCode_t ret = LZ4F_OK_NoError;
	size_t len;
	LZ4_writeFile_t* lz4fWrite;
	void* const buf = malloc(CHUNK_SIZE);
	if (!buf) {
		printf("error: memory allocation failed \n");
	}

	/* Of course, you can also use prefsPtr to
	 * set the parameters of the compressed file
	 * NULL is use default
	 */
	ret = LZ4F_writeOpen(&lz4fWrite, f_out, NULL);
	if (LZ4F_isError(ret)) {
		printf("LZ4F_writeOpen error: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
		free(buf);
		return 1;
	}

	while (1) {
		len = fread(buf, 1, CHUNK_SIZE, f_in);

		if (ferror(f_in)) {
			printf("fread error\n");
			goto out;
		}

		/* nothing to read */
		if (len == 0) {
			break;
		}

		ret = LZ4F_write(lz4fWrite, buf, len);
		if (LZ4F_isError(ret)) {
			printf("LZ4F_write: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
			goto out;
		}
	}

out:
	free(buf);
	if (LZ4F_isError(LZ4F_writeClose(lz4fWrite))) {
		printf("LZ4F_writeClose: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
		return 1;
	}

	return 0;
}

static int decompress_file(FILE* f_in, FILE* f_out)
{
	assert(f_in != NULL); assert(f_out != NULL);

	LZ4F_errorCode_t ret = LZ4F_OK_NoError;
	LZ4_readFile_t* lz4fRead;
	void* const buf = malloc(CHUNK_SIZE);
	if (!buf) {
		printf("error: memory allocation failed \n");
	}

	ret = LZ4F_readOpen(&lz4fRead, f_in);
	if (LZ4F_isError(ret)) {
		printf("LZ4F_readOpen error: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
		free(buf);
		return 1;
	}

	while (1) {
		ret = LZ4F_read(lz4fRead, buf, CHUNK_SIZE);
		if (LZ4F_isError(ret)) {
			printf("LZ4F_read error: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
			goto out;
		}

		/* nothing to read */
		if (ret == 0) {
			break;
		}

		if (fwrite(buf, 1, ret, f_out) != ret) {
			printf("write error!\n");
			goto out;
		}
	}

out:
	free(buf);
	if (LZ4F_isError(LZ4F_readClose(lz4fRead))) {
		printf("LZ4F_readClose: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
		return 1;
	}

	if (ret) {
		return 1;
	}

	return 0;
}

int compareFiles(FILE* fp0, FILE* fp1)
{
	int result = 0;

	while (result == 0) {
		char b0[1024];
		char b1[1024];
		size_t const r0 = fread(b0, 1, sizeof(b0), fp0);
		size_t const r1 = fread(b1, 1, sizeof(b1), fp1);

		result = (r0 != r1);
		if (!r0 || !r1) break;
		if (!result) result = memcmp(b0, b1, r0);
	}

	return result;
}

int main(int argc, const char **argv) 
{
	char inpFilename[256] = { 0 };
	char lz4Filename[256] = { 0 };
	char decFilename[256] = { 0 };

	if (argc < 2) {
		printf("Please specify input filename\n");
		return 0;
	}

	snprintf(inpFilename, 256, "%s", argv[1]);
	snprintf(lz4Filename, 256, "%s.lz4", argv[1]);
	snprintf(decFilename, 256, "%s.lz4.dec", argv[1]);

	printf("inp = [%s]\n", inpFilename);
	printf("lz4 = [%s]\n", lz4Filename);
	printf("dec = [%s]\n", decFilename);

	/* compress */
	{  
	FILE* const inpFp = fopen(inpFilename, "rb");
	FILE* const outFp = fopen(lz4Filename, "wb");
	printf("compress : %s -> %s\n", inpFilename, lz4Filename);
	LZ4F_errorCode_t ret = compress_file(inpFp, outFp);
	fclose(inpFp);
	fclose(outFp);

	if (ret) {
		printf("compression error: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
		return 1;
	}

	printf("%s: %zu → %zu bytes, %.1f%%\n",
		inpFilename,
		get_file_size(inpFilename),
		get_file_size(lz4Filename), /* might overflow is size_t is 32 bits and size_{in,out} > 4 GB */
		(double)get_file_size(lz4Filename) / get_file_size(inpFilename) * 100);

	printf("compress : done\n");
	}

	/* decompress */
	{
		FILE* const inpFp = fopen(lz4Filename, "rb");
		FILE* const outFp = fopen(decFilename, "wb");

		printf("decompress : %s -> %s\n", lz4Filename, decFilename);
		LZ4F_errorCode_t ret = decompress_file(inpFp, outFp);

		fclose(outFp);
		fclose(inpFp);

		if (ret) {
			printf("compression error: %s\n", LZ4F_getErrorName(ret));
			return 1;
		}

		printf("decompress : done\n");
	}

	/* verify */
	{   FILE* const inpFp = fopen(inpFilename, "rb");
	FILE* const decFp = fopen(decFilename, "rb");

	printf("verify : %s <-> %s\n", inpFilename, decFilename);
	int const cmp = compareFiles(inpFp, decFp);

	fclose(decFp);
	fclose(inpFp);

	if (cmp) {
		printf("corruption detected : decompressed file differs from original\n");
		return cmp;
	}

	printf("verify : OK\n");
	}
	return 0;
}

生成可执行程序，添加两个参数。运行效果如下：

4.更多参考

libVLC 专栏介绍-CSDN博客

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QCharts -1.概述-CSDN博客

Zlib介绍

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