zlib-header

Usage: zlib-header-cli [OPTIONS] [HEX4CHAR]

Arguments:
[HEX4CHAR]  A four-character hex string representing the ZlibHeader (Big Endian)

Options:
  -e, --explain  Explain the ZlibHeader struct and abbreviations
  -h, --help     Print help

drfrugal@karazhan:~$ zlib-header-cli 789C
CM      8 (DEFLATE)
CINFO   7 (Window: 32768 Bytes)
FCHECK  28 (valid)
FDICT   false (Preset Dictionary not used)
FLEVEL  2 (default)

drfrugal@karazhan:~$ zlib-header-cli --explain
2 Byte zlib header according to https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1950
1st Byte - CMF (Compression Method and Flags)
  0000_1111  CM      Compression Method   8, _ (DEFLATE, UNDEFINED)
  1111_0000  CINFO   Compression Info     window size is 2.pow(CINFO + 8)
2nd Byte - FLG (Flags)
  0001_1111  FCHECK  Checksum Adjustment  valid if (CMF * 256 + FLG) % 31 == 0
  0010_0000  FDICT   Preset Dictionary    a preset dictionary was used
  1100_0000  FLEVEL  Compression Level    0, 1, 2, 3 (fastest, fast, default, best)

use zlib_header::ZlibHeader;
let cm = 8;
let cinfo = 7;
let fdict = false;
let flevel = 2;
let header = ZlibHeader::new(cm, cinfo, fdict, flevel);
match header {
  Ok(header) => {
    println!("header is valid (strict): {}", header.is_valid_strict()); // header is valid (strict): true 
  },
  Err(err) => eprintln!("Unable to initialize zlib header: {:?}", err)
}

use zlib_header::ZlibHeader;
let header = ZlibHeader::default();
println!("Display: {}", header); // Display: 789C
println!("Debug: {:?}", header); // Debug: ZlibHeader { DEFLATE | 32768 Bytes | default | Dictionary: false | valid }
let bytes = [0x78, 0x9C];
println!("header matches expected bytes: {}", header == bytes); // header matches expected bytes: true