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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+// zip.h -- .zip (.jar) file reading/writing routines.
+//
+// This file specifies the interface to use the ZIP implementation of ijar.
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_THIRD_PARTY_IJAR_ZIP_H
+#define INCLUDED_THIRD_PARTY_IJAR_ZIP_H
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+namespace devtools_ijar {
+
+// Tells if this is a directory entry from the mode. This method
+// is safer than zipattr_to_mode(attr) & S_IFDIR because the unix
+// mode might not be set in DOS zip files.
+inline bool zipattr_is_dir(u4 attr) { return (attr & 0x10) != 0; }
+
+// Convert a Unix file mode to a ZIP file attribute
+inline u4 mode_to_zipattr(mode_t m) {
+  return (((u4) m) << 16) + ((m & S_IFDIR) != 0 ? 0x10 : 0);
+}
+
+// Convert a ZIP file attribute to a Unix file mode
+inline mode_t zipattr_to_mode(u4 attr) {
+  return ((mode_t) ((attr >> 16) & 0xffff));
+}
+
+//
+// Class interface for building ZIP files
+//
+class ZipBuilder {
+ public:
+  virtual ~ZipBuilder() {}
+
+  // Returns the text for the last error, or null on no last error.
+  virtual const char* GetError() = 0;
+
+  // Add a new file to the ZIP, the file will have path "filename"
+  // and external attributes "attr". This function returns a pointer
+  // to a memory buffer to write the data of the file into. This buffer
+  // is owned by ZipBuilder and should not be free'd by the caller. The
+  // file length is then specified when the files is finished written
+  // using the FinishFile(size_t) function.
+  // On failure, returns NULL and GetError() will return an non-empty message.
+  virtual u1* NewFile(const char* filename, const u4 attr) = 0;
+
+  // Finish writing a file and specify its length. After calling this method
+  // one should not reuse the pointer given by NewFile. The file can be
+  // compressed using the deflate algorithm by setting `compress` to true.
+  // By default, CRC32 are not computed as java tooling doesn't care, but
+  // computing it can be activated by setting `compute_crc` to true.
+  // On failure, returns -1 and GetError() will return an non-empty message.
+  virtual int FinishFile(size_t filelength,
+                         bool compress = false,
+                         bool compute_crc = false) = 0;
+
+  // Write an empty file, it is equivalent to:
+  //   NewFile(filename, 0);
+  //   FinishFile(0);
+  // On failure, returns -1 and GetError() will return an non-empty message.
+  virtual int WriteEmptyFile(const char* filename) = 0;
+
+  // Finish writing the ZIP file. This method can be called only once
+  // (subsequent calls will do nothing) and none of
+  // NewFile/FinishFile/WriteEmptyFile should be called after calling Finish. If
+  // this method was not called when the object is destroyed, it will be called.
+  // It is here as a convenience to get information on the final generated ZIP
+  // file.
+  // On failure, returns -1 and GetError() will return an non-empty message.
+  virtual int Finish() = 0;
+
+  // Get the current size of the ZIP file. This size will not be matching the
+  // final ZIP file until Finish() has been called because Finish() is actually
+  // writing the central directory of the ZIP File.
+  virtual size_t GetSize() = 0;
+
+  // Returns the current number of files stored in the ZIP.
+  virtual int GetNumberFiles() = 0;
+
+  // Create a new ZipBuilder writing the file zip_file and the size of the
+  // output will be at most estimated_size. Use ZipBuilder::EstimateSize() or
+  // ZipExtractor::CalculateOuputLength() to have an estimated_size depending on
+  // a list of file to store.
+  // On failure, returns NULL. Refer to errno for error code.
+  static ZipBuilder* Create(const char* zip_file, u8 estimated_size);
+
+  // Estimate the maximum size of the ZIP files containing files in the "files"
+  // null-terminated array.
+  // Returns 0 on error.
+  static u8 EstimateSize(char **files);
+};
+
+//
+// An abstract class to process data from a ZipExtractor.
+// Derive from this class if you wish to process data from a ZipExtractor.
+//
+class ZipExtractorProcessor {
+ public:
+  virtual ~ZipExtractorProcessor() {}
+
+  // Tells whether to skip or process the file "filename". "attr" is the
+  // external file attributes and can be converted to unix mode using the
+  // zipattr_to_mode() function. This method is suppoed to returns true
+  // if the file should be processed and false if it should be skipped.
+  virtual bool Accept(const char* filename, const u4 attr) = 0;
+
+  // Process a file accepted by Accept. The file "filename" has external
+  // attributes "attr" and length "size". The file content is accessible
+  // in the buffer pointed by "data".
+  virtual void Process(const char* filename, const u4 attr,
+                       const u1* data, const size_t size) = 0;
+};
+
+//
+// Class interface for reading ZIP files
+//
+class ZipExtractor {
+ public:
+  virtual ~ZipExtractor() {}
+
+  // Returns the text for the last error, or null on no last error.
+  virtual const char* GetError() = 0;
+
+  // Process the next files, returns false if the end of ZIP file has been
+  // reached. The processor provided by the Create method will be called
+  // if a file is encountered. If false is returned, check the return value
+  // of GetError() for potential errors.
+  virtual bool ProcessNext() = 0;
+
+  // Process the all files, returns -1 on error (GetError() will be populated
+  // on error).
+  virtual int ProcessAll();
+
+  // Reset the file pointer to the beginning.
+  virtual void Reset() = 0;
+
+  // Return the size of the ZIP file.
+  virtual size_t GetSize() = 0;
+
+  // Return the size of the resulting zip file by keeping only file
+  // accepted by the processor and storing them uncompressed. This
+  // method can be used to create a ZipBuilder for storing a subset
+  // of the input files.
+  // On error, 0 is returned and GetError() returns a non-empty message.
+  virtual u8 CalculateOutputLength() = 0;
+
+  // Create a ZipExtractor that extract the zip file "filename" and process
+  // it with "processor".
+  // On error, a null pointer is returned and the value of errno should be
+  // checked.
+  static ZipExtractor* Create(const char* filename,
+                              ZipExtractorProcessor *processor);
+};
+
+}  // namespace devtools_ijar
+
+#endif  // INCLUDED_THIRD_PARTY_IJAR_ZIP_H