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Codec: Compression Codec class

Description

Codecs allow you to create compressed input and output streams.

Arguments

Factory

The Codec$create() factory method takes the following argument:

  • type: string name of the compression method. See CompressionType for a list of possible values. type may be upper- or lower-cased. Support for compression methods depends on build-time flags for the C++ library. Most builds support at least "gzip" and "snappy".

  • compression_level: compression level, the default value (NA) uses the default compression level for the selected compression type.