# Decompressor

from pandac.PandaModules import Decompressor

Class : Decompressor
Description : This manages run-time decompression of a zlib-compressed stream, as a background or foreground task.

## Inheritance:

Decompressor:

## Methods of Decompressor:

decompress
getProgress
initiate
run

decompress bool Decompressor::decompress(Filename const &source_file); Description: Performs a foreground decompression of the named file; does not return until the decompression is complete. Description: Does an in-memory decompression of the indicated Ramfile. The decompressed contents are written back into the same Ramfile on completion.

getProgress float Decompressor::get_progress(void) const; Description: Returns the ratio through the decompression step in the background.

initiate int Decompressor::initiate(Filename const &source_file); Description: Begins a background decompression of the named file (whose filename must end in ".pz") to a new file without the .pz extension. The source file is removed after successful completion. Description: Begins a background decompression from the named source file to the named destination file. The source file is removed after successful completion.

run int Decompressor::run(void); Description: Called each frame to do the next bit of work in the background task. Returns EU_ok if a chunk is completed but there is more to go, or EU_success when we're all done. Any other return value indicates an error.