Difference between revisions of "CompressedData"

Revision as of 03:47, 3 October 2015

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0

This type is not supported in earlier versions.

Represents byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.

love.data.compress	Compresses a string or data using a specific compression algorithm.	11.0
love.math.compress	Compresses a string or data using a specific compression algorithm.	0.10.0

CompressedData:getFormat	Gets the compression format of the CompressedData.	0.10.0
Data:clone	Creates a new copy of the Data object.	11.0
Data:getFFIPointer	Gets an FFI pointer to the Data.	11.3
Data:getPointer	Gets a pointer to the Data.
Data:getSize	Gets the Data's size in bytes.
Data:getString	Gets the full Data as a string.	0.9.0
Object:release	Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference.	11.0
Object:type	Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf	Checks whether an object is of a certain type.

Compressed data formats.

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-{{newin|[[0.9.0]]|090|type=type}}
+{{newin|[[0.10.0]]|100|type=type}}
-Represents compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM. CompressedData encompasses standard compressed formats such as [http://renderingpipeline.com/2012/07/texture-compression/  DXT1, DXT5, and BC5 / 3Dc].
+Represents byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.
-You can't draw CompressedData directly to the screen. See [[Image]] for that.
 == Constructors ==
 {{#ask: [[Category:Functions]] [[Constructs::CompressedData]]
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 * [[parent::Object]]
 == See Also ==
-* [[parent::love.image]]
+* [[parent::love.math]]
-* [[love.image.isCompressed]]
+* [[love.math.decompress]]
-* [[Image]]
 [[Category:Types]]
-{{#set:Description=Compressed image data designed to stay compressed in RAM and on the GPU.}}
+{{#set:Description=Byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.}}
 == Other Languages ==
 {{i18n|CompressedData}}