# ZLibEncoder class

The ZLibEncoder encoder is used by ZLibCodec and GZipCodec to compress data.

Inheritance
  - Object
  - StreamTransformerBase<S, T>
  - Converter<List<int>, List<int>>
  - ZLibEncoder

## Constructors

ZLibEncoder({bool gzip: false, int level: ZLibOption.defaultLevel, int windowBits: ZLibOption.defaultWindowBits, int memLevel: ZLibOption.defaultMemLevel, int strategy: ZLibOption.strategyDefault, List<int> dictionary: null, bool raw: false })

## Properties

dictionary → List<int>
  Initial compression dictionary. [...]
  final
gzip → bool
  When true, `GZip` frames will be added to the compressed data.
  final
level → int
  The compression-`level` can be set in the range of `-1..9`, with `6` being the default compression level. Levels above `6` will have higher compression rates at the cost of more CPU and memory usage. Levels below `6` will use less CPU and memory at the cost of lower compression rates.
  final
memLevel → int
  Specifies how much memory should be allocated for the internal compression state. `1` uses minimum memory but is slow and reduces compression ratio; `9` uses maximum memory for optimal speed. The default value is `8`. [...]
  final
raw → bool
  When true, deflate generates raw data with no zlib header or trailer, and will not compute an adler32 check value
  final
strategy → int
  Tunes the compression algorithm. Use the value `ZLibOption.strategyDefault` for normal data, `ZLibOption.strategyFiltered` for data produced by a filter (or predictor), `ZLibOption.strategyHuffmanOnly` to force Huffman encoding only (no string match), or `ZLibOption.strategyRle` to limit match distances to one (run-length encoding).
  final
windowBits → int
  Base two logarithm of the window size (the size of the history buffer). It should be in the range `8..15`. Larger values result in better compression at the expense of memory usage. The default value is `15`
  final
hashCode → int
  The hash code for this object. [...]
  read-only, inherited
runtimeType → Type
  A representation of the runtime type of the object.
  read-only, inherited

## Methods

convert(List<int> bytes) → List<int>
  Convert a list of bytes using the options given to the ZLibEncoder constructor.
startChunkedConversion(Sink<List<int>> sink) → ByteConversionSink
  Start a chunked conversion using the options given to the ZLibEncoder constructor. While it accepts any Sink taking List's, the optimal sink to be passed as `sink` is a ByteConversionSink.
bind(Stream<List<int>> stream) → Stream<List<int>>
  Transforms the provided `stream`. [...]
  inherited
cast<RS, RT>() → Converter<RS, RT>
  Provides a `Converter<RS, RT>` view of this stream transformer. [...]
  inherited
fuse<TT>(Converter<List<int>, TT> other) → Converter<List<int>, TT>
  Fuses `this` with `other`. [...]
  inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
  Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed. [...]
  inherited
toString() → String
  Returns a string representation of this object.
  inherited

## Operators

operator ==(dynamic other) → bool
  The equality operator. [...]
  inherited