CompressedData

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
In versions prior to 0.10.0 the CompressedData name was used for CompressedImageData objects.

Represents byte data compressed using a specific algorithm.

love.data.decompress can be used to de-compress the data (or love.math.decompress in 0.10.2 or earlier).

Constructors

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	11.0

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.

0.10.0