2 files changed, 74 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/FuseArchive/Chunk.py b/FuseArchive/Chunk.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c011382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FuseArchive/Chunk.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import struct, zlib
+
+# Format version
+# Payload block size (so you don't have to uncompress it to see)
+# Data compression type (0 = none, 1 = zlib)
+# Ref count (number of files that use this)
+# filler to pad out ot 64 bytes for future expansion
+hformat = 'HHBL52x'
+compress_level = 6
+
+# This handles serialization and deserialization of compressed chunks with
+# some header data
+class Chunk:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.chunk = ''
+        self.count = 0
+
+    #####
+    #   Need a way to serialize/deserialize just headers?  so we can update
+    #   just counts, etc?
+    #   Count needs to be tracked when we unlink?
+    #####
+
+    # Returns a string representing the serialized class to be sent to a
+    # file
+    def serialize(self, compression = 1):
+        data = struct.pack( hformat,
+            0,
+            len( self.chunk ),
+            compression,
+            self.count
+        )
+
+        if compression == 0:
+            data += self.chunk
+        elif compression == 1:
+            data += zlib.compress( self.chunk, compress_level )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError( "Invalid compression type: %d" % compression )
+
+        return data
+
+    # Converts the output of serialize back to a chunk object
+    @staticmethod
+    def unserialize(data):
+        hd = Chunk.parse_header( data[ :64 ] )
+        obj = Chunk()
+        obj.count = hd[ 'count' ]
+
+        compression = hd[ 'compression' ]
+        if compression == 0:
+            obj.chunk = data[ 64: ]
+        elif compression == 1:
+            obj.chunk = zlib.decompress( data[64: ] )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError( "Invalid compression type: %d" % compression )
+
+        return obj
+
+    # Returns a dict of the header data, in case you don't want to
+    # unserialize the whole thing to see some attributes which would
+    # involve potentially uncompressing some data
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_header(data):
+        fields = struct.unpack( hformat, data )
+        return {
+            'version': fields[ 0 ],
+            'size': fields[ 1 ],
+            'compression': fields[ 2 ],
+            'count': fields[ 3 ]
+        }
+
diff --git a/FuseArchive/Storage/FileSystem.py b/FuseArchive/Storage/FileSystem.py
index 4310481..547e567 100644
--- a/FuseArchive/Storage/FileSystem.py
+++ b/FuseArchive/Storage/FileSystem.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import FuseArchive, logging, os, sha
 from binascii import hexlify
+from FuseArchive.Chunk import Chunk
 
 magic_depth = 5
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def save_chunk( chunk ):
             verify_contents = verify.read()
             verify.close()
 
-            verify_contents = FuseArchiveChunk.deserialize( verify_contents )
+            verify_contents = Chunk.deserialize( verify_contents )
             if verify_contents.chunk == chunk:
                 logging.debug( "Found existing block" )
                 break