Enum FlushType

Describes how to flush the current deflate operation.

public enum FlushType

The different FlushType values are useful when using a Deflate in a streaming application.

Name	Description
Finish	Signals the end of the compression/decompression stream.
Full	Use this during compression to specify that all output should be flushed, as with `FlushType.Sync`, but also, the compression state should be reset so that decompression can restart from this point if previous compressed data has been damaged or if random access is desired. Using `FlushType.Full` too often can significantly degrade the compression.
None	No flush at all.
Partial	Closes the current block, but doesn't flush it to the output. Used internally only in hypothetical scenarios. This was supposed to be removed by Zlib, but it is still in use in some edge cases.
Sync	Use this during compression to specify that all pending output should be flushed to the output buffer and the output should be aligned on a byte boundary. You might use this in a streaming communication scenario, so that the decompressor can get all input data available so far. When using this with a ZlibCodec, `AvailableBytesIn` will be zero after the call if enough output space has been provided before the call. Flushing will degrade compression and so it should be used only when necessary.