shrink 1.5.4

Effortless, one-line compression. Just call shrink and save 5x-40x in size. Optimized for Firebase, JSON, structured data, or anything you want to shrink!

Changelog

All notable changes to the "shrink" package will be documented in this file.

1.5.4

Changed

• Updated dependencies of archive package
• Fixed formatting issues in new implementations

1.5.3

Changed

• Replaced dart:io with archive package for WASM compatibility
• Made package compatible with all platforms including web and WASM
• Updated compression algorithm implementation to be platform-agnostic
• Applied auto formatting to align with the official Dart style guide

1.5.2

Added

• Added example.dart file with complete code samples for better pub.dev experience
• Added Firebase integration guide to README with:
  • Instructions for compressing data before storage
  • Best practices for working with compressed data in Firebase

1.5.1

Added

• Comprehensive README documentation with:
  • Detailed explanations of supported data types and their use cases
  • Performance benchmarks and compression ratios for different data patterns
  • Code examples and best practices
  • Platform compatibility information
• Type-specific documentation for:
  • Text compression (UTF-8 strings)
  • Binary data compression (Uint8List)
  • JSON object compression (Map<String, dynamic>)
  • Unique integer list compression (List

1.5.0

Added

• Improved bytes compression with multiple algorithms:
  • No compression (identity) for cases where compression increases size
  • ZLIB compression with levels 1-9
  • GZIP compression with levels 1-9
  • Automatic selection of best compression method
  • Lossless compression with full data restoration
• Enhanced JSON and text compression leveraging the improved bytes compression
• New detailed benchmarks for pub.dev release

Removed

• Dependencies on external compression packages:
  • Removed 'archive' package dependency
  • Removed 'gzip' package dependency
  • Removed 'brotli' package dependency
  • Package is now pure Dart with no external dependencies
  • All compression algorithms implemented natively

1.4.2

Added

• Performance insights:
  • Compression speed benchmarks across data sizes
  • Memory usage analysis during compression
  • CPU utilization metrics
• Size reduction analysis:
  • Typical compression ratios for each data type
  • Size comparisons with other compression libraries
  • Real-world size reduction examples

Changed

• Enhanced API documentation with more detailed method descriptions
• Improved code comments explaining internal algorithms
• Updated platform support documentation

1.4.1

Added

• Comprehensive benchmarking suite for all compression methods
• Detailed performance tests for unique integer list compression
• Size comparison tests between compression methods

Fixed

• Optimized bitmask encoding for sparse datasets
• Fixed edge cases in chunked encoding
• Improved error handling in JSON restoration

1.4.0

Added

• Multiple compression methods for unique integer lists:
  • Delta encoding with variable-length integers
  • Run-length encoding for sequences
  • Chunked encoding for clustered values
  • Bitmask encoding for dense sets
• Automatic selection of optimal compression method based on data characteristics
• Manual compression method selection via shrinkUniqueManual()

Changed

• Improved compression ratios for all data types
• Optimized binary encoding for smaller output sizes

1.3.1

Changed

• Improved documentation

1.3.0

Added

• New static Shrink and Restore abstract classes for people who prefer this syntax
• Method documentation with usage examples
• Bitmask compression method for unique integer lists
• UniqueCompressionMethod enum to identify compression methods

Changed

• Reorganized codebase structure for better maintainability

1.2.0

Added

• Data validation tests for all compression/decompression methods
• Comprehensive test suite for all functionality
• Size calculation utilities for compressed data
• Better error handling for malformed input

Changed

• Enhanced documentation with usage examples
• Improved error messages

1.1.0

Added

• JSON compression and decompression support
• Extension methods for all supported types
• Documentation for all public APIs

Changed

• Optimized UTF-8 encoding/decoding process
• Improved compression ratios for text data

1.0.2

Added

• Improved inline documentation for all functions with detailed parameter descriptions
• More code examples in function documentation

Fixed

• Bug in bytes decompression that could cause data corruption with certain input sizes

1.0.1

Added

• Detailed tests for string and bytes compression

1.0.0

Added

• Initial release with core functionality
• Compression and decompression for bytes using zlib
• String compression and decompression with UTF-8 encoding
• Base64 encoding/decoding utilities
• Basic documentation and examples