1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nbt/compressed.go b/nbt/compressed.go
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+++ b/nbt/compressed.go
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+package nbt
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"compress/zlib"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// Some helpers for reading / writing compressed NBT data, since NBT data is often compressed.
+
+func ReadGzipdNamedTag(r io.Reader) (Tag, string, error) {
+	decomp, err := gzip.NewReader(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Tag{}, "", err
+	}
+
+	return ReadNamedTag(decomp)
+}
+
+func WriteGzipdNamedTag(w io.Writer, name string, tag Tag) error {
+	comp := gzip.NewWriter(w)
+	return WriteNamedTag(comp, name, tag)
+}
+
+func ReadZlibdNamedTag(r io.Reader) (Tag, string, error) {
+	decomp, err := zlib.NewReader(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Tag{}, "", err
+	}
+
+	return ReadNamedTag(decomp)
+}
+
+func WriteZlibdNamedTag(w io.Writer, name string, tag Tag) error {
+	comp := zlib.NewWriter(w)
+	return WriteNamedTag(comp, name, tag)
+}