lerc/lib.rs
1//! Pure Rust implementation of the LERC (Limited Error Raster Compression) format.
2//!
3//! Supports encoding and decoding of raster images with configurable lossy or lossless
4//! compression. Compatible with ESRI's LERC2 format specification.
5
6#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
7#![allow(
8 clippy::cast_possible_truncation,
9 clippy::cast_possible_wrap,
10 clippy::cast_sign_loss,
11 clippy::cast_precision_loss,
12 clippy::cast_lossless
13)]
14
15extern crate alloc;
16
17/// Error types for LERC encoding and decoding.
18pub mod error;
19/// Pixel data types and the `Sample` trait for type-safe encoding/decoding.
20pub mod types;
21
22/// Validity bitmask for tracking valid/invalid pixels.
23pub mod bitmask;
24pub(crate) mod bitstuffer;
25/// Fletcher-32 checksum used by the LERC2 format.
26#[allow(dead_code)]
27pub mod checksum;
28#[allow(dead_code)]
29pub(crate) mod header;
30#[allow(dead_code)]
31pub(crate) mod huffman;
32pub(crate) mod rle;
33
34pub(crate) mod decode;
35pub(crate) mod encode;
36#[allow(dead_code)]
37pub(crate) mod fpl;
38pub(crate) mod lerc1;
39#[allow(dead_code)]
40pub(crate) mod tiles;
41
42pub use error::{LercError, Result};
43pub use types::{DataType, Sample};
44
45use alloc::vec;
46use alloc::vec::Vec;
47
48use bitmask::BitMask;
49
50/// Controls the precision/error tolerance for LERC encoding.
51///
52/// `Lossless` preserves exact values. `Tolerance(x)` allows decoded values
53/// to differ from originals by at most +/-x.
54#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Default)]
55pub enum Precision<T> {
56 /// Lossless compression. Exact round-trip for all pixel values.
57 #[default]
58 Lossless,
59 /// Lossy compression. Decoded values are within the given tolerance of originals.
60 Tolerance(T),
61}
62
63/// Metadata returned from a decode-into operation (no owned pixel data).
64#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
65pub struct DecodeResult {
66 /// Image width in pixels.
67 pub width: u32,
68 /// Image height in pixels.
69 pub height: u32,
70 /// Number of values per pixel (depth slices).
71 pub depth: u32,
72 /// Number of bands in the image.
73 pub bands: u32,
74 /// Pixel data type of the decoded blob.
75 pub data_type: DataType,
76 /// Per-band validity masks indicating which pixels are valid.
77 pub valid_masks: Vec<BitMask>,
78 /// NoData sentinel value, if the blob uses NoData encoding.
79 pub no_data_value: Option<f64>,
80}
81
82/// Header metadata extracted from a LERC blob without decoding pixel data.
83#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
84pub struct LercInfo {
85 /// LERC format version number.
86 pub version: i32,
87 /// Image width in pixels.
88 pub width: u32,
89 /// Image height in pixels.
90 pub height: u32,
91 /// Number of values per pixel (depth slices).
92 pub depth: u32,
93 /// Number of bands in the image.
94 pub bands: u32,
95 /// Pixel data type stored in the blob.
96 pub data_type: DataType,
97 /// Number of valid (non-masked) pixels.
98 pub valid_pixels: u32,
99 /// Maximum error tolerance used during encoding.
100 pub tolerance: f64,
101 /// Minimum pixel value across all valid pixels.
102 pub min_value: f64,
103 /// Maximum pixel value across all valid pixels.
104 pub max_value: f64,
105 /// Total size of the LERC blob in bytes.
106 pub blob_size: u32,
107 /// The original NoData value, if the blob uses NoData encoding (v6+, depth > 1).
108 pub no_data_value: Option<f64>,
109}
110
111/// A decoded raster image with pixel data and validity masks.
112#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
113pub struct Image {
114 /// Image width in pixels.
115 pub width: u32,
116 /// Image height in pixels.
117 pub height: u32,
118 /// Number of values per pixel (depth slices).
119 pub depth: u32,
120 /// Number of bands in the image.
121 pub bands: u32,
122 /// Pixel data type.
123 pub data_type: DataType,
124 /// Per-band validity masks indicating which pixels are valid.
125 pub valid_masks: Vec<BitMask>,
126 /// Pixel sample data stored as a typed vector.
127 pub data: SampleData,
128 /// The original NoData value, if any. When set during encoding with depth > 1,
129 /// pixels matching this value in invalid depth slices are encoded with a sentinel.
130 /// On decode, the sentinel is remapped back to this value.
131 pub no_data_value: Option<f64>,
132}
133
134impl Default for Image {
135 fn default() -> Self {
136 Self {
137 width: 0,
138 height: 0,
139 depth: 1,
140 bands: 1,
141 data_type: DataType::Byte,
142 valid_masks: Vec::new(),
143 data: SampleData::U8(Vec::new()),
144 no_data_value: None,
145 }
146 }
147}
148
149/// Type-erased pixel data container, one variant per supported data type.
150#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
151pub enum SampleData {
152 /// Signed 8-bit integer pixel data.
153 I8(Vec<i8>),
154 /// Unsigned 8-bit integer pixel data.
155 U8(Vec<u8>),
156 /// Signed 16-bit integer pixel data.
157 I16(Vec<i16>),
158 /// Unsigned 16-bit integer pixel data.
159 U16(Vec<u16>),
160 /// Signed 32-bit integer pixel data.
161 I32(Vec<i32>),
162 /// Unsigned 32-bit integer pixel data.
163 U32(Vec<u32>),
164 /// 32-bit floating-point pixel data.
165 F32(Vec<f32>),
166 /// 64-bit floating-point pixel data.
167 F64(Vec<f64>),
168}
169
170/// Read header metadata from a LERC blob without decoding pixel data.
171pub fn decode_info(data: &[u8]) -> Result<LercInfo> {
172 decode::decode_info(data)
173}
174
175/// Decode a LERC blob, returning the image with pixel data and validity masks.
176pub fn decode(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Image> {
177 decode::decode(data)
178}
179
180/// Encode an image into a LERC blob with the given precision.
181///
182/// This entry point clones the image's pixel buffer when called via the
183/// owning `Image` path. To avoid that clone, see [`encode_borrowed`], which
184/// takes a borrowed `&[T]` and image-shape parameters directly.
185pub fn encode(image: &Image, precision: Precision<f64>) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
186 let max_z_error = match precision {
187 Precision::Lossless => {
188 if image.data_type.is_integer() {
189 0.5
190 } else {
191 0.0
192 }
193 }
194 Precision::Tolerance(val) => val,
195 };
196 encode::encode(image, max_z_error)
197}
198
199/// Zero-copy multi-band encode entry point.
200///
201/// Encodes a raster image directly from a borrowed pixel slice, avoiding the
202/// buffer clone forced by the [`Image`]-based [`encode`] API. The pixel type
203/// `T` determines the LERC data type automatically via [`Sample`]; tolerances
204/// are expressed in `f64` regardless of `T` to keep the API boundary uniform.
205///
206/// # Data layout
207///
208/// `data` is band-major: outermost is `band`, then row-major within each band,
209/// then `depth` slices interleaved per pixel. Concretely, the value for band
210/// `b`, row `r`, column `c`, depth `d` is at index
211/// `b * (width * height * depth) + (r * width + c) * depth + d`.
212///
213/// `data.len()` must equal `width * height * depth * bands`.
214///
215/// # Validity masks
216///
217/// `masks.len()` must equal `bands`, with one [`BitMask`] per band (each
218/// having `num_pixels() == width * height`). For fully valid bands, pass
219/// [`BitMask::all_valid(width as usize * height as usize)`](BitMask::all_valid).
220///
221/// # Errors
222///
223/// Returns [`LercError::InvalidData`] if the data length, the number of
224/// masks, or any mask's pixel count does not match the declared shape.
225///
226/// # Examples
227///
228/// ```
229/// use lerc::{Precision, encode_borrowed};
230/// use lerc::bitmask::BitMask;
231///
232/// let width = 4u32;
233/// let height = 3u32;
234/// let pixels: Vec<f32> = (0..12).map(|i| i as f32).collect();
235/// let masks = [BitMask::all_valid((width * height) as usize)];
236/// let blob = encode_borrowed::<f32>(
237/// width, height, 1, 1,
238/// &pixels,
239/// &masks,
240/// None,
241/// Precision::Lossless,
242/// ).expect("encode failed");
243/// assert!(!blob.is_empty());
244/// ```
245#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
246pub fn encode_borrowed<T: Sample>(
247 width: u32,
248 height: u32,
249 depth: u32,
250 bands: u32,
251 data: &[T],
252 masks: &[BitMask],
253 no_data_value: Option<f64>,
254 precision: Precision<f64>,
255) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
256 let pixels_per_band = (width as usize) * (height as usize);
257 let expected = pixels_per_band * (depth as usize) * (bands as usize);
258 if data.len() != expected {
259 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
260 "data length {} does not match width*height*depth*bands {expected}",
261 data.len()
262 )));
263 }
264 if masks.len() != bands as usize {
265 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
266 "masks length {} does not match bands {}",
267 masks.len(),
268 bands
269 )));
270 }
271 for (i, mask) in masks.iter().enumerate() {
272 if mask.num_pixels() != pixels_per_band {
273 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
274 "mask[{i}] pixel count {} does not match width*height {pixels_per_band}",
275 mask.num_pixels()
276 )));
277 }
278 }
279 let max_z_error: f64 = match precision {
280 Precision::Lossless => {
281 if T::is_integer() {
282 0.5
283 } else {
284 0.0
285 }
286 }
287 Precision::Tolerance(val) => val,
288 };
289 encode::encode_borrowed_typed(
290 width,
291 height,
292 depth,
293 bands,
294 data,
295 masks,
296 no_data_value,
297 max_z_error,
298 )
299}
300
301// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
302// Typed convenience encode/decode helpers
303// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
304
305/// Encode a single-band image with all pixels valid.
306///
307/// The pixel type `T` determines the LERC data type automatically via `Sample`.
308/// Returns an error if `data.len() != width * height`.
309///
310/// This helper internally clones `data` into an owned `Image`. For zero-copy
311/// encoding, including multi-band layouts, see [`encode_borrowed`].
312pub fn encode_slice<T: Sample>(
313 width: u32,
314 height: u32,
315 data: &[T],
316 precision: Precision<T>,
317) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
318 let expected = (width as usize) * (height as usize);
319 if data.len() != expected {
320 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
321 "data length {} does not match width*height {expected}",
322 data.len()
323 )));
324 }
325 let max_z_error: f64 = match precision {
326 Precision::Lossless => {
327 if T::is_integer() {
328 0.5
329 } else {
330 0.0
331 }
332 }
333 Precision::Tolerance(val) => val.to_f64(),
334 };
335 let image = Image {
336 width,
337 height,
338 depth: 1,
339 bands: 1,
340 data_type: T::DATA_TYPE,
341 valid_masks: vec![BitMask::all_valid(expected)],
342 data: T::into_lerc_data(data.to_vec()),
343 no_data_value: None,
344 };
345 encode::encode(&image, max_z_error)
346}
347
348/// Encode a single-band image with a validity mask.
349///
350/// The pixel type `T` determines the LERC data type automatically via `Sample`.
351/// Returns an error if `data.len() != width * height` or if the mask size does not match.
352///
353/// This helper internally clones `data` into an owned `Image`. For zero-copy
354/// encoding, including multi-band layouts, see [`encode_borrowed`].
355pub fn encode_slice_masked<T: Sample>(
356 width: u32,
357 height: u32,
358 data: &[T],
359 mask: &BitMask,
360 precision: Precision<T>,
361) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
362 let expected = (width as usize) * (height as usize);
363 if data.len() != expected {
364 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
365 "data length {} does not match width*height {expected}",
366 data.len()
367 )));
368 }
369 if mask.num_pixels() != expected {
370 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
371 "mask pixel count {} does not match width*height {expected}",
372 mask.num_pixels()
373 )));
374 }
375 let max_z_error: f64 = match precision {
376 Precision::Lossless => {
377 if T::is_integer() {
378 0.5
379 } else {
380 0.0
381 }
382 }
383 Precision::Tolerance(val) => val.to_f64(),
384 };
385 let image = Image {
386 width,
387 height,
388 depth: 1,
389 bands: 1,
390 data_type: T::DATA_TYPE,
391 valid_masks: vec![mask.clone()],
392 data: T::into_lerc_data(data.to_vec()),
393 no_data_value: None,
394 };
395 encode::encode(&image, max_z_error)
396}
397
398/// Decode a single-band, single-depth LERC blob, returning typed pixel data,
399/// the validity mask, width, and height.
400///
401/// The pixel type `T` must match the blob's data type. Returns an error on type
402/// mismatch or if the blob contains multiple bands or depths (use [`decode`] for
403/// multi-band/multi-depth blobs to get full shape and per-band masks).
404pub fn decode_slice<T: Sample>(blob: &[u8]) -> Result<(Vec<T>, BitMask, u32, u32)> {
405 let image = decode::decode(blob)?;
406 if image.bands > 1 {
407 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
408 "decode_slice requires single-band data, got {} bands (use decode() instead)",
409 image.bands
410 )));
411 }
412 if image.depth > 1 {
413 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
414 "decode_slice requires single-depth data, got depth={} (use decode() instead)",
415 image.depth
416 )));
417 }
418 let w = image.width;
419 let h = image.height;
420 let pixels = T::try_from_lerc_data(image.data).map_err(|_| {
421 LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
422 "expected {:?} data but blob contains {:?}",
423 T::DATA_TYPE,
424 image.data_type
425 ))
426 })?;
427 let mask = image
428 .valid_masks
429 .into_iter()
430 .next()
431 .unwrap_or_else(|| BitMask::all_valid((w as usize) * (h as usize)));
432 Ok((pixels, mask, w, h))
433}
434
435// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
436// Typed accessor methods on Image
437// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
438
439impl Image {
440 /// Try to borrow the pixel data as `&[T]`.
441 ///
442 /// Returns `None` if the image's data type does not match `T`.
443 pub fn as_typed<T: Sample>(&self) -> Option<&[T]> {
444 T::try_ref_lerc_data(&self.data)
445 }
446
447 /// Return the validity mask for the first band, or `None` if no masks are present.
448 pub fn mask(&self) -> Option<&BitMask> {
449 self.valid_masks.first()
450 }
451
452 /// Get the pixel value at `(row, col)` for single-band, single-depth images.
453 ///
454 /// Returns `None` if the data type does not match `T`, if `bands > 1` or
455 /// `depth > 1`, or if the coordinates are out of bounds.
456 pub fn pixel<T: Sample>(&self, row: u32, col: u32) -> Option<T> {
457 if self.bands != 1 || self.depth != 1 {
458 return None;
459 }
460 if row >= self.height || col >= self.width {
461 return None;
462 }
463 let data = self.as_typed::<T>()?;
464 let idx = row as usize * self.width as usize + col as usize;
465 Some(data[idx])
466 }
467
468 /// Iterate over valid pixels as `(row, col, value)` tuples.
469 ///
470 /// Only works for single-band, single-depth images. Returns `None` if the data
471 /// type does not match `T` or if `bands > 1` or `depth > 1`.
472 /// The iterator respects the validity mask, skipping invalid pixels.
473 pub fn valid_pixels<'a, T: Sample + 'a>(
474 &'a self,
475 ) -> Option<impl Iterator<Item = (u32, u32, T)> + 'a> {
476 if self.bands != 1 || self.depth != 1 {
477 return None;
478 }
479 let data = self.as_typed::<T>()?;
480 let width = self.width;
481 let mask = self.valid_masks.first();
482 Some(data.iter().enumerate().filter_map(move |(idx, &val)| {
483 let is_valid = match mask {
484 Some(m) => m.is_valid(idx),
485 None => true,
486 };
487 if is_valid {
488 let row = (idx / width as usize) as u32;
489 let col = (idx % width as usize) as u32;
490 Some((row, col, val))
491 } else {
492 None
493 }
494 }))
495 }
496
497 /// Get dimensions as `(width, height)`.
498 pub fn dimensions(&self) -> (u32, u32) {
499 (self.width, self.height)
500 }
501
502 /// Total number of pixels (`width * height`).
503 pub fn num_pixels(&self) -> usize {
504 self.width as usize * self.height as usize
505 }
506
507 /// Check if all pixels in the first band are valid.
508 ///
509 /// Returns `true` if there is no mask (all pixels are implicitly valid),
510 /// if the first band's mask is [`BitMask::AllValid`] (O(1)), or if an
511 /// explicit mask happens to have every bit set (O(n) popcount fallback).
512 pub fn all_valid(&self) -> bool {
513 match self.valid_masks.first() {
514 Some(m) => m.is_all_valid(),
515 None => true,
516 }
517 }
518
519 /// Create a single-band, all-valid `Image` from a typed pixel vector
520 /// and dimensions.
521 ///
522 /// Returns an error if `data.len() != width * height`.
523 pub fn from_pixels<T: Sample>(width: u32, height: u32, data: Vec<T>) -> Result<Self> {
524 let expected = width as usize * height as usize;
525 if data.len() != expected {
526 return Err(LercError::InvalidData(alloc::format!(
527 "data length {} does not match width*height {expected}",
528 data.len()
529 )));
530 }
531 Ok(Self {
532 width,
533 height,
534 depth: 1,
535 bands: 1,
536 data_type: T::DATA_TYPE,
537 valid_masks: vec![BitMask::all_valid(expected)],
538 data: T::into_lerc_data(data),
539 no_data_value: None,
540 })
541 }
542}
543
544// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
545// Zero-copy decode-into API
546// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
547
548/// Decode a LERC blob into a pre-allocated buffer, returning metadata.
549///
550/// The type `T` must match the blob's data type (e.g., `f32` for `DataType::Float`).
551/// The buffer must have at least `width * height * n_depth * n_bands` elements.
552///
553/// Returns `LercError::TypeMismatch` if `T` does not match the blob's data type.
554/// Returns `LercError::OutputBufferTooSmall` if the buffer is too small.
555pub fn decode_into<T: Sample>(data: &[u8], output: &mut [T]) -> Result<DecodeResult> {
556 decode::decode_into(data, output)
557}
558
559/// Decode a LERC blob into a pre-allocated buffer, filling invalid pixels with
560/// a caller-supplied sentinel value.
561///
562/// This is a convenience layer over [`decode_into`]: it performs the same decode
563/// (so the same constraints on type and buffer size apply), then walks each
564/// band's validity mask and writes `nodata` into every position that the mask
565/// reports as invalid. For pixels with `depth > 1`, all `depth` slices of an
566/// invalid pixel receive the sentinel.
567///
568/// The returned [`DecodeResult`] still carries `valid_masks`, so callers that
569/// want both the sentinel-filled buffer and the masks (e.g. to distinguish
570/// genuine sentinel-valued pixels from mask-driven fills) have access to both.
571///
572/// Bands whose mask is [`BitMask::AllValid`] are skipped entirely — no writes
573/// occur for those bands.
574pub fn decode_into_with_nodata<T: Sample>(
575 data: &[u8],
576 output: &mut [T],
577 nodata: T,
578) -> Result<DecodeResult> {
579 let result = decode::decode_into(data, output)?;
580
581 let n_cols = result.width as usize;
582 let n_rows = result.height as usize;
583 let n_depth = result.depth as usize;
584 let band_size = n_rows * n_cols * n_depth;
585
586 for (band_idx, mask) in result.valid_masks.iter().enumerate() {
587 if mask.is_all_valid() {
588 continue;
589 }
590 let band_offset = band_idx * band_size;
591 for i in 0..n_rows {
592 let row_start = band_offset + i * n_cols * n_depth;
593 for j in 0..n_cols {
594 let k = i * n_cols + j;
595 if !mask.is_valid(k) {
596 let base = row_start + j * n_depth;
597 for m in 0..n_depth {
598 output[base + m] = nodata;
599 }
600 }
601 }
602 }
603 }
604
605 Ok(result)
606}