@statesync/persistence

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@statesync/persistence / lzCompress

Function: lzCompress()

function lzCompress(input): string;

Defined in: persistence/src/compression.ts:32

Compress a string using a built-in LZW-based algorithm.

The output is a UTF-16 safe string suitable for direct storage in localStorage or any string-based backend. The dictionary size is capped at 0xFFFE entries to stay within the BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The raw string to compress. Returns an empty string if input is falsy.

Returns

string

The compressed string representation.

Example

const compressed = lzCompress(JSON.stringify(myState));
const restored = JSON.parse(lzDecompress(compressed));