XzArchive

XzArchive constructor (1 of 3)

Initializes a new instance of the XzArchive class and composes the archive in xz format.

public XzArchive(XzArchiveSettings settings = null)

Parameter	Type	Description
settings	XzArchiveSettings	Set of setting particular xz archive: dictionary size, block size, check type.

Initializes a new instance of the XzArchive class prepared for decompressing.

public XzArchive(Stream source)

Parameter	Type	Description
source	Stream	The source of the archive.

exception	condition
ArgumentException	source is not seekable.
ArgumentNullException	source is null.

This constructor does not decompress. See Extract method for decompressing.

Initializes a new instance of the XzArchive class prepared for decompressing.

public XzArchive(string path)

Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	Path to the source of the archive.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access.
ArgumentException	The path is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to file path is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	File at path contains a colon (:) in the middle of the string.
FileNotFoundException	The file is not found.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
IOException	The file is already open.

This constructor does not decompress. See Extract method for decompressing.