diff --git a/src/compression_engine.rs b/src/compression_engine.rs
index 8d6c6a2..daa5d88 100755
--- a/src/compression_engine.rs
+++ b/src/compression_engine.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ pub trait CompressionEngine {
         true
     }
 
+    /// Returns status information for this compression engine.
+    ///
+    /// For internal engines, returns ("<INTERNAL>", "", "").
+    /// For external program engines, returns (program_binary, compress_args, decompress_args).
+    ///
+    /// # Returns
+    ///
+    /// A tuple of (binary, compress_command, decompress_command).
+    fn get_status_info(&self) -> (String, String, String) {
+        ("<INTERNAL>".to_string(), "".to_string(), "".to_string())
+    }
+
     /// Copies decompressed content from a file to a writer.
     ///
     /// Reads the compressed file and writes the decompressed content to the provided writer.
@@ -144,3 +156,51 @@ pub trait CompressionEngine {
         writer.flush()?;
         Ok(())
     }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref COMPRESSION_ENGINES: EnumMap<CompressionType, Box<dyn CompressionEngine>> = {
+        enum_map! {
+            CompressionType::LZ4 => Box::new(crate::compression_engine::lz4::CompressionEngineLZ4::new()),
+            CompressionType::GZip => {
+                #[cfg(feature = "gzip")]
+                Box::new(crate::compression_engine::gzip::CompressionEngineGZip::new()),
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "gzip"))]
+                Box::new(crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram::new(
+                    "gzip",
+                    vec!["-c"],
+                    vec!["-d", "-c"]
+                ))
+            },
+            CompressionType::BZip2 => Box::new(crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram::new(
+                "bzip2",
+                vec!["-c"],
+                vec!["-d", "-c"]
+            )),
+            CompressionType::XZ => Box::new(crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram::new(
+                "xz",
+                vec!["-c"],
+                vec!["-d", "-c"]
+            )),
+            CompressionType::ZStd => Box::new(crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram::new(
+                "zstd",
+                vec!["-c"],
+                vec!["-d", "-c"]
+            )),
+            CompressionType::None => Box::new(crate::compression_engine::none::CompressionEngineNone::new())
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn default_compression_type() -> CompressionType {
+    CompressionType::LZ4
+}
+
+pub fn get_compression_engine(ct: CompressionType) -> Result<Box<dyn CompressionEngine>> {
+    let engine = &COMPRESSION_ENGINES[ct];
+    if engine.is_supported() {
+        Ok(engine.clone())
+    } else {
+        Err(anyhow!("Compression engine for {} is not supported", ct))
+    }
+}