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GzipOutputStream is a Java class for writing data that will be compressed in gzip format. It is also available on Android.

GzipOutputStream is a Java class for writing data that will be compressed in gzip format. It is also available on Android.

On .NET, there is a similar class called GZipStream: use

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What order should I use GzipOutputStream and BufferedOutputStream

Can anyone recommend whether I should do something like: os = new GzipOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(...)); or os = new BufferedOutputStream(new GzipOutputStream(...)); Which is more efficient? Should I use BufferedOutputStream at all?
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What is the difference between GZIPOutputStream and DeflaterOutputStream?

GZIPOutputStream is just a subclass of DeflaterOutputStream but both can be instantiated. When do I use one over the other? Is the compression the same?
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Force flush on a GZIPOutputStream in java

we are working on a program where we need to flush (force compress and send data) a GZIPOutputStream. The problem is, that the flush method of the GZIPOutputStream doesn't work as expected (force compress and send data), instead the Stream waits for…
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GZip in android

How to compress and decompress a file in android using GZip. please provide with some reference , so that it would a great help for me. Thanks in advance
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String to GZIPOutputStream

I've tried searching and couldn't find anything. What I'm trying to do is I'm looping through a list where I'm constructing a string from a combination of items from multiple lists. I then want to dump these strings to a gzipped file. I got it…
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Compressing with Java Decompressing with PHP

I have a situation where a servlet is providing compressed data to a PHP script. I compress the data on the Java side no problem, but PHP seems unable to decompress. Here is the relevent code snippets Java Side: OutputStream…
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Why do gzip of Java and Go get different results?

Firstly, my Java version: string str = "helloworld"; ByteArrayOutputStream localByteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(str.length()); GZIPOutputStream localGZIPOutputStream = new…
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Compressing unicode characters

I am using GZIPOutputStream in my java program to compress big strings, and finally storing it in database. I can see that while compressing English text, I am achieving 1/4 to 1/10 compression ration (depending on the string value). So say for…
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GZIP decompress string and byte conversion

I have a problem in code: private static String compress(String str) { String str1 = null; ByteArrayOutputStream bos = null; try { bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); BufferedOutputStream dest = null; byte b[]…
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java wrap GZIPOutputStream & ByteArrayOutputStream together - what am I doing wrong?

Main.java import java.io.IOException; public class Main { private final CompressedOutputStream m_cos; public static void main(String[] args) { try { final Main m = new Main(new…
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Compressing a string using GZIPOutputStream

I want to zip my string values. These string values should be same as .net zipped strings. I wrote Decompress method and when I send a .net zipped string to it, it works correctly. But the Compress method does not work correctly. public static…
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Gzip decompression adding one extra byte ... Why?

I've written a simple Java code snippet which takes a String, converts it to byte[], and then compresses it using Gzip. Then it decompresses the result to get back the byte[], which now contains one extra garbage value byte. Why is there a garbage…
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compressing with GZIPOutputStream to upload without creating a gzip file locally

I'm trying to compress the file in java before I upload the file with GZIPOutputStream. Is there a way to just store the gzipped file in memory for the upload and not have it generate a gzipped file on the local computer? Thanks!
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GZIP eats newlines

I have the following code for compressing and decompressing string. public static byte[] compress(String str) { try { ByteArrayOutputStream obj = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); GZIPOutputStream gzip = new…
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GZIPOutputStream that does its compression in a separate thread

Is there an implemetation of GZIPOutputStream that would do the heavy lifting (compressing + writing to disk) in a separate thread? We are continuously writing huge amounts of GZIP-compressed data. I am looking for a drop-in replacement that could…
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