Class Deflater
- java.lang.Object
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- java.util.zip.Deflater
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public class Deflater extends Object
This class provides support for general purpose compression using the popular ZLIB compression library. The ZLIB compression library was initially developed as part of the PNG graphics standard and is not protected by patents. It is fully described in the specifications at the java.util.zip package description.The following code fragment demonstrates a trivial compression and decompression of a string using Deflater and Inflater.
try { // Encode a String into bytes String inputString = "blahblahblah"; byte[] input = inputString.getBytes("UTF-8"); // Compress the bytes byte[] output = new byte[100]; Deflater compresser = new Deflater(); compresser.setInput(input); compresser.finish(); int compressedDataLength = compresser.deflate(output); compresser.end(); // Decompress the bytes Inflater decompresser = new Inflater(); decompresser.setInput(output, 0, compressedDataLength); byte[] result = new byte[100]; int resultLength = decompresser.inflate(result); decompresser.end(); // Decode the bytes into a String String outputString = new String(result, 0, resultLength, "UTF-8"); } catch(java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException ex) { // handle } catch (java.util.zip.DataFormatException ex) { // handle }
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Inflater
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Field Summary
Fields Modifier and Type Field and Description static int
BEST_COMPRESSION
Compression level for best compression.static int
BEST_SPEED
Compression level for fastest compression.static int
DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
Default compression level.static int
DEFAULT_STRATEGY
Default compression strategy.static int
DEFLATED
Compression method for the deflate algorithm (the only one currently supported).static int
FILTERED
Compression strategy best used for data consisting mostly of small values with a somewhat random distribution.static int
FULL_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to flush out all pending output and reset the deflater.static int
HUFFMAN_ONLY
Compression strategy for Huffman coding only.static int
NO_COMPRESSION
Compression level for no compression.static int
NO_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to achieve best compression result.static int
SYNC_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to flush out all pending output; may degrade compression for some compression algorithms.
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor and Description Deflater()
Creates a new compressor with the default compression level.Deflater(int level)
Creates a new compressor using the specified compression level.Deflater(int level, boolean nowrap)
Creates a new compressor using the specified compression level.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description int
deflate(byte[] b)
Compresses the input data and fills specified buffer with compressed data.int
deflate(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Compresses the input data and fills specified buffer with compressed data.int
deflate(byte[] b, int off, int len, int flush)
Compresses the input data and fills the specified buffer with compressed data.void
end()
Closes the compressor and discards any unprocessed input.protected void
finalize()
Closes the compressor when garbage is collected.void
finish()
When called, indicates that compression should end with the current contents of the input buffer.boolean
finished()
Returns true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached.int
getAdler()
Returns the ADLER-32 value of the uncompressed data.long
getBytesRead()
Returns the total number of uncompressed bytes input so far.long
getBytesWritten()
Returns the total number of compressed bytes output so far.int
getTotalIn()
Returns the total number of uncompressed bytes input so far.int
getTotalOut()
Returns the total number of compressed bytes output so far.boolean
needsInput()
Returns true if the input data buffer is empty and setInput() should be called in order to provide more input.void
reset()
Resets deflater so that a new set of input data can be processed.void
setDictionary(byte[] b)
Sets preset dictionary for compression.void
setDictionary(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Sets preset dictionary for compression.void
setInput(byte[] b)
Sets input data for compression.void
setInput(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Sets input data for compression.void
setLevel(int level)
Sets the compression level to the specified value.void
setStrategy(int strategy)
Sets the compression strategy to the specified value.
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Field Detail
DEFLATED
public static final int DEFLATED
Compression method for the deflate algorithm (the only one currently supported).- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
NO_COMPRESSION
public static final int NO_COMPRESSION
Compression level for no compression.- See Also:
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BEST_SPEED
public static final int BEST_SPEED
Compression level for fastest compression.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
BEST_COMPRESSION
public static final int BEST_COMPRESSION
Compression level for best compression.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
public static final int DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
Default compression level.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
FILTERED
public static final int FILTERED
Compression strategy best used for data consisting mostly of small values with a somewhat random distribution. Forces more Huffman coding and less string matching.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
HUFFMAN_ONLY
public static final int HUFFMAN_ONLY
Compression strategy for Huffman coding only.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
DEFAULT_STRATEGY
public static final int DEFAULT_STRATEGY
Default compression strategy.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
NO_FLUSH
public static final int NO_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to achieve best compression result.- Since:
- 1.7
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deflate(byte[], int, int, int)
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SYNC_FLUSH
public static final int SYNC_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to flush out all pending output; may degrade compression for some compression algorithms.- Since:
- 1.7
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deflate(byte[], int, int, int)
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FULL_FLUSH
public static final int FULL_FLUSH
Compression flush mode used to flush out all pending output and reset the deflater. Using this mode too often can seriously degrade compression.- Since:
- 1.7
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deflate(byte[], int, int, int)
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Constructor Detail
Deflater
public Deflater(int level, boolean nowrap)
Creates a new compressor using the specified compression level. If 'nowrap' is true then the ZLIB header and checksum fields will not be used in order to support the compression format used in both GZIP and PKZIP.- Parameters:
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level
- the compression level (0-9) -
nowrap
- if true then use GZIP compatible compression
Deflater
public Deflater(int level)
Creates a new compressor using the specified compression level. Compressed data will be generated in ZLIB format.- Parameters:
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level
- the compression level (0-9)
Deflater
public Deflater()
Creates a new compressor with the default compression level. Compressed data will be generated in ZLIB format.
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Method Detail
setInput
public void setInput(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Sets input data for compression. This should be called whenever needsInput() returns true indicating that more input data is required.- Parameters:
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b
- the input data bytes -
off
- the start offset of the data -
len
- the length of the data - See Also:
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needsInput()
setInput
public void setInput(byte[] b)
Sets input data for compression. This should be called whenever needsInput() returns true indicating that more input data is required.- Parameters:
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b
- the input data bytes - See Also:
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needsInput()
setDictionary
public void setDictionary(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Sets preset dictionary for compression. A preset dictionary is used when the history buffer can be predetermined. When the data is later uncompressed with Inflater.inflate(), Inflater.getAdler() can be called in order to get the Adler-32 value of the dictionary required for decompression.- Parameters:
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b
- the dictionary data bytes -
off
- the start offset of the data -
len
- the length of the data - See Also:
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Inflater.inflate(byte[], int, int)
,Inflater.getAdler()
setDictionary
public void setDictionary(byte[] b)
Sets preset dictionary for compression. A preset dictionary is used when the history buffer can be predetermined. When the data is later uncompressed with Inflater.inflate(), Inflater.getAdler() can be called in order to get the Adler-32 value of the dictionary required for decompression.- Parameters:
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b
- the dictionary data bytes - See Also:
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Inflater.inflate(byte[], int, int)
,Inflater.getAdler()
setStrategy
public void setStrategy(int strategy)
Sets the compression strategy to the specified value.If the compression strategy is changed, the next invocation of
deflate
will compress the input available so far with the old strategy (and may be flushed); the new strategy will take effect only after that invocation.- Parameters:
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strategy
- the new compression strategy - Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- if the compression strategy is invalid
setLevel
public void setLevel(int level)
Sets the compression level to the specified value.If the compression level is changed, the next invocation of
deflate
will compress the input available so far with the old level (and may be flushed); the new level will take effect only after that invocation.- Parameters:
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level
- the new compression level (0-9) - Throws:
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IllegalArgumentException
- if the compression level is invalid
needsInput
public boolean needsInput()
Returns true if the input data buffer is empty and setInput() should be called in order to provide more input.- Returns:
- true if the input data buffer is empty and setInput() should be called in order to provide more input
finish
public void finish()
When called, indicates that compression should end with the current contents of the input buffer.
finished
public boolean finished()
Returns true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached.- Returns:
- true if the end of the compressed data output stream has been reached
deflate
public int deflate(byte[] b, int off, int len)
Compresses the input data and fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates thatneedsInput
should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.This method uses
NO_FLUSH
as its compression flush mode. An invocation of this method of the formdeflater.deflate(b, off, len)
yields the same result as the invocation ofdeflater.deflate(b, off, len, Deflater.NO_FLUSH)
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b
- the buffer for the compressed data -
off
- the start offset of the data -
len
- the maximum number of bytes of compressed data - Returns:
- the actual number of bytes of compressed data written to the output buffer
deflate
public int deflate(byte[] b)
Compresses the input data and fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates thatneedsInput
should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.This method uses
NO_FLUSH
as its compression flush mode. An invocation of this method of the formdeflater.deflate(b)
yields the same result as the invocation ofdeflater.deflate(b, 0, b.length, Deflater.NO_FLUSH)
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b
- the buffer for the compressed data - Returns:
- the actual number of bytes of compressed data written to the output buffer
deflate
public int deflate(byte[] b, int off, int len, int flush)
Compresses the input data and fills the specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of data compressed.Compression flush mode is one of the following three modes:
NO_FLUSH
: allows the deflater to decide how much data to accumulate, before producing output, in order to achieve the best compression (should be used in normal use scenario). A return value of 0 in this flush mode indicates thatneedsInput()
should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.SYNC_FLUSH
: all pending output in the deflater is flushed, to the specified output buffer, so that an inflater that works on compressed data can get all input data available so far (In particular theneedsInput()
returnstrue
after this invocation if enough output space is provided). Flushing withSYNC_FLUSH
may degrade compression for some compression algorithms and so it should be used only when necessary.FULL_FLUSH
: all pending output is flushed out as withSYNC_FLUSH
. The compression state is reset so that the inflater that works on the compressed output data can restart from this point if previous compressed data has been damaged or if random access is desired. UsingFULL_FLUSH
too often can seriously degrade compression.
In the case of
FULL_FLUSH
orSYNC_FLUSH
, if the return value islen
, the space available in output bufferb
, this method should be invoked again with the sameflush
parameter and more output space.- Parameters:
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b
- the buffer for the compressed data -
off
- the start offset of the data -
len
- the maximum number of bytes of compressed data -
flush
- the compression flush mode - Returns:
- the actual number of bytes of compressed data written to the output buffer
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IllegalArgumentException
- if the flush mode is invalid - Since:
- 1.7
getAdler
public int getAdler()
Returns the ADLER-32 value of the uncompressed data.- Returns:
- the ADLER-32 value of the uncompressed data
getTotalIn
public int getTotalIn()
Returns the total number of uncompressed bytes input so far.Since the number of bytes may be greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE, the
getBytesRead()
method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.- Returns:
- the total number of uncompressed bytes input so far
getBytesRead
public long getBytesRead()
Returns the total number of uncompressed bytes input so far.- Returns:
- the total (non-negative) number of uncompressed bytes input so far
- Since:
- 1.5
getTotalOut
public int getTotalOut()
Returns the total number of compressed bytes output so far.Since the number of bytes may be greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE, the
getBytesWritten()
method is now the preferred means of obtaining this information.- Returns:
- the total number of compressed bytes output so far
getBytesWritten
public long getBytesWritten()
Returns the total number of compressed bytes output so far.- Returns:
- the total (non-negative) number of compressed bytes output so far
- Since:
- 1.5
reset
public void reset()
Resets deflater so that a new set of input data can be processed. Keeps current compression level and strategy settings.
end
public void end()
Closes the compressor and discards any unprocessed input. This method should be called when the compressor is no longer being used, but will also be called automatically by the finalize() method. Once this method is called, the behavior of the Deflater object is undefined.
finalize
protected void finalize()
Closes the compressor when garbage is collected.- Overrides:
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finalize
in classObject
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WeakReference
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