Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

java.util.zip
Class Deflater

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.zip.Deflater

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);

     // 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
 }
 

See Also:
Inflater

Field Summary
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 HUFFMAN_ONLY
          Compression strategy for Huffman coding only.
static int NO_COMPRESSION
          Compression level for no compression.
 
Constructor Summary
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.
 
Method Summary
 int deflate(byte[] b)
          Fills specified buffer with compressed data.
 int deflate(byte[] b, int off, int len)
          Fills 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 current compression level to the specified value.
 void setStrategy(int strategy)
          Sets the compression strategy to the specified value.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

DEFLATED

public static final int DEFLATED
Compression method for the deflate algorithm (the only one currently supported).

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Constant Field Values

NO_COMPRESSION

public static final int NO_COMPRESSION
Compression level for no compression.

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Constant Field Values

BEST_SPEED

public static final int BEST_SPEED
Compression level for fastest compression.

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Constant Field Values

BEST_COMPRESSION

public static final int BEST_COMPRESSION
Compression level for best compression.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_COMPRESSION

public static final int DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
Default compression level.

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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.

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Constant Field Values

HUFFMAN_ONLY

public static final int HUFFMAN_ONLY
Compression strategy for Huffman coding only.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_STRATEGY

public static final int DEFAULT_STRATEGY
Default compression strategy.

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Constant Field Values
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:
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:
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.

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:
b - the input data bytes
off - the start offset of the data
len - the length of the data
See Also:
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:
b - the input data bytes
See Also:
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:
b - the dictionary data bytes
off - the start offset of the data
len - the length of the data
See Also:
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:
b - the dictionary data bytes
See Also:
Inflater.inflate(byte[], int, int), Inflater.getAdler()

setStrategy

public void setStrategy(int strategy)
Sets the compression strategy to the specified value.

Parameters:
strategy - the new compression strategy
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the compression strategy is invalid

setLevel

public void setLevel(int level)
Sets the current compression level to the specified value.

Parameters:
level - the new compression level (0-9)
Throws:
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)
Fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates that needsInput() should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.

Parameters:
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

deflate

public int deflate(byte[] b)
Fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates that needsInput() should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.

Parameters:
b - the buffer for the compressed data
Returns:
the actual number of bytes of compressed data

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:
finalize in class Object

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Standard Ed. 6

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