// compression/GZIPcompress.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information. // {Args: GZIPcompress.java} import java.util.zip.*; import java.io.*; public class GZIPcompress { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { if(args.length == 0) { System.out.println( "Usage: \nGZIPcompress file\n" + "\tUses GZIP compression to compress " + "the file to test.gz"); System.exit(1); } try(InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream( new FileInputStream(args[0])); BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream( new GZIPOutputStream( new FileOutputStream("test.gz")))) { System.out.println("Writing file"); int c; while((c = in.read()) != -1) out.write(c); } System.out.println("Reading file"); try(BufferedReader in2 = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(new GZIPInputStream( new FileInputStream("test.gz"))))) { String s; while((s = in2.readLine()) != null) System.out.println(s); } } } /* Output: (Execute to see) */