Chapter 31

 

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31. The java.util.zip Package

The java.util.zip package contains classes for data compression and decompression. It is new in Java 1.1. Figure 31.1 shows the class hierarchy of the package.

The Deflater and Inflater classes perform data compression and decompression. DeflaterOutputStream and InflaterInputStream apply that functionality to byte streams; the subclasses of these streams implement both the GZIP and ZIP compression formats. The Adler32 and CRC32 classes implement the Checksum interface and compute the checksums required for data compression.

public class Adler32 extends Object implements Checksum {
    // Default Constructor: public Adler32()
    // Public Instance Methods
            public long getValue();  // From Checksum
            public void reset();  // From Checksum
            public void update(int b);  // From Checksum
            public native void update(byte[] b, int off, int len);  // From Checksum
            public void update(byte[] b);
}

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java.util.Vector (JDK 1.0)		java.util.zip.CheckedInputStream (JDK 1.1)

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