Compress object and decompress
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream; import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream; public class Util { public static byte[] compress(Object data) { if (data == null) { return null; } try { ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); GZIPOutputStream gout = new GZIPOutputStream(baos); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(gout); oos.writeObject(data); oos.flush(); gout.finish(); return baos.toByteArray(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } public static Object decompress(byte[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } try { ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(data); GZIPInputStream gin = new GZIPInputStream(bais); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(gin); return ois.readObject(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }