Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.zip.Deflater; import com.amazonaws.util.Base64; public class Main { public static String compressAndB64EncodeUTF8Bytes(byte[] bytes) throws Exception { byte[] input = bytes; // Compressor with highest level of compression Deflater compressor = new Deflater(); compressor.setLevel(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION); // Give the compressor the data to compress compressor.setInput(input); compressor.finish(); // Create an expandable byte array to hold the compressed data. // It is not necessary that the compressed data will be smaller than // the uncompressed data. ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(input.length); // Compress the data byte[] buf = new byte[32]; while (!compressor.finished()) { int count = compressor.deflate(buf); bos.write(buf, 0, count); } try { bos.close(); } catch (IOException e) { } // Get the compressed data byte[] compressedData = bos.toByteArray(); return new String(Base64.encode(compressedData), "UTF-8"); } }