Java Zip String zipStringToBytes(String input)

Description

Gzip the input string into a byte[].

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static byte[] zipStringToBytes(String input) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gzip the input string into a byte[].
     * 
     * @param input
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static byte[] zipStringToBytes(String input) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        BufferedOutputStream bufos = new BufferedOutputStream(
                new GZIPOutputStream(bos));
        bufos.write(input.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        bufos.close();
        byte[] retval = bos.toByteArray();
        bos.close();
        return retval;
    }
}

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6. zipText(String text)