What is a good compression library for Java?

Question

I need to compress some of our network application traffic to improve performance. I guess this means that I need to stay away from some new algorithms like bzip2, which I think I heard more slowly.

Answer 1

You can use Deflater / Inflater , which is built into the JDK. There are also GZIPInputStream and GZIPOutputStream, but it really depends on your exact use.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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I have a test case that shows the relative compression difference between Deflate, Filtered, BZip2 and lzma . Just plug in the sample data and check the time between the two machines.