Create .bz2 (BZip2) Compressed File

Compress a file to create a .bz2 compressed file.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkBz2 bz2 = new CkBz2();

    boolean success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = bz2.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(bz2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Any type of file may be compressed.
    //  The .bz2 file format is not an archive.  Only a single
    //  file may be compressed.  It is for this reason that you'll
    //  often see TAR files compressed with BZip2 (i.e. a file
    //  ending in .tar.bz2.

    //  This example will compress an XML file.
    //  The 1st arg is the file to compress, the 2nd arg is
    //  the output (.bz2) filename.
    success = bz2.CompressFile("hamlet.xml","hamlet.xml.bz2");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(bz2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  There is no limitation on the size of files that may be compressed.
    System.out.println("Success!");
  }
}