Java

Gzip Compress In Memory and Base64 Encode

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Demonstrates how to Gzip compress in-memory data and then encode the compressed data to base64. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.BinData;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Gzip;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Gzip gzip = new Gzip();

        // This example will load a file into the fileData object.
        // Your application might load fileData from other sources..
        BinData fileData = new BinData();
        try {
            fileData.loadFile("qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to load file.");
            return;
        }

        // In-place compress the contents of fileData
        try {
            gzip.compressBd(fileData);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the base64 encoded compressed data (in a single line).
        String strBase64 = fileData.getEncoded("base64");
        System.out.println(strBase64);
        System.out.println("--------");

        // To get the base64 in multiple lines, as it might appear in MIME,
        // use "base64-mime".
        String strBase64MultiLine = fileData.getEncoded("base64-mime");
        System.out.println(strBase64MultiLine);
    }
}