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| Chapter 18 The java.util.zip Package |

# DeflaterOutputStream

## Name

DeflaterOutputStream

## Synopsis

Class Name:

  `java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream`

Superclass:

  `java.io.FilterOutputStream`

Immediate Subclasses:

  `java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream`, `java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream`

Interfaces Implemented:

  None

Availability:

  New as of JDK 1.1

## Description

The `DeflaterOutputStream` class represents an `OutputStream` with an associated `Deflater`. In other words, a `DeflaterOutputStream` wraps a regular output stream, so that data written to the stream is compressed and written to the underlying stream. Two subclasses, `GZIPOutputStream` and `ZipOutputStream`, write compressed data in widely-recognized formats.

## Class Summary

    public class java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream
                 extends java.io.FilterOutputStream {
      // Variables
      protected byte[] buf;
      protected Deflater def;
      // Constructors
      public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out);
      public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def);
      public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def, int size);
      // Public Instance Methods
      public void close();
      public void finish();
      public void write(int b);
      public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len);
      // Protected Instance Methods
      protected void deflate();
    }

## Variables

### buf

#### protected byte[] buf

Description

  A buffer that holds the compressed data that is written to the underlying stream.

### def

#### protected Deflater def

Description

  The `Deflater` object that is used internally.

## Constructors

### DeflaterOutputStream

#### public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out)

Parameters

  `out`

    The underlying output stream.

Description

  This constructor creates a `DeflaterOutputStream` that writes data to the given `OutputStream`. Before being written, the data is compressed by a default `Deflater`. The `DeflaterOutputStream` uses a compression buffer with the default size of 512 bytes.

#### public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def)

Parameters

  `out`

    The underlying output stream.

  `def`

    The `Deflater` object.

Description

  This constructor creates a `DeflaterOutputStream` that writes data to the given `OutputStream`. Before being written, the data is compressed by the given `Deflater`. The `DeflaterOutputStream` uses a compression buffer with the default size of 512 bytes.

####

     public DeflaterOutputStream(OutputStream out, Deflater def, int size)

Parameters

  `out`

    The underlying output stream.

  `def`

    The `Deflater` object.

  `size`

    The size of the output buffer.

Description

  This constructor creates a `DeflaterOutputStream` that writes data to the given `OutputStream`. Before being written, the data is compressed by the given `Deflater`. The `DeflaterOutputStream` uses a compression buffer of the given size.

## Public Instance Methods

### close

#### public void close() throws IOException

Throws

  `IOException`

    If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Overrides

  `FilterOutputStream.close()`

Description

  This method closes the stream and releases any system resources that are associated with it.

### finish

#### public void finish() throws IOException

Throws

  `IOException`

    If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

  This method finishes writing compressed data to the underlying stream without closing it.

### write

#### public void write(int b) throws IOException

Parameters

  `b`

    The value to write.

Throws

  `IOException`

    If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Overrides

  `FilterOutputStream.write(int)`

Description

  This method compresses a byte that contains the lowest eight bits of the given integer value and writes it to the underlying `OutputStream`. The method blocks until the byte is written.

#### public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException

Parameters

  `b`

    An array of bytes to write to the stream.

  `off`

    An offset into the byte array.

  `len`

    The number of bytes to write.

Throws

  `IOException`

    If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Overrides

  `FilterOutputStream.write(byte[], int, int)`

Description

  This method takes `len` bytes from the given buffer, starting at `off`, and compresses them. The method then writes the compressed data to the underlying `OutputStream`. The method blocks until all of the bytes have been written.

## Protected Instance Methods

### deflate

#### protected void deflate() throws IOException

Throws

  `IOException`

    If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

  This method asks the internal `Deflater` to compress the data in the buffer for this `DeflaterOutputStream`. The method then writes the compressed contents of the buffer to the underlying stream. The method is called by both `write()` methods.

## Inherited Methods

Method | Inherited From | Method | Inherited From
--- | --- | --- | ---
`clone()` | `Object` | `equals(Object)` | `Object`
`finalize()` | `Object` | `flush()` | `FilterOutputStream`
`getClass()` | `Object` | `hashCode()` | `Object`
`notify()` | `Object` | `notifyAll()` | `Object`
`toString()` | `Object` | `wait()` | `Object`
`wait(long)` | `Object` | `wait(long, int)` | `Object`
`write(byte[])` | `FilterOutputStream` |  |

## See Also

`Deflater`, `FilterOutputStream`, `GZIPOutputStream`, `IOException`, `OutputStream`, `ZipOutputStream`

Deflater |  | GZIPInputStream