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| Chapter 18 The java.util.zip Package |

# Inflater

## Name

Inflater

## Synopsis

Class Name:

  `java.util.zip.Inflater`

Superclass:

  `java.lang.Object`

Immediate Subclasses:

  None

Interfaces Implemented:

  None

Availability:

  New as of JDK 1.1

## Description

The `Inflater` class provides support for general-purpose data decompression. The class uses the ZLIB compression algorithms described in RFC 1950, RFC 1951, and RFC 1952. These documents can be found at:

- ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt

- ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1951.txt

- ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1952.txt

The `Deflater` class compresses data that can be uncompressed using `Inflater`.

The `InflaterInputStream` uses an internal `Inflater` to decompress data. Typically, you do not need to create a `Inflater`; instead, you can just use an instance of one of the subclasses of `InflaterInputStream`: `GZIPInputStream` or `ZipInputStream`.

## Class Summary

    public class java.util.zip.Inflater extends java.lang.Object {
      // Constructors
      public Inflater();
      public Inflater(boolean nowrap);
      // Public Instance Methods
      public synchronized native void end();
      public synchronized boolean finished();
      public synchronized native int getAdler();
      public synchronized int getRemaining();
      public synchronized native int getTotalIn();
      public synchronized native int getTotalOut();
      public int inflate(byte[] b);
      public synchronized native int inflate(byte[] b, int off, int len);
      public synchronized boolean needsDictionary();
      public synchronized boolean needsInput();
      public synchronized native void reset();
      public void setDictionary(byte[] b);
      public synchronized native void setDictionary(byte[] b, int off, int len);
      public void setInput(byte[] b);
      public synchronized void setInput(byte[] b, int off, int len);
      // Protected Instance Methods
      protected void finalize();
    }

## Constructors

### Inflater

#### public Inflater()

Description

  This constructor creates an `Inflater` that decompresses data in the ZLIB format.

#### public Inflater(boolean nowrap)

Parameters

  `nowrap`

    A `boolean` value that specifies whether or not the ZLIB header and checksum data are expected in the compressed data.

Description

  This constructor creates an `Inflater` that decompresses data. If `nowrap` is `true`, the ZLIB header and checksum fields are not expected, which means that the compressed data is in the format used by GZIP and PKZIP. If the parameter is `false`, the data is decompressed in the ZLIB format.

## Public Instance Methods

### end

#### public synchronized native void end()

Description

  This method discards any unprocessed input data and frees up internal buffers.

### finished

#### public synchronized boolean finished()

Returns

  A `boolean` value that indicates whether or not the end of the compressed data has been reached.

Description

  This method returns `true` if the last of the compressed data has been read using `inflate()`. Otherwise it returns `false`.

### getAdler

#### public synchronized native int getAdler()

Returns

  The Adler32 checksum value of the uncompressed data.

Description

  This method returns an Adler32 checksum value that is calculated from the uncompressed data returned by `inflate()`.

### getRemaining

#### public synchronized int getRemaining()

Returns

  The number of bytes remaining in the input buffer.

Description

  This method returns the number of bytes that are in the input buffer. It can be called to find out how much data remains after a call to `inflate()`.

### getTotalIn

#### public synchronized native int getTotalIn()

Returns

  The total number of bytes that have been input so far.

Description

  This method returns the number of bytes that have been passed to `setInput()` since this `Inflater` was created or since `reset()` was last called.

### getTotalOut

#### public synchronized native int getTotalOut()

Returns

  The total number of bytes that have been output so far.

Description

  This method returns the number of bytes that have been read from `inflate()` since this `Inflater` was created or since `reset()` was last called.

### inflate

#### public int inflate(byte[] b) throws DataFormatException

Parameters

  `b`

    A byte array to be filled.

Returns

  The number of decompressed bytes actually written to the array or 0 if more data may be required.

Throws

  `DataFormatException`

    If the data in the input buffer is not in the correct format.

Description

  This method decompresses the data passed to `setInput()` and fills the given array with decompressed data. If this method returns 0, `needsInput()` and `needsDictionary()` should be called in order to determine whether the `Inflater` needs more data in its input buffer or whether it needs a preset dictionary.

####

     public synchronized native int inflate(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws DataFormatException

Parameters

  `b`

    A byte array to be filled.

  `off`

    An offset into the byte array.

  `len`

    The number of bytes to fill.

Returns

  The number of decompressed bytes written to the array or 0 if more data may be required.

Throws

  `DataFormatException`

    If the data in the input buffer is not in the correct format.

Description

  This method decompresses the data passed to `setInput()` and writes `len` bytes of the decompressed data into the given array, starting at `off`. If this method returns 0, `needsInput()` and `needsDictionary()` should be called in order to determine whether the `Inflater` needs more data in its input buffer or whether it needs a preset dictionary.

### needsDictionary

#### public synchronized boolean needsDictionary()

Returns

  A `boolean` value that indicates whether or not a preset dictionary is needed.

Description

  This method returns `true` if a preset dictionary is needed for decompression. Otherwise it returns `false`.

### needsInput

#### public synchronized boolean needsInput()

Returns

  A `boolean` value that indicates whether or not the input buffer is empty.

Description

  This method returns `true` if the input buffer is empty. Otherwise it returns `false`.

### reset

#### public synchronized native void reset()

Description

  This method resets the `Inflater` to the state it was in when it was created, which means that a new set of data can be decompressed.

### setDictionary

#### public void setDictionary(byte[] b)

Parameters

  `b`

    An array of byte values.

Description

  This method sets the preset dictionary for decompression using the data in the given array.

####

     public synchronized native void setDictionary(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Parameters

  `b`

    An array of byte values.

  `off`

    An offset into the byte array.

  `len`

    The number of bytes to use.

Description

  This method sets the preset dictionary for decompression using `len` bytes from the given array, starting from `off`.

### setInput

#### public void setInput(byte[] b)

Parameters

  `b`

    An array of byte values.

Description

  This method places the contents of the given array into the input buffer of this `Inflater`.

#### public synchronized void setInput(byte[] b, int off, int len)

Parameters

  `b`

    An array of byte values.

  `off`

    An offset into the byte array.

  `len`

    The number of bytes to use.

Description

  This method places `len` bytes from the given array, starting at `off`, into the input buffer of this `Inflater`. Use the `inflate()` method to decompress the data and retrieve it in decompressed form.

## Protected Instance Methods

### finalize

#### protected void finalize()

Overrides

  `Object.finalize()`

Description

  This method calls `end()` when this `Inflater` is garbage collected.

## Inherited Methods

Method | Inherited From | Method | Inherited From
--- | --- | --- | ---
`clone()` | `Object` | `equals(Object)` | `Object`
`getClass()` | `Object` | `hashCode()` | `Object`
`notify()` | `Object` | `notifyAll()` | `Object`
`toString()` | `Object` | `wait()` | `Object`
`wait(long)` | `Object` | `wait(long, int)` | `Object`

## See Also

`Deflater`, `GZIPInputStream`, `InflaterInputStream`, `ZipInputStream`

GZIPOutputStream |  | InflaterInputStream