public static final byte[] compress(String str) {
if (str == null)
return null;
byte[] compressed;
ByteArrayOutputStream out = null;
ZipOutputStream zout = null;
try {
out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
zout = new ZipOutputStream(out);
zout.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry("0"));
zout.write(str.getBytes());
zout.closeEntry();
compressed = out.toByteArray();
} catch (IOException e) {
compressed = null;
} finally {
if (zout != null) {
try {
zout.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
if (out != null) {
try {
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
}
return compressed;
}
public static final String decompress(byte[] compressed) {
if (compressed == null)
return null;
ByteArrayOutputStream out = null;
ByteArrayInputStream in = null;
ZipInputStream zin = null;
String decompressed;
try {
out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
in = new ByteArrayInputStream(compressed);
zin = new ZipInputStream(in);
ZipEntry entry = zin.getNextEntry();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int offset = -1;
while ((offset = zin.read(buffer)) != -1) {
out.write(buffer, 0, offset);
}
decompressed = out.toString();
} catch (IOException e) {
decompressed = null;
} finally {
if (zin != null) {
try {
zin.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
if (in != null) {
try {
in.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
if (out != null) {
try {
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
}
return decompressed;
}