Package de.unkrig.commons.file.org.apache.commons.compress.compressors

A replacement for CompressorStreamFactory, with several improvements.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
CompressionFormat	Representation of one compression format, e.g.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CompressionFormatFactory	Manages CompressionFormats.
CompressionURLStreamHandler	An abstract URLStreamHandler which makes the implementation of archive-based URLStreamHandlers simple.

Package de.unkrig.commons.file.org.apache.commons.compress.compressors Description

A replacement for CompressorStreamFactory, with several improvements.

• Additional compression formats can be 'plugged in' at runtime (see CompressionFormatFactory).
• CompressionFormatFactory.allFormats() tells you which compression formats are currently available.
• Compression formats can be determined from
  • The contents (i.e. the 'magic number' at the beginning of compressed contents which is characteristical for the compression format)
  • A file name (e.g. 'dir/file.gz')
  • The format name ('gz', 'z', ...)