java.util.zip.Inflater.needsInput() Method Example

Description

The java.util.zip.Inflater.needsInput() method returns true if no data remains in the input buffer. This can be used to determine if #setInput should be called in order to provide more input.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.zip.Inflater.needsInput() method.

public boolean needsInput()

Returns

true if no data remains in the input buffer.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.zip.Inflater.needsInput() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
import java.util.zip.Deflater;
import java.util.zip.Inflater;

public class InflaterDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) 
      throws DataFormatException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
      String message = "Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;"
         +"Welcome to TutorialsPoint.com;";
      System.out.println("Original Message length : " + message.length());
      byte[] input = message.getBytes("UTF-8");

      // Compress the bytes
      byte[] output = new byte[1024];
      Deflater deflater = new Deflater();
      deflater.setInput(input);
      deflater.finish();
      int compressedDataLength = deflater.deflate(output,0,output.length);
      deflater.end();

      System.out.println("Compressed Message length : " + compressedDataLength);

      // Decompress the bytes
      Inflater inflater = new Inflater();
      inflater.setInput(output, 0, 10);
      byte[] result = new byte[1024];
      int resultLength = inflater.inflate(result, 0 , 10);
      
      if(inflater.needsInput()){
         inflater.setInput(output, 10, compressedDataLength - resultLength);    
         resultLength += inflater.inflate(result, resultLength , result.length - resultLength);
      }

      inflater.end();

      // Decode the bytes into a String
      message = new String(result, 0, resultLength, "UTF-8");
   
      System.out.println("UnCompressed Message length : " + message.length());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Original Message length : 300
Compressed Message length : 42
UnCompressed Message length : 300