Java GZip File Create newGzipFile(String content, String name)

Description

Creates a temporary GzipFile withe the content at content .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
content	a parameter
name	how the temporal file will be called

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static File newGzipFile(String content, String name) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  ww  w.  j a v a 2s .  c om
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;

import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a temporary GzipFile withe the content at {@param content}.
     * @param content
     * @param name how the temporal file will be called
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static File newGzipFile(String content, String name) throws IOException {
        File tempFile = File.createTempFile(name, ".gz");
        try (FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(tempFile)) {
            try (Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new GZIPOutputStream(output), "UTF-8")) {
                writer.write(content);
            }
        }
        return tempFile;
    }
}