Can you inflate in C# what has been deflated in java?

[sdint]

I have xml strings in a database that have been compressed in Java using the Deflater class with default options. I would like to inflate the text in C#, but have not been able to do it using the DeflateStream class. Can it be done? There don't seem to be options on the C# side and I'm too late to change the java side. Do I just need to call the java class from C#? I know this is possible, but I've not done it before.

 

[chiph]

You would need to know what compression algorithm was used on the Java side, and then either buy or build the equivalent on the .NET side in C#. There is not likely a direct equivalent to be found in the framework.

Chip H.


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[sdint]

After reading more about the respective algorithms I agree. I've decided to decompress upstream from the C# processing. I wish I had researched this before I started running! It looks like gzip might be a common format.

Anyway, thanks for the note.

 

[stevexff]

The guys at #develop have an open source gzip implementation written entirely in C# which might be some use to you

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx

Steve

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