Re: LZW compression in Java

LZW is pretty old, and I'm sure the algorithm 
used by the standard Jar APIs in Java are at 
least as good for written text encoding. But if 
you're interested in LZW, check out the Wikipedia 
entry, which includes source code (in Python) 
which I'm sure can be encoded in Java or a more 
performant language. In the External Links of the 
article there I also spy a link to a DDJ article 
(dated 1989) on implementing LZW: 
http://marknelson.us/1989/10/01/lzw-data-compression/.

What kind of data are you planning on encoding? 
The choice of tool would be very different for, 
say, audio or video streams vs. prosaic text.

Brian Maso

At 10:37 PM 8/17/2007, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Anyone aware of any Open Source libraries for doing LZW compression in Java
>? And if anyone has had any experience with LZW compression is it suitable
>for compressing large files of size 50-100GB.
>
>Thanks in advance
>A
>
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