Re: java.util.zip

[Bryce McKinlay]

John Leuner wrote:

> > > Jochen has also completed a pure-java implementation of java.util.zip. I 
> > > don't know if this will be the preferred implementation for classpath, 
> > > but I suggest that it at least be a compile-time option.
> > >
> > > You can get the source and compiled classes at 
> > > http://jazzlib.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Yeah! This is great!
> > I would love to have this as the default implementation in Classpath.
> > Would there be any reason to not make the pure java version the default?
>
> I don't see any. The code is functionally equivalent.

I agree, this is very cool.

Have you run any tests to compare performance with the JDK's native zlib-based 
implementation?

Does it pass the ZipVerify test case? (see 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2001-03/msg00374.html)

regards

  [ bryce ]