C#

BillWoodruff wrote:

Have you lived in India, or is there a family connection with the Raj ?

BillWoodruff wrote:

Hope my response to you did not seem patronizing

using (var fileStream = File.OpenRead(@"Path\To\Your\File.bin"))
using (var deCompressionStream = new GZipStream(fileStream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
{
   var bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
   object obj = bFormatter.Deserialize(deCompressionStream);
}

using (var fileStream = File.OpenRead(filePath))
using (var deCompressionStream = new GZipStream(fileStream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
{
    var bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();

    // put a break-point here: examine obj
    // this works !
    object obj = bFormatter.Deserialize(fileStream);

    // for testing only
    return null;
}

using System;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;

[Serializable()]
class SumTestClass
{
    public int TestInt { get; set; }
    public string TestString { get; set; }
    public SumTestClass()
    {
        TestInt = 42;
        TestString = "Hello World";
    }
}

static class Program
{
    static BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        object thingyToSerialize = new SumTestClass();

        // ..or use a memorystream :)
        using (var ms = new FileStream("C:\\Temp\\Test.zip", FileMode.Create)) 
        using (var zs = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Compress, leaveOpen: true))
        {
            bf.Serialize(zs, thingyToSerialize);
            Console.WriteLine("Stuff saved");
        }
        
        using (var ms = new FileStream("C:\\Temp\\Test.zip", FileMode.Open)) 
        using (var zs = new GZipStream(ms, CompressionMode.Decompress, leaveOpen: true))
        {
            SumTestClass testResult = bf.Deserialize(zs) as SumTestClass;
            Console.WriteLine("String: {0}\nInt: {1}", testResult.TestString, testResult.TestInt);
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

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BillWoodruff wrote:

"Raising the stakes" from 100k to 1 million total objects yielded a 98+ megabyte MemoryStream that Gzipped to a 30.6mb file with both 'Optimal, and 'Fastest compression. That does make me question the efficiency of Gzip in .NET.

BillWoodruff wrote:

I feel I should write up a Tip-Trick for CP.

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Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Alternatively, one could launch an external process and wait forthe command to finish. And suddenly, one can easily switch out the ZIP and try an ARJ, or a LHArc

BillWoodruff wrote:

would add an "overhead" that would negate its benefit.

BillWoodruff wrote:

SharpCompress, SharpZipLib

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