This class is a subclass of InflaterInputStream that reads and uncompresses data compressed in gzip format. To create a GZIPInputStream, simply specify the InputStream to read compressed data from and, optionally, a buffer size for the internal decompression buffer. Once a GZIPInputStream is created, you can use the read( ) and close( ) methods as you would with any input stream.

Figure 16-140. java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream

public class GZIPInputStream extends InflaterInputStream {
// Public Constructors
     public GZIPInputStream(java.io.InputStream in) throws java.io.IOException;  
     public GZIPInputStream(java.io.InputStream in, int size) throws java.io.IOException;  
// Public Constants
     public static final int GZIP_MAGIC;                                 =35615
// Public Methods Overriding InflaterInputStream
     public void close( ) throws java.io.IOException;  
     public int read(byte[ ] buf, int off, int len) throws java.io.IOException;  
// Protected Instance Fields
     protected CRC32 crc;  
     protected boolean eos;  
}