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Tailored compression of Java class files
Author(s) -
Horspool R. Nigel,
Corless Jason
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(1998100)28:12<1253::aid-spe200>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - java , computer science , class (philosophy) , compression (physics) , data compression , scheme (mathematics) , file format , data file , operating system , database , algorithm , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mathematical analysis , materials science , composite material
Java class files can be transmitted more efficiently over a network if they are compressed. After an examination of the class file structure and obtaining statistics from a large collection of class files, we propose a compression scheme that is tailored to class files. Our scheme achieves significantly better compression than commonly used methods such as ZIP. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.