java.lang.Object | +----java.util.zip.Inflater
public class Inflater
extends Object
This class provides support for general purpose decompression using the popular ZLIB compression library. The ZLIB compression library was initially developed as part of the PNG graphics standard and is not protected by patents. It is fully described in RFCs 1950, 1951, and 1952, which can be found at ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc in the files rfc1950.txt (zlib format), rfc1951.txt (deflate format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format).