# Apache Commons Compress 1.8 API

Packages
Package | Description
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org.apache.commons.compress.archivers | Provides a unified API and factories for dealing with archives in different formats.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.ar | Provides stream classes for reading and writing archives using the AR format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.arj | Provides stream classes for reading archives using the ARJ format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.cpio | Provides stream classes for reading and writing archives using the CPIO format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.dump | This package provides stream classes for reading archives using the Unix DUMP format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.jar | Provides stream classes for reading and writing archives using the ZIP format with some extensions for the special case of JAR archives.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.sevenz | Provides classes for reading and writing archives using the 7z format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar | Provides stream classes for reading and writing archives using the TAR format.
org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip | Provides stream classes for reading and writing archives using the ZIP format.
org.apache.commons.compress.changes | EXPERIMENTAL support for changesets that are applied to archives.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors | Provides a unified API and factories for dealing with compressed streams.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.bzip2 | Provides stream classes for compressing and decompressing streams using the BZip2 algorithm.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip | Provides stream classes for compressing and decompressing streams using the GZip algorithm.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.lzma | Provides a stream class decompressing streams using the "stand-alone" LZMA algorithm.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.pack200 | Provides stream classes for compressing and decompressing streams using the Pack200 algorithm used to compress Java archives.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.snappy | Provides stream classes for decompressing streams using the Snappy algorithm.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.xz | Provides stream classes for compressing and decompressing streams using the XZ algorithm.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.z | Provides stream classes for decompressing streams using the "compress" algorithm used to write .Z files.
org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.z._internal_ | This package is not part of Commons Compress' published API.
org.apache.commons.compress.utils | Contains utilities used internally by the compress library.

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