Apache Compress Antlib

Apache Compress Antlib is an extension for Apache Ant that provides tasks and resources for compression, decompression, archiving, and unarchiving operations. It is built on Apache Commons Compress and supports a wide range of formats including gzip, bzip2, xz, lzma, snappy, Brotli, zip, tar, 7z, ar, cpio, and more. The Antlib enhances Ant’s core capabilities by offering more flexible and powerful implementations of compression and archiving tasks.

Features

• Supports multiple compression formats: gzip, bzip2, xz, lzma, snappy, Brotli, LZ4, DEFLATE, Unix .Z
• Supports multiple archive formats: zip, tar, ar, arj, cpio, Unix dump, 7z
• Read-only support for dump, Brotli, .Z, and arj formats
• Zip64 support for large archives and entries
• POSIX/PAX and star extensions for tar archives
• Non-File resource support for zip and unzip tasks
• Mix and match with core Ant tasks and types

Capabilities

• Create and extract archives in various formats
• Compress and decompress files using modern algorithms
• Handle large files and archives with Zip64 and PAX extensions
• Integrate with Ant build scripts for automated packaging
• Use non-File resources for flexible input/output handling

Benefits

• Extends Ant’s functionality with modern compression and archiving support
• Improves compatibility with large and complex file sets
• Enables automation of packaging and deployment processes
• Open-source and maintained by the Apache community
• Follows updates from Apache Commons Compress for format support