Java - Read BZ2 file and uncompress/parse on the fly

Question

I have a fairly large BZ2 file that with several text files in it. Is it possible for me to use Java to uncompress certain files inside the BZ2 file and uncompress/parse the

Answer 1

The Ant project contains a bzip2 library. Which has a org.apache.tools.bzip2.CBZip2InputStream class. You can use this class to decompress the bzip2 file on the fly - it just extends the standard Java InputStream class.