I don't think there are any problems with having a raw prefix, and just wrapping GZipInputStream around the raw input stream after it's been read, but that sounds pretty messy. It seems easier to just make the whole thing a gzip stream - it can then also be easily read by other tools that use zlib.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:09 PM, ksamdev <samvel.khalat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool, it worked great. > > Can I mix Raw out and Gzip out in the file? > > Say, I'd like to write a raw number (4 bytes) at the beginning of the file > and then add the message through the Gzip stream. Visually, my file would > look like: > > RRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG..... > > where first RRRR - 4 bytes written with raw_out and the rest: > GGGGGGGGGGGGGG.... - with Gzip Stream. > > Of course, the reading sequence would be: > > 1. read RRRR > 2. keep reading the rest GGGGGGGGG.... through Gzip Stream. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.
