How do I use GZipStream with System.IO.MemoryStream?

Question

I am having an issue with this test function where I take an in memory string, compress it, and decompress it. The compression works great, but I can\'t seem to get the dec

Answer 1

If you are attempting to use the MemoryStream (e.g. passing it into another function) but receiving the Exception "Cannot access a closed Stream." then there is another GZipStream constructor you can use that will help you.

By passing in a true to the leaveOpen parameter, you can instruct GZipStream to leave the stream open after disposing of itself, by default it closes the target stream (which I didn't expect). https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/27ck2z1y(v=vs.110).aspx

using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(f))
using (var compressed = new MemoryStream())
{
    //Instruct GZipStream to leave the stream open after performing the compression.
    using (var gzipstream = new GZipStream(compressed, CompressionLevel.Optimal, true))
        fs.CopyTo(gzipstream);

    //Do something with the memorystream
    compressed.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
    MyFunction(compressed);
}

Answer 2

If you still need it, you can use GZipStream constructor wit boolean argument (there are two such constructors) and pass true value there:

tinyStream = new GZipStream(outStream, CompressionMode.Compress, true);

In that case, when you close your tynyStream, your out stream will be still opened. Don't forget to copy data:

mStream.CopyTo(tinyStream);
tinyStream.Close();

Now you've got memory stream outStream with zipped data

Bugs and kisses for U

Good luck

Answer 3

    public static byte[] compress(byte[] data)
    {
        using (MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using (GZipStream gzipStream = new GZipStream(outStream, CompressionMode.Compress))
            using (MemoryStream srcStream = new MemoryStream(data))
                srcStream.CopyTo(gzipStream);
            return outStream.ToArray();
        }
    }

    public static byte[] decompress(byte[] compressed)
    {
        using (MemoryStream inStream = new MemoryStream(compressed))
        using (GZipStream gzipStream = new GZipStream(inStream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
        using (MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            gzipStream.CopyTo(outStream);
            return outStream.ToArray();
        }
    }