bzip using

[david]

I'm was planning on evaluating the use of bzip compression (instead of
the default java compression algorithms) for purposes of storage in a
database. So I grabbed the bzip libraries
(http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/compress/) for this
purpose.

The exmpales on the Jakarta website are limited to a usage pattern for
reading/writing to/from a file. Is it appropriate to use this API for
storage to/from a byte array (for storage in a DB)?

Here's what I'm trying...

public static ZipObject bZip(Serializab le inObj) throws IOException {

ByteArrayOutput Stream byteOut = new ByteArrayOutput Stream();
ObjectOutputStr eam objOut = new ObjectOutputStr eam(byteOut);
objOut.writeObj ect(inObj);

byte[] dataArray = byteOut.toByteA rray();
int origSize = dataArray.lengt h;

ByteArrayOutput Stream bZipByteOut = new ByteArrayOutput Stream();
CBZip2OutputStr eam bZipOut = new CBZip2OutputStr eam(bZipByteOut );

bZipOut.write(d ataArray, 0, dataArray.lengt h);
byte[] compressedDataA rray = bZipByteOut.toB yteArray();

....but the output is eratic and can never be decmopressed (but am able
to save the byte array to a database).

Am I doing something foolishly wrong?