Opening xz files with Apache Commons VFS

Question

Is there a way to open XZ compressed files with Apache Commons VFS? It is not currently listed under the supported filesystems but I would imagine someone has tackled writing the necessary code already.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22421805/how-to-decompress-an-xz-file-faster-in-java — getbuckts, Feb 11 '16 at 00:08
My question was specific to using XZ files within the Apache Commons VFS framework, whereas the linked question refers to opening them directly. — asieira, Feb 11 '16 at 00:14
Possible duplicate of [How to decompress an XZ file faster in Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22421805/how-to-decompress-an-xz-file-faster-in-java) — Star, Nov 08 '17 at 16:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '16 at 16:16

So turns out it was simple enough to do. I ended up creating an open source project that adapted the internal Apache Commons VFS support for gzip and bzip2 and did the same for xz: https://github.com/asieira/vfs2-xz

All you need to do is include the JAR file in the CLASSPATH and URIs starting with xz: now work.

Opening xz files with Apache Commons VFS

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