How to compress and decompress serialized object into file ?

Compress serialized object in GZIP format into file

FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("c:\\address.gz");

GZIPOutputStream gz = new GZIPOutputStream(fos);

ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(gz);

oos.writeObject(address);

oos.close();

Decompress serialized object from a Gzip file

FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream("c:\\address.gz");

GZIPInputStream gis = new GZIPInputStream(fin);

ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(gis);

Address address = (Address) ois.readObject();

ois.close();