[[lzf-dataformat]]
== LZF Deflate Compression DataFormat

*Available as of Camel version 2.17*

The
LZF https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CAMEL/Data+Format[Data
Format] is a message compression and de-compression format. It uses the
LZF deflate algorithm. Messages marshalled using LZF compression can be
unmarshalled using LZF decompression just prior to being consumed at the
endpoint. The compression capability is quite useful when you deal with
large XML and Text based payloads or when you read messages previously
comressed using LZF algotithm.

### Options

// dataformat options: START
The LZF Deflate Compression dataformat supports 2 options which are listed below.



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| Name | Default | Java Type | Description
| usingParallelCompression | false | Boolean | Enable encoding (compress) using multiple processing cores.
| contentTypeHeader | false | Boolean | Whether the data format should set the Content-Type header with the type from the data format if the data format is capable of doing so. For example application/xml for data formats marshalling to XML, or application/json for data formats marshalling to JSon etc.
|===
// dataformat options: END

### Marshal

In this example we marshal a regular text/XML payload to a compressed
payload employing LZF compression format and send it an ActiveMQ queue
called MY_QUEUE.

[source,java]
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from("direct:start").marshal().lzf().to("activemq:queue:MY_QUEUE");
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### Unmarshal

In this example we unmarshal a LZF payload from an ActiveMQ queue called
MY_QUEUE to its original format, and forward it for processing to
the `UnGZippedMessageProcessor`.

[source,java]
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from("activemq:queue:MY_QUEUE").unmarshal().lzf().process(new UnCompressedMessageProcessor());
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### Dependencies

To useLZF compression in your camel routes you need to add a dependency
on *camel-lzf* which implements this data format.

If you use Maven you can just add the following to your `pom.xml`,
substituting the version number for the latest & greatest release
(see https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CAMEL/Download[the
download page for the latest versions]).

[source,xml]
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<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-lzf</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
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