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diff --git a/libjava/java/util/zip/DeflaterOutputStream.java b/libjava/java/util/zip/DeflaterOutputStream.java
index a430288569c..755d8e71420 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/zip/DeflaterOutputStream.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/zip/DeflaterOutputStream.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
-
+
GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
@@ -41,16 +41,22 @@ import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
-/**
- * @author Tom Tromey
- * @date May 17, 1999
- */
-
/* Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification
* and JCL book.
* Believed complete and correct.
*/
+/**
+ * This is a special FilterOutputStream deflating the bytes that are
+ * written through it. It uses the Deflater for deflating.
+ *
+ * A special thing to be noted is that flush() doesn't flush
+ * everything in Sun's JDK, but it does so in jazzlib. This is because
+ * Sun's Deflater doesn't have a way to flush() everything, without
+ * finishing the stream.
+ *
+ * @author Tom Tromey, Jochen Hoenicke
+ */
public class DeflaterOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream
{
public void close () throws IOException
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