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+package mage.utils;
+
+import mage.remote.traffic.ZippedObject;
+import mage.remote.traffic.ZippedObjectImpl;
+
+/**
+ * Helps to compress and decompress data if needed.
+ *
+ * @author ayrat
+ */
+public class CompressUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Defines should data be compressed or not. True by default.
+     * Read from system property:
+     */
+	private static boolean compressData = true;
+
+    /**
+     * Defines the system property name to disable any compressing.
+     */
+    private static final String NO_COMPRESS_DATA_PROPERTY = "nocompress";
+
+    static {
+        compressData = System.getProperty(NO_COMPRESS_DATA_PROPERTY) == null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hidden constructor
+     */
+    private CompressUtil() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Decompress data, but only if it was compressed previously return original object otherwise.
+     *
+     * @param data Data to decompress
+     * @return Decompressed object
+     */
+    public static Object decompress(Object data) {
+        if (data == null || !(data instanceof ZippedObject)) {
+            return data;
+        }
+        return ((ZippedObject)data).unzip();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compress data.
+     *
+     * @param data Data to compress
+     * @return Compressed object
+     */
+    public static Object compress(Object data) {
+        if (data != null && compressData) {
+            return new ZippedObjectImpl<Object>(data);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}