public static Object unzip(byte[] blob) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    // logger.info("CacheServerHelper: Unzipping blob to object: " + blob);
    ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(blob);
    GZIPInputStream gs = new GZIPInputStream(bais);
    ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(gs);
    Object obj = ois.readObject();
    // logger.info("CacheServerHelper: Unzipped blob to object: " + obj);
    ois.close();
    bais.close();
    return obj;
  }
<code>CacheServerHelper</code> is a static class that provides helper methods for the CacheServer
classes.

@since GemFire 3.5
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/tier/sockets/CacheServerHelper.java