## 7.17.2 Sequential (de)compression

Sequential compression and decompression is done using the classes `BZ2Compressor` and `BZ2Decompressor`.

class `BZ2Compressor`( | [compresslevel])

  Create a new compressor object. This object may be used to compress data sequentially. If you want to compress data in one shot, use the `compress()` function instead. The compresslevel parameter, if given, must be a number between `1` and `9`; the default is `9`.

`compress`( | data)

  Provide more data to the compressor object. It will return chunks of compressed data whenever possible. When you've finished providing data to compress, call the `flush()` method to finish the compression process, and return what is left in internal buffers.

`flush`( | )

  Finish the compression process and return what is left in internal buffers. You must not use the compressor object after calling this method.

class `BZ2Decompressor`( | )

  Create a new decompressor object. This object may be used to decompress data sequentially. If you want to decompress data in one shot, use the `decompress()` function instead.

`decompress`( | data)

  Provide more data to the decompressor object. It will return chunks of decompressed data whenever possible. If you try to decompress data after the end of stream is found, `EOFError` will be raised. If any data was found after the end of stream, it'll be ignored and saved in `unused_data` attribute.