How do i gzip an entire folder

Hi All,
I have a requirement where i need to create a gz file containing a complete folder hierarchy. That is, i have a folder which contains some other folders and some files. I want to create a gz file for the root folder along with its contents. can anyone suggest me a method how i can do this?
Thanks and regards,
Rajat Aggarwal

gzip, not zip.
Anyway, @OP:
1. Gzip does not support compressing entire folder hierarchies. However, Tar does. (See 2)
2. Since you do not state that the requirement must be met with Java code, I'd personally use something like this, on Unix derivatives:
#!/bin/sh
tar czf backup-`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.gz /path/to/folders

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