diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java
index 96f1670..dbc29c8 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/Snappy.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(char[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(char[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 2); // char uses 2 bytes
     }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(double[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(double[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 8); // double uses 8 bytes
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(float[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(float[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 4); // float uses 4 bytes
     }
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(int[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(int[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 4); // int uses 4 bytes
     }
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(long[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(long[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 8); // long uses 8 bytes
     }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class Snappy
      * @param input
      * @return the compressed data
      */
-    public static byte[] compress(short[] input) {
+    public static byte[] compress(short[] input) throws IOException {
         return rawCompress(input, input.length * 2); // short uses 2 bytes
     }