Chapter 18
The java.util.zip Package

ZipFile

Name

ZipFile

Synopsis

Class Name:

java.util.zip.ZipFile

Superclass:

java.lang.Object

Immediate Subclasses:

None

Interfaces Implemented:

None

Availability:

New as of JDK 1.1

The ZipFile class represents a ZIP file. Unlike with a ZipInputStream, you can read the entries in a ZipFile nonsequentially. Internally, the class uses a RandomAccessFile so that you can read the entries from the file in any order. You can obtain a list of the entries in this ZIP file by calling entries(). Given an entry, you can get an InputStream for that entry using getInputStream().

Class Summary

public class java.util.zip.ZipFile extends java.lang.Object {
  // Constructors
  public ZipFile(File file);
  public ZipFile(String name);
  // Instance Methods
  public void close();
  public Enumeration entries();
  public ZipEntry getEntry(String name);
  public InputStream getInputStream(ZipEntry ze);
  public String getName();
}

Constructors

ZipFile

public ZipFile(File file) throws ZipException, IOException

Parameters

file: The File to read.

Throws

ZipException

If the ZIP file cannot be read.

IOException

If any other kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

This constructor creates a ZipFile for reading from the given File object.

public ZipFile(String name) throws IOException

Parameters

name: A string that contains the path name of the file.

Throws

ZipException

If the ZIP file cannot be read.

IOException

If any other kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

This constructor creates a ZipFile for reading from the file specified by the given path.

Instance Methods

close

public void close() throws IOException

Throws

IOException: If any kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

This method closes the ZipFile and releases its system resources.

entries

public Enumeration entries()

Returns

An Enumeration of ZipEntry objects.

Description

This method returns an enumeration of ZipEntry objects that represents the contents of this ZipFile.

getEntry

public ZipEntry getEntry(String name)

Parameters

name: The entry name.

Returns

The entry corresponding to the given name or null if there is no such entry.

Description

This method returns the ZipEntry object that corresponds to the given entry name.

getInputStream

public InputStream getInputStream(ZipEntry ze) throws IOException

Parameters

ze: A ZipEntry in this file.

Returns

An InputStream for the given entry.

Throws

ZipException

If a ZIP file format error occurs.

IOException

If any other kind of I/O error occurs.

Description

This method returns an input stream that can read the entry described by the supplied ZipEntry.

getName

public String getName()

Returns

The path of this file.

Description

This method returns the path name of this ZipFile.

Inherited Methods

Method	Inherited From	Method	Inherited From
`clone()`	`Object`	`equals(Object)`	`Object`
`finalize()`	`Object`	`getClass()`	`Object`
`hashCode()`	`Object`	`notify()`	`Object`
`notifyAll()`	`Object`	`toString()`	`Object`
`wait()`	`Object`	`wait(long)`	`Object`
`wait(long, int)`	`Object`