This post explains how to create file archiver in WinZip format. WinZip is a file archiver and compression tool. Whenever a zip file is created by default the file is compressed and archived together in a single file. We can change the default behaviour (i.e., compression) by setting the level property in ZipOutputStream. The below…… Continue reading Creating a file archiver in zip format

This post explains how to create a zip file of a folder (also containing sub folders) with CRC32 checksum. The below code is similar to the previous post “Creating zip file of a folder” with minor change in main method. The main method code snippet from the previous post as shown below File folder =…… Continue reading Creating a zip file of a folder with CRC32 checksum

This post explains how to unzip a zip file and check whether data were correctly extracted. package ZipDemo; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.zip.CRC32; import java.util.zip.CheckedInputStream; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipFile; public class ZipDemo6 { public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { String destination = “E:\\Projects\\JavaProjects\\JavaConcepts\\WorkFolder\\Folder1”;…… Continue reading Unzipping a zip file and checking for data integrity

This post explains how to unzip a zip file. package ZipDemo; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipFile; public class ZipDemo3 { public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { String destination = “E:\\Projects\\JavaProjects\\JavaConcepts\\WorkFolder\\Folder1”; try (ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(“E:\\Projects\\JavaProjects\\JavaConcepts\\WorkFolder\\Folder1.zip”)){ File folder = new File(destination);…… Continue reading Unzipping a zip file

This post explains how to create a zip file of a folder (also containing sub folders) The below image shows the hierarchy of the folder package ZipDemo; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream; public class ZipDemo2 { private File startingFolder; public ZipDemo2(File startingFolder)…… Continue reading Creating a zip file of a folder

This post explains how to explore a zip file. Main Code package ZipDemo; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipFile; public class ZipDemo1 { public static void main(String[] args) { try (ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(“E:\\Projects\\JavaProjects\\JavaConcepts\\WorkFolder\\Folder1.zip”)){ Enumeration entries = zipFile.entries(); for (Enumeration e = entries; e.hasMoreElements();) { ZipEntry entry = e.nextElement(); System.out.println(entry.getName()); } }…… Continue reading Exploring a zip file