Compression (Zips & JARs) Code Samples

The Java platform provides APIs for compressing files into zip and Java ARchive (JAR) files.

• JarClassLoader.java loads classes and resources that are accessed by searching a set of URLs. For supporting information see The Java Tutorial Continued: Using JAR-Related APIs Introduced in 1.2.
  
  
• JarRunner.java takes a URL and arguments from the command line and passes them to JarClassLoader.java. For supporting information see The Java Tutorial Continued: Using JAR-Related APIs Introduced in 1.2.
  
  

• SaveEmployee.java creates a couple of objects from an Employee class and saves their state in a file in a compressed format. For supporting information see Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java APIs.
  
  
• UnZip2.java shows how to decompress and extract files from a ZIP archive. For supporting information see Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java APIs.
  
  
• Zip.java shows how to compress data to a ZIP file. For supporting information see Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java APIs.
  
  
• Zip.java shows how to create checksums. For supporting information see Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java APIs.
  
  
• Zip.java shows another way to create checksums. For supporting information see Compressing and Decompressing Data using Java APIs.