Zip

Overview

Module

• package: org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.io
• source: io/Zip.java

ZIP archive creation and extraction. Two styles are supported:

• The folder-level shortcuts importZip(String, String) (extract everything under a directory) and exportZip(String, String) (zip a folder onto disk).
• The streaming form via ZipInputStream / ZipOutputStream when you want entry-by-entry control — useful for producing a download on the fly, scanning archives without writing intermediate files, or filtering entries during extraction.

For end-to-end "zip this folder, send it" workflows the shortcuts are enough; reach for the streaming overloads only when you need entry-level control.

Key Features:

• One-shot folder import/export: Extract or create archives in a single call.
• Streaming form: Wrap any InputStream / OutputStream with ZipInputStream / ZipOutputStream for entry-by-entry processing.
• Read/write helpers: Read or write the current entry as text or bytes.

Example Usage:

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
import org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.io.Zip;

// folder-level export
Zip.exportZip("/var/data/project", "/var/tmp/project.zip");

// streaming export with two entries
try (OutputStream out = /* HTTP response stream, file stream, ... */ null) {
    ZipOutputStream zos = Zip.createZipOutputStream(out);
    zos.putNextEntry(Zip.createZipEntry("hello.txt"));
    Zip.writeText(zos, "Hello, world!");
    zos.closeEntry();
}

Methods

importZip()

Extracts the ZIP archive at zipPath into targetPath.

public static void importZip(String zipPath, String targetPath);

Parameter	Type	Description
zipPath	String	Path to the ZIP archive.
targetPath	String	Directory to extract into.

Returns

• Type: void

exportZip()

Compresses the contents of folderPath into a ZIP archive written to zipPath.

public static void exportZip(String folderPath, String zipPath);

Parameter	Type	Description
folderPath	String	Directory to compress.
zipPath	String	Output path for the ZIP archive.

Returns

• Type: void

createZipInputStream()

Wraps an existing InputStream as a ZipInputStream for entry-by-entry reading.

public static ZipInputStream createZipInputStream(InputStream in) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
in	InputStream	The underlying input stream.

Returns

• Type: ZipInputStream
• Description: A ZIP-aware input stream over the same bytes.

createZipOutputStream()

Wraps an existing OutputStream as a ZipOutputStream so you can write ZIP entries to it.

public static ZipOutputStream createZipOutputStream(OutputStream out) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
out	OutputStream	The underlying output stream.

Returns

• Type: ZipOutputStream
• Description: A ZIP-aware output stream over the same sink.

createZipEntry()

Creates a new ZipEntry with the given name. Pass to ZipOutputStream.putNextEntry(...).

public static ZipEntry createZipEntry(String name) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
name	String	Entry name (path inside the archive).

Returns

• Type: ZipEntry
• Description: A new ZIP entry with the given name.

write()

Writes raw bytes or a string-encoded payload to the current entry of the given ZipOutputStream.

public static void write(ZipOutputStream output, byte[] bytes) throws IOException;
public static void write(ZipOutputStream output, String data) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
output	ZipOutputStream	The ZIP output stream.
bytes	byte[]	Raw bytes to write.
data	String	String-encoded bytes to write.

Returns

• Type: void

writeNative()

Writes a native Java byte array to the current entry of the given ZipOutputStream.

public static void writeNative(ZipOutputStream output, byte[] data) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
output	ZipOutputStream	The ZIP output stream.
data	byte[]	The byte array to write.

Returns

• Type: void

writeText()

Writes text to the current entry of the given ZipOutputStream using the platform default encoding.

public static void writeText(ZipOutputStream output, String text) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
output	ZipOutputStream	The ZIP output stream.
text	String	The text to write.

Returns

• Type: void

read()

Reads the current entry of the given ZipInputStream and returns its contents as a string-encoded byte payload.

public static String read(ZipInputStream input) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
input	ZipInputStream	The ZIP input stream.

Returns

• Type: String
• Description: The string-encoded byte content of the current entry.

readNative()

Reads the current entry of the given ZipInputStream into a native Java byte array.

public static byte[] readNative(ZipInputStream input) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
input	ZipInputStream	The ZIP input stream.

Returns

• Type: byte[]
• Description: The bytes of the current entry.

readText()

Reads the current entry of the given ZipInputStream and decodes it as text using the platform default encoding.

public static String readText(ZipInputStream input) throws IOException;

Parameter	Type	Description
input	ZipInputStream	The ZIP input stream.

Returns

• Type: String
• Description: The decoded text content of the current entry.