org.rauschig.jarchivelib

Interface ArchiveEntry

public interface ArchiveEntry

The entry of an archive.

The life of an ArchiveEntry is dependent on the status of the ArchiveStream it came from. Once retrieved via ArchiveStream.getNextEntry(), the entry can be used as long as the ArchiveStream remains on this entry, i.e. getNextEntry() was not called, and the stream was not since closed.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	UNKNOWN_SIZE Special value indicating that the size is unknown

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	extract(File destination) Extracts the entry to the given destination directory.
Date	getLastModifiedDate() Returns the last modified date of the entry.
String	getName() The name of the entry in the archive.
long	getSize() The (uncompressed) size of the entry.
boolean	isDirectory() Checks whether the given entry is a directory.

Field Detail

UNKNOWN_SIZE

static final long UNKNOWN_SIZE

Special value indicating that the size is unknown

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

The name of the entry in the archive. May refer to a file or directory or other item.

Returns:

the name of the item

getSize

long getSize()

The (uncompressed) size of the entry. May be -1 (UNKNOWN_SIZE) if the size is unknown

Returns:

the size of the entry once uncompressed, or -1 if unknown.

getLastModifiedDate

Date getLastModifiedDate()

Returns the last modified date of the entry.

Returns:

the date the entry was last modified.

isDirectory

boolean isDirectory()

Checks whether the given entry is a directory.

Returns:

true if the entry refers to a directory

extract

File extract(File destination)
             throws IOException,
                    IllegalStateException,
                    IllegalArgumentException

Extracts the entry to the given destination directory.

The destination is expected to be a writable directory.

Parameters:

destination - the directory to extract the value to

Returns:

the extracted File

Throws:

IOException - propagated I/O errors by java.io

IllegalStateException - if the entry is out of sync with the stream

IllegalArgumentException - if the destination is not a directory, or a directory can not be created at the given location