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//: ZipCompress.java
 * Uses Java 1.1 Zip compression to compress
 * any number of files whose names are passed
 * on the command line.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.zip.*;
public class ZipCompress {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    try {
      FileOutputStream f =
        new FileOutputStream("test.zip");
      CheckedOutputStream csum =
        new CheckedOutputStream(
          f, new Adler32());
      ZipOutputStream out =
        new ZipOutputStream(
          new BufferedOutputStream(csum));
      out.setComment("A test of Java Zipping");
      // Can't read the above comment, though
      for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
        System.out.println(
          "Writing file " + args[i]);
        BufferedReader in =
          new BufferedReader(
            new FileReader(args[i]));
        out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(args[i]));
        int c;
        while((c = in.read()) != -1)
          out.write(c);
        in.close();
      }
      out.close();
      // Checksum only valid after the file
      // has been closed!
      System.out.println("Checksum: " +
        csum.getChecksum().getValue());
      // Now extract the files:
      System.out.println("Reading file");
      FileInputStream fi =
         new FileInputStream("test.zip");
      CheckedInputStream csumi =
        new CheckedInputStream(
          fi, new Adler32());
      ZipInputStream in2 =
        new ZipInputStream(
          new BufferedInputStream(csumi));
      ZipEntry ze;
      System.out.println("Checksum: " +
        csumi.getChecksum().getValue());
      while((ze = in2.getNextEntry()) != null) {
        System.out.println("Reading file " + ze);
        int x;
        while((x = in2.read()) != -1)
          System.out.write(x);
      }
      in2.close();
      // Alternative way to open and read
      // zip files:
      ZipFile zf = new ZipFile("test.zip");
      Enumeration e = zf.entries();
      while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
        ZipEntry ze2 = (ZipEntry)e.nextElement();
        System.out.println("File: " + ze2);
        // ... and extract the data as before
      }
    } catch(Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
} ///:~