Read the Entries from a JAR/ZIP Archives with the URL Class

This tip shows you how to display the entries from a JAR/ZIP archive using the java.net.URL class. The key in this example is the URL construction.


import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.jar.*;

class read extends Frame
{

   URL url=null;
   JarURLConnection URLcon=null;
   JarFile jar=null;
   TextArea TA=new TextArea(15,35);

   public read(String titlu)
   {
      super(titlu);
   }

   void init()
   {
      setLayout(new FlowLayout());
      setSize(300,300);
      add(TA);
      setVisible(true);
   }

   public void getURLContent()
   {   
      try
      {          
         //local archive
         url=new URL("jar:file:/C:/Program%                  
            20Files/Java/jdk1.5.0/jre/lib/jsse.jar!/");
         //remote archive
         //url=new URL("jar:http://.../archive.jar!/");
                
         URLcon=(JarURLConnection)(url.openConnection());
         jar=URLcon.getJarFile();
      }
      catch(MalformedURLException e)
      {
         System.out.println("Eroare1:"+e.getMessage());
      }
      catch(IOException e)
      {
         System.out.println("Eroare2:"+e.getMessage());
      }
   }
           
   void entry()
   {
      Enumeration  entries=jar.entries();
      while(entries.hasMoreElements())
      {
         String entry=((JarEntry)entries.nextElement()).getName();
         TA.append(entry+"\n");
      }  
   }
}

public class JarURLContent
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      read t=new read("URL");      
      t.getURLContent();
      t.init();    
      t.entry();  
   }
}

Leonard Anghel

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