Java comes with “
java.util.zip” library to implement the data compression in ZIp format. The overall concept is quite straightforward.
·Read file with “ FileInputStream”
·Add the file name to “ ZipEntry” and output it to “ ZipOutputStream“
Simple ZIP example
Advance ZIP example – Recursively
Read all files from folder “C:\\Logs” and compress it into a zip file – “C:\\Logs.zip“. It will recursively zip a directory as well.
·Read file with “ FileInputStream”
·Add the file name to “ ZipEntry” and output it to “ ZipOutputStream“
Simple ZIP example
Read a file “C:\\user.txt” and compress it into a zip file – “C:\\user.zip“.
package org.hello.zip;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
public class JavaZip {
public static void main(String[] args) {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:\\user.zip");
ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(fos);
ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry("user.txt");
zos.putNextEntry(ze);
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("C:\\user.txt");
/*
* int java.io.FileInputStream.read(byte[] b) throws IOException
* Reads up to b.length bytes of data from this input stream into an
* array of bytes. This method blocks until some input is available.
* Overrides: read(...) in InputStream Parameters: b the buffer into
* which the data is read. Returns: the total number of bytes read
* into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end
* of the file has been reached.
*/
int len;
while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
zos.write(buffer, 0, len);
}
in.close();
zos.closeEntry();
zos.close();
System.out.println("Compress Completed!");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Advance ZIP example – Recursively
Read all files from folder “C:\\Logs” and compress it into a zip file – “C:\\Logs.zip“. It will recursively zip a directory as well.
package org.hello.zip;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
public class AppZip {
List<String> fileList;
private static final String OUTPUT_ZIP_FILE = "C:\\Logs.zip";
private static final String SOURCE_FOLDER = "C:\\Logs";
AppZip(){
fileList =new ArrayList<String>();
}
public static void main(String[] args){
AppZip appzip = new AppZip();
appzip.generateFileList(new File(SOURCE_FOLDER));
appzip.zipIt(OUTPUT_ZIP_FILE);
}
private void zipIt(String zipFile) {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
try{
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(zipFile);
ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(fos);
System.out.println("Output to Zip: "+ zipFile);
for(String filename :this.fileList){
System.out.println("File added: "+filename);
ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry(filename);
zos.putNextEntry(ze);
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(SOURCE_FOLDER + File.separator + filename);
int len;
while((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0){
zos.write(buffer,0,len);
}
in.close();
}
zos.closeEntry();
zos.close();
System.out.println("Compress Completed.");
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Traverse a directory and get all files,
* and add the file into fileList
* @param node file or directory
*/
private void generateFileList(File node) {
//add file only
if(node.isFile()){
fileList.add(generateZipEntry(node.getAbsoluteFile().toString()));
}
if(node.isDirectory()){
String[] subNote = node.list();
for(String filename : subNote){
generateFileList(new File(node, filename));
}
}
}
/**
* Format the file path for zip
* @param file file path
* @return Formatted file path
*/
private String generateZipEntry(String filename) {
return filename.substring(SOURCE_FOLDER.length()+1, filename.length());
}
}