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kelvSYC
Are there any Java implementations of the PKWARE data compression
library?
library?
java.util.zipkelvSYC said:Are there any Java implementations of the PKWARE data compression
library?
Hal said:Look at the jar command - it uses pkware's zip utilities
hmmm - you may be right - but if so, the API seems to be leading us astray
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/jar/package-summary.html
Package java.util.jar
Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file
format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional
manifest file.
Paul Lutus said:The prior objection seems to be that it is a ZIP utility, but it is not
PKWARE's ZIP utility, the original statememt.
Hal Rosser said:hmmm - you may be right - but if so, the API seems to be leading us astray
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/jar/package-summary.html
Package java.util.jar
Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format,
which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest
file.
it that isn't actually there.
It only talks about the standard ZIP *file format* which, since it is
an open standard, can and is manipulated by code written in pure Java
in the java.util.zip package. No need at all to use the zip utilities
from pkware.
Well, shux-darn - and I thought I was being helpful - thar eye go thanking
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