(Java) Transition from Zip.AppendString2 to Zip.AddString

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendString2 method calls with AddString.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    // ...
    // ...
    String pathInZip = "example.txt";
    String textData = "This is a test";
    String charset = "utf-8";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The AppendString method is deprecated:

    CkZipEntry entryObj = zip.AppendString2(pathInZip,textData,charset);
    if (zip.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // ...
    // ...

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Do the equivalent using AddString.

    // Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
    boolean success = zip.AddString(pathInZip,textData,charset);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
    // The newly appended entry is the last one.
    CkZipEntry ze = new CkZipEntry();
    int index = zip.get_NumEntries() - 1;
    zip.EntryAt(index,ze);
  }
}