Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Unzip Text File to String

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Zip;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ZipEntry;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Zip zip = new Zip();

        try {
            zip.openZip("qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Get the 1st file in the .zip
        ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry();
        try {
            zip.entryAt(0, entry);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        String fileContents = entry.unzipToString(0, "utf-8");
        System.out.println(fileContents);
    }
}