Java Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Modify Name of File Stored within Zip when Creating a .zip

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Demonstrates how to create a zip where the filename within the .zip is different than the filename that was added from the filesystem. 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();

        // Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
        zip.newZip("myZip.zip");

        // Add a reference to a file on disk to the zip object.
        // (When appending files to a zip, the files are not actually
        // read into memory.  References to the file(s) are added.
        // When WriteZip is called, the referenced files are streamed in
        // and compressed to the .zip.)
        boolean saveExtraPath = false;
        try {
            zip.addFile("/temp/a/hamlet.xml", saveExtraPath);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // The zip object references a single file.
        // Retrieve the entry object...
        ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry();
        zip.entryAt(0, entry);

        // Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
        entry.setFileName("somethingElse.xml");

        // Note: Internally, the zip component retains the name of
        // the file referenced.  The current setting of the zip entry's
        // FileName property is stored in the .zip when writing.

        // The zip written here will contain somethingElse.xml
        try {
            zip.writeZipAndClose();
            System.out.println("Zip created!");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
        }
    }
}