Package de.unkrig.commons.file.org.apache.commons.compress.archivers

A replacement for ArchiveStreamFactory, with several improvements.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ArchiveFormat	Representation of one archive format, e.g.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ArchiveFormatFactory	Manages ArchiveFormats.
ArchiveURLStreamHandler	An abstract URLStreamHandler which makes the implementation of archive-based URLStreamHandlers simple.

Package de.unkrig.commons.file.org.apache.commons.compress.archivers Description

A replacement for ArchiveStreamFactory, with several improvements.

• Additional archive formats can be 'plugged in' at runtime (see ArchiverUtil).
• ArchiveFormatFactory.allFormats() tells you which archive formats are currently available.
• You can read, write and even copy entries from one format to another without knowing them at compile time.
• Archive formats can be determined from
  • The contents (i.e. the 'magic number' at the beginning of an archive which is characteristical for the archive format)
  • A file name (e.g. 'dir/file.zip')
  • The format name ('zip', 'tar', ...)