Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Package
java.util.zip

Packages that use java.util.zip
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. 
java.util.zip Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats. 
 

Classes in java.util.zip used by java.util.jar
DeflaterOutputStream
          This class implements an output stream filter for compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
InflaterInputStream
          This class implements a stream filter for uncompressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
ZipEntry
          This class is used to represent a ZIP file entry.
ZipException
          Signals that a Zip exception of some sort has occurred.
ZipFile
          This class is used to read entries from a zip file.
ZipInputStream
          This class implements an input stream filter for reading files in the ZIP file format.
ZipOutputStream
          This class implements an output stream filter for writing files in the ZIP file format.
 

Classes in java.util.zip used by java.util.zip
Checksum
          An interface representing a data checksum.
CRC32
          A class that can be used to compute the CRC-32 of a data stream.
DataFormatException
          Signals that a data format error has occurred.
Deflater
          This class provides support for general purpose compression using the popular ZLIB compression library.
DeflaterOutputStream
          This class implements an output stream filter for compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
Inflater
          This class provides support for general purpose decompression using the popular ZLIB compression library.
InflaterInputStream
          This class implements a stream filter for uncompressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
ZipEntry
          This class is used to represent a ZIP file entry.
ZipException
          Signals that a Zip exception of some sort has occurred.
 


Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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