How to list the files inside a JAR file?

Question

I have this code which reads all the files from a directory.

    File textFolder = new File(\"text_directory\");

    File [] texFiles = textFolder.listFiles         


        

Answer 1

Some time ago I made a function that gets classess from inside JAR:

public static Class[] getClasses(String packageName) 
throws ClassNotFoundException{
    ArrayList classes = new ArrayList ();

    packageName = packageName.replaceAll("\\." , "/");
    File f = new File(jarName);
    if(f.exists()){
        try{
            JarInputStream jarFile = new JarInputStream(
                    new FileInputStream (jarName));
            JarEntry jarEntry;

            while(true) {
                jarEntry=jarFile.getNextJarEntry ();
                if(jarEntry == null){
                    break;
                }
                if((jarEntry.getName ().startsWith (packageName)) &&
                        (jarEntry.getName ().endsWith (".class")) ) {
                    classes.add(Class.forName(jarEntry.getName().
                            replaceAll("/", "\\.").
                            substring(0, jarEntry.getName().length() - 6)));
                }
            }
        }
        catch( Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace ();
        }
        Class[] classesA = new Class[classes.size()];
        classes.toArray(classesA);
        return classesA;
    }else
        return null;
}