Get a File or URI object for a file inside an archive with Java?

Question

is it possible to get a File or URI object for a file inside an archive with Java? (zip or jar archive)

Thanks Hemeroc.

Answer 1

public List getFilesInJar(String jarName){    
  List result = new ArrayList();
  File jarFile = new File(jarName);    
  JarInputStream jarFile = new JarInputStream(new FileInputStream(jarFile));
  JarEntry jarEntry;

  while ((jarEntry = jarFile.getNextJarEntry()) != null) {
    result.add(inputStreamToFile(jarFile.getInputStream(jarEntry)));
  }
  return result;
}

for the inputStreamToFile method, google "java inputStream to file", although you might be happy with an InputStream object also, instead of a File object :)