How to search entry in ZipFile.

In this tutorial, We will discuss the use of getEntry() method. The getEntry() methods are
available in ZipFile class, and it is used to read entries of zip files.

In this Example, we will search given entry in a zip file. The getEntry method search specific
entry in a zip file, and returns specified entry or null if it not available in it.

About ZipFile API:

The java.util.zip.ZipFile class extends javalang.Object class. It provides the following methods:

Return Type	Method	Description
ZipEntry	getEntry()	The getEntry() method returns given name entry if entry found otherwise null if entry not found.

code

import java.io.*;

import java.util.zip.ZipFile;

import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;



class SearchEntry {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    try {

      String zipFile = "test.zip";

      String searchEntry = "bharat.txt";

      ZipFile name = new ZipFile(zipFile);

      if (name.getEntry(searchEntry) != null) {

 System.out.println("Entry  name " +

                  
 searchEntry + " is found.");

      } else {

   System.out.println("Entry  name " + searchEntry

            + " is not found.");

      }



    } catch (IOException e) {

      System.out.println("There is a error");

    }

  }



}

Following is the output if you run the application

C:\>java SearchEntry
Entry name bharat.txt is found.

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