How to extract a single file from a remote archive file?

Question

Given

1. URL of an archive (e.g. a zip file)
2. Full name (including path) of a file inside that archive

I\'m looking for a way (preferably i

Answer 1

Since TrueZIP 7.2, there is a new client API in the module TrueZIP Path. This is an implementation of an NIO.2 FileSystemProvider for JSE 7. Using this API, you can access HTTP URI as follows:

Path path = new TPath(new URI("http://acme.com/download/everything.tar.gz/README.TXT"));
try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
    // Read archive entry contents here.
    ...
}