Uncompressing a ZIP file in memory in Java [closed]

Answer 1

TrueZIP library provides alternative mature zip implementation.

It also features file system abstraction even for HTTP.

For example:

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

So, if you are interested only in specific entries, it would download them only, saving bandwidth and time. And you would not have to write downloading code.

See also http://truezip.java.net/faq.html#http.