Add non-ASCII file names to zip in Java

Question

What is the best way to add non-ASCII file names to a zip file using Java, in such a way that the files can be properly re

Answer 1

From a quick look at the TrueZIP manual - they recommend the JAR format:

It uses UTF-8 for file name encoding and comments - unlike ZIP, which only uses IBM437.

This probably means that the API is using the java.util.zip package for its implementation; that documentation states that it is still using a ZIP format from 1996. Unicode support wasn't added to the PKWARE .ZIP File Format Specification until 2006.