Uses of Package java.util.zip (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-17

# Uses of Package
java.util.zip

- Packages that use java.util.zip
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.util.jar | Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file.
  java.util.zip | Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats.

- Classes in java.util.zip used by java.util.jar
  Class and Description
  DeflaterOutputStream This class implements an output stream filter for compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
  InflaterInputStream This class implements a stream filter for uncompressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
  ZipEntry This class is used to represent a ZIP file entry.
  ZipException Signals that a Zip exception of some sort has occurred.
  ZipFile This class is used to read entries from a zip file.
  ZipInputStream This class implements an input stream filter for reading files in the ZIP file format.
  ZipOutputStream This class implements an output stream filter for writing files in the ZIP file format.

- Classes in java.util.zip used by java.util.zip
  Class and Description
  Checksum An interface representing a data checksum.
  CRC32 A class that can be used to compute the CRC-32 of a data stream.
  DataFormatException Signals that a data format error has occurred.
  Deflater This class provides support for general purpose compression using the popular ZLIB compression library.
  DeflaterOutputStream This class implements an output stream filter for compressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
  Inflater This class provides support for general purpose decompression using the popular ZLIB compression library.
  InflaterInputStream This class implements a stream filter for uncompressing data in the "deflate" compression format.
  ZipEntry This class is used to represent a ZIP file entry.
  ZipException Signals that a Zip exception of some sort has occurred.

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