/** \defgroup ZIPIOS Zipios++ \ingroup EMBEDDED \section intro Introduction Zipios++ is a java.util.zip-like C++ library for reading and writing Zip files. Access to individual entries is provided through standard C++ iostreams. A simple read-only virtual file system that mounts regular directories and zip files is also provided. The source code is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. \section status Status Spanned archives are not supported, and support is not planned. The library has been tested and appears to be working with If you are aware of any other platforms that Zipios++ works on, please let me know (thomass@deltadata.dk). \subsection zipfiles Zip file access The two most important classes are \ref zipfile_anchor "ZipFile" and \ref ZipInputStream_anchor "ZipInputStream". ZipInputStream is an istream for reading zipfiles. It can be instantiated directly, without the use of ZipFile. A new ZipInputStream reads from the first entry, and the user can skip to the next entry by calling \ref ZipInputStream_getnextentry_anchor "ZipInputStream::getNextEntry()". ZipFile scans the central directory of a zipfile and provides an interface to access that directory. The user may search for entries with a particular filename using \ref fcoll_getentry_anchor "ZipFile::getEntry()", or simply get the complete list of entries with \ref fcoll_entries_anchor "ZipFile::entries()". To get an istream (ZipInputStream) to a particular entry simply use \ref fcoll_getinputstream "ZipFile::getInputStream()". "example_zip.cpp" demonstrates the central elements of Zipios++. A Zip file appended to another file, e.g. a binary program, with the program "appendzip", can be read with \ref zipfile_openembeddedzipfile "ZipFile::openEmbeddedZipFile()". \subsection filecollections FileCollections A ZipFile is actually just a special kind of \ref fcoll_anchor "FileCollection" that obtains its entries from a .zip Zip archive. Zipios++ also implements a \ref dircol_anchor "DirectoryCollection" that obtains its entries from a specified directory, and a \ref collcoll_anchor "CollectionCollection" that obtains its entries from other collections. Using a single CollectionCollection any number of other FileCollections can be placed under its control and accessed through the same single interface that is used to access a ZipFile or a DirectoryCollection. A singleton (a unique global instance) CollectionCollection can be obtained through \ref collcoll_inst_anchor "CollectionCollection::inst()" ; To save typing CollectionCollection has been typedef'ed to CColl. In the initialization part of an application FileCollections can be created, and placed under CColll::inst()'s control using \ref collcoll_addcoll_anchor "CColl::inst().addCollection()" and later an istream can be obtained using \ref fcoll_getinputstream "CColl::inst().getInputStream()". \section download Download Go to Zipios++ project page on SourceForge for tar balls and ChangeLog. http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5418 \section links Links zlib. The compression library that Zipios++ uses to perform the actual decompression. Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.3 API Specification . Zipios++ is heavily inspired by the java.util.zip package. PKWARE zip format . A description of the zip file format. \section bugs Bugs Submit bug reports and patches to thomass@deltadata.dk \htmlonly Project hosted by SourceForge

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