Module java.base
Package java.util.jar

Class JarFile

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Closeable,AutoCloseable
    public classJarFileextendsZipFile
    TheJarFile class is used to read the contents of a jar file from any file that can be opened withjava.io.RandomAccessFile. It extends the classjava.util.zip.ZipFile with support for reading an optionalManifest entry, and support for processing multi-release jar files. TheManifest can be used to specify meta-information about the jar file and its entries.

    A multi-release jar file is a jar file that contains a manifest with a main attribute named "Multi-Release", a set of "base" entries, some of which are public classes with public or protected methods that comprise the public interface of the jar file, and a set of "versioned" entries contained in subdirectories of the "META-INF/versions" directory. The versioned entries are partitioned by the major version of the Java platform. A versioned entry, with a versionn,8 < n, in the "META-INF/versions/{n}" directory overrides the base entry as well as any entry with a version numberi where8 < i < n.

    By default, aJarFile for a multi-release jar file is configured to process the multi-release jar file as if it were a plain (unversioned) jar file, and as such an entry name is associated with at most one base entry. TheJarFile may be configured to process a multi-release jar file by creating theJarFile with theJarFile(File, boolean, int, Runtime.Version) constructor. TheRuntime.Version object sets a maximum version used when searching for versioned entries. When so configured, an entry name can correspond with at most one base entry and zero or more versioned entries. A search is required to associate the entry name with the latest versioned entry whose version is less than or equal to the maximum version (seegetEntry(String)).

    Class loaders that utilizeJarFile to load classes from the contents ofJarFile entries should construct theJarFile by invoking theJarFile(File, boolean, int, Runtime.Version) constructor with the valueRuntime.version() assigned to the last argument. This assures that classes compatible with the major version of the running JVM are loaded from multi-release jar files.

    If theverify flag is on when opening a signed jar file, the content of the jar entry is verified against the signature embedded inside the manifest that is associated with itspath name. For a multi-release jar file, the content of a versioned entry is verfieid against its own signature andJarEntry.getCodeSigners() returns its own signers. Please note that the verification process does not include validating the signer's certificate. A caller should inspect the return value ofJarEntry.getCodeSigners() to further determine if the signature can be trusted.

    Unless otherwise noted, passing anull argument to a constructor or method in this class will cause aNullPointerException to be thrown.

    Implementation Note:
    If the API can not be used to configure aJarFile (e.g. to override the configuration of a compiled application or library), twoSystem properties are available.
    • jdk.util.jar.version can be assigned a value that is theString representation of a non-negative integer<= Runtime.version().feature(). The value is used to set the effective runtime version to something other than the default value obtained by evaluatingRuntime.version().feature(). The effective runtime version is the version that theJarFile(File, boolean, int, Runtime.Version) constructor uses when the value of the last argument isJarFile.runtimeVersion().
    • jdk.util.jar.enableMultiRelease can be assigned one of the threeString valuestrue,false, orforce. The valuetrue, the default value, enables multi-release jar file processing. The valuefalse disables multi-release jar processing, ignoring the "Multi-Release" manifest attribute, and the versioned directories in a multi-release jar file if they exist. Furthermore, the methodisMultiRelease() returnsfalse. The valueforce causes theJarFile to be initialized to runtime versioning after construction. It effectively does the same as this code:(new JarFile(File, boolean, int, JarFile.runtimeVersion()).
    Since:
    1.2
    See Also:
    Manifest,ZipFile,JarEntry

    • Constructor Detail

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(String name)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specified filename. TheJarFile will be verified if it is signed.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the jar file to be opened for reading
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(String name,               boolean verify)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specified filename.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the jar file to be opened for reading
        verify - whether or not to verify the jar file if it is signed.
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(File file)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specifiedFile object. TheJarFile will be verified if it is signed.
        Parameters:
        file - the jar file to be opened for reading
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(File file,               boolean verify)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specifiedFile object.
        Parameters:
        file - the jar file to be opened for reading
        verify - whether or not to verify the jar file if it is signed.
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager.

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(File file,               boolean verify,               int mode)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specifiedFile object in the specified mode. The mode argument must be eitherOPEN_READ orOPEN_READ | OPEN_DELETE.
        Parameters:
        file - the jar file to be opened for reading
        verify - whether or not to verify the jar file if it is signed.
        mode - the mode in which the file is to be opened
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        IllegalArgumentException - if themode argument is invalid
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager
        Since:
        1.3

      • JarFile

        public JarFile​(File file,               boolean verify,               int mode,Runtime.Version version)        throwsIOException
        Creates a newJarFile to read from the specifiedFile object in the specified mode. The mode argument must be eitherOPEN_READ orOPEN_READ | OPEN_DELETE. The version argument, after being converted to a canonical form, is used to configure theJarFile for processing multi-release jar files.

        The canonical form derived from the version parameter isRuntime.Version.parse(Integer.toString(n)) wheren isMath.max(version.feature(), JarFile.baseVersion().feature()).

        Parameters:
        file - the jar file to be opened for reading
        verify - whether or not to verify the jar file if it is signed.
        mode - the mode in which the file is to be opened
        version - specifies the release version for a multi-release jar file
        Throws:
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        IllegalArgumentException - if themode argument is invalid
        SecurityException - if access to the file is denied by the SecurityManager
        NullPointerException - ifversion isnull
        Since:
        9

    • Method Detail

      • baseVersion

        public static Runtime.Version baseVersion()
        Returns the version that represents the unversioned configuration of a multi-release jar file.
        Returns:
        the version that represents the unversioned configuration
        Since:
        9

      • runtimeVersion

        public static Runtime.Version runtimeVersion()
        Returns the version that represents the effective runtime versioned configuration of a multi-release jar file.

        By default the feature version number of the returnedVersion will be equal to the feature version number ofRuntime.version(). However, if thejdk.util.jar.version property is set, the returnedVersion is derived from that property and feature version numbers may not be equal.

        Returns:
        the version that represents the runtime versioned configuration
        Since:
        9

      • getVersion

        public final Runtime.Version getVersion()
        Returns the maximum version used when searching for versioned entries.

        If thisJarFile is not a multi-release jar file or is not configured to be processed as such, then the version returned will be the same as that returned frombaseVersion().

        Returns:
        the maximum version
        Since:
        9

      • isMultiRelease

        public final boolean isMultiRelease()
        Indicates whether or not this jar file is a multi-release jar file.
        Returns:
        true if this JarFile is a multi-release jar file
        Since:
        9

      • getManifest

        public Manifest getManifest()                     throwsIOException
        Returns the jar file manifest, ornull if none.
        Returns:
        the jar file manifest, ornull if none
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - may be thrown if the jar file has been closed
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred

      • getJarEntry

        public JarEntry getJarEntry​(String name)
        Returns theJarEntry for the given base entry name ornull if not found.

        If thisJarFile is a multi-release jar file and is configured to be processed as such, then a search is performed to find and return aJarEntry that is the latest versioned entry associated with the given entry name. The returnedJarEntry is the versioned entry corresponding to the given base entry name prefixed with the string"META-INF/versions/{n}/", for the largest value ofn for which an entry exists. If such a versioned entry does not exist, then theJarEntry for the base entry is returned, otherwisenull is returned if no entries are found. The initial value for the versionn is the maximum version as returned by the methodgetVersion().

        Implementation Requirements:
        This implementation invokesgetEntry(String).
        Parameters:
        name - the jar file entry name
        Returns:
        theJarEntry for the given entry name, or the versioned entry name, ornull if not found
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - may be thrown if the jar file has been closed
        See Also:
        JarEntry

      • getEntry

        public ZipEntry getEntry​(String name)
        Returns theZipEntry for the given base entry name ornull if not found.

        If thisJarFile is a multi-release jar file and is configured to be processed as such, then a search is performed to find and return aZipEntry that is the latest versioned entry associated with the given entry name. The returnedZipEntry is the versioned entry corresponding to the given base entry name prefixed with the string"META-INF/versions/{n}/", for the largest value ofn for which an entry exists. If such a versioned entry does not exist, then theZipEntry for the base entry is returned, otherwisenull is returned if no entries are found. The initial value for the versionn is the maximum version as returned by the methodgetVersion().

        Overrides:
        getEntry in class ZipFile
        Implementation Requirements:
        This implementation may return a versioned entry for the requested name even if there is not a corresponding base entry. This can occur if there is a private or package-private versioned entry that matches. If a subclass overrides this method, assure that the override method invokessuper.getEntry(name) to obtain all versioned entries.
        Parameters:
        name - the jar file entry name
        Returns:
        theZipEntry for the given entry name or the versioned entry name ornull if not found
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - may be thrown if the jar file has been closed
        See Also:
        ZipEntry

      • stream

        public Stream<JarEntry> stream()
        Returns an orderedStream over the jar file entries. Entries appear in theStream in the order they appear in the central directory of the jar file.
        Overrides:
        stream in class ZipFile
        Returns:
        an orderedStream of entries in this jar file
        Throws:
        IllegalStateException - if the jar file has been closed
        Since:
        1.8

      • versionedStream

        public Stream<JarEntry> versionedStream()
        Returns aStream of the versioned jar file entries.

        If thisJarFile is a multi-release jar file and is configured to be processed as such, then an entry in the stream is the latest versioned entry associated with the corresponding base entry name. The maximum version of the latest versioned entry is the version returned bygetVersion(). The returned stream may include an entry that only exists as a versioned entry. If the jar file is not a multi-release jar file or theJarFile is not configured for processing a multi-release jar file, this method returns the same stream thatstream() returns.

        Returns:
        stream of versioned entries
        Since:
        10

      • getInputStream

        public InputStream getInputStream​(ZipEntry ze)                           throwsIOException
        Returns an input stream for reading the contents of the specified zip file entry.
        Overrides:
        getInputStream in class ZipFile
        Parameters:
        ze - the zip file entry
        Returns:
        an input stream for reading the contents of the specified zip file entry
        Throws:
        ZipException - if a zip file format error has occurred
        IOException - if an I/O error has occurred
        SecurityException - if any of the jar file entries are incorrectly signed.
        IllegalStateException - may be thrown if the jar file has been closed