# 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.
jdk.security.jarsigner
This package defines APIs for signing jar files.

- Classes in java.util.zip used by java.util.jar
  Class
  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
  An input stream for reading compressed and uncompressed ZIP file entries from a stream of bytes 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
  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.
- Classes in java.util.zip used by jdk.security.jarsigner
  Class
  Description
  ZipFile
  This class is used to read entries from a zip file.