**All Implemented Interfaces:**
java.lang.AutoCloseable
```
public interface IArchive extends AutoCloseable
```

This interface represents an archive.
## Methods

| Method | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [close()](#close--) | \{@inheritDoc\} |
| [extractToDirectory(String destinationDirectory)](#extractToDirectory-java.lang.String-) | Extracts all the files in the archive to the directory provided. |
| [getFileEntries()](#getFileEntries--) | Gets entries of [IArchiveFileEntry](../../com.aspose.zip/iarchivefileentry) type constituting the archive. |
| [getFormat()](#getFormat--) | Gets the archive format. |
### close() {#close--}
```
public abstract void close()
```




### extractToDirectory(String destinationDirectory) {#extractToDirectory-java.lang.String-}
```
public abstract void extractToDirectory(String destinationDirectory)
```


Extracts all the files in the archive to the directory provided.

If the directory does not exist, it will be created.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| destinationDirectory | java.lang.String | The path to the directory to place the extracted files in. |

### getFileEntries() {#getFileEntries--}
```
public abstract Iterable<IArchiveFileEntry> getFileEntries()
```


Gets entries of [IArchiveFileEntry](../../com.aspose.zip/iarchivefileentry) type constituting the archive.

Archives for compression only, such as gzip, bzip2, lzip, lzma, lz4, xz, z consist of the single record - the archive itself.

**Returns:**
java.lang.Iterable&lt;com.aspose.zip.IArchiveFileEntry&gt; - entries of [IArchiveFileEntry](../../com.aspose.zip/iarchivefileentry) type constituting the archive.
### getFormat() {#getFormat--}
```
public abstract ArchiveFormat getFormat()
```


Gets the archive format.

**Returns:**
[ArchiveFormat](../../com.aspose.zip/archiveformat) - the archive format