TarEntry

Inheritance: java.lang.Object

All Implemented Interfaces: com.aspose.zip.IArchiveFileEntry

public class TarEntry implements IArchiveFileEntry

Represents single file within tar archive.

Methods

Method	Description
extract(OutputStream destination)	Extracts the entry to the stream provided.
extract(String path)	Extracts the entry to the filesystem by the path provided.
getLength()	Gets the length of the entry in bytes.
getModificationTime()	Gets the modification time of the file or directory.
getName()	Gets the name of the entry within the archive.
getUncompressedSize()	Gets the size of an original file.
isDirectory()	Gets a value indicating whether the entry represents a directory.
open()	Opens the entry for extraction and provides a stream with entry content.
setName(String value)	Sets the name of the entry within the archive.

extract(OutputStream destination)

public final void extract(OutputStream destination)

Extracts the entry to the stream provided.

Extract an entry of tar archive.

 try (TarArchive archive = new TarArchive("archive.tar")) {
     archive.getEntries().get_Item(0).extract(httpResponseStream);
 }

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| destination | java.io.OutputStream | Destination stream. Must be writable. |

### extract(String path) {#extract-java.lang.String-}

public final File extract(String path)

Extracts the entry to the filesystem by the path provided.

     try (TarArchive archive = new TarArchive("archive.tar")) {
         archive.getEntries().get_Item(0).extract("data.bin");
     }
 
```



**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| path | java.lang.String | the path to destination file. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten |

**Returns:**
java.io.File - the file info of the extracted file
### getLength() {#getLength--}
```
public final Long getLength()
```


Gets the length of the entry in bytes.

**Returns:**
java.lang.Long - the length of the entry in bytes
### getModificationTime() {#getModificationTime--}
```
public final Date getModificationTime()
```


Gets the modification time of the file or directory.

**Returns:**
java.util.Date - the modification time of the file or directory.
### getName() {#getName--}
```
public final String getName()
```


Gets the name of the entry within the archive.

**Returns:**
java.lang.String - the name of the entry within the archive
### getUncompressedSize() {#getUncompressedSize--}
```
public final long getUncompressedSize()
```


Gets the size of an original file.

Has the same value as `Length`([getLength](../../com.aspose.zip/tarentry\#getLength--))

**Returns:**
long - the size of an original file.
### isDirectory() {#isDirectory--}
```
public final boolean isDirectory()
```


Gets a value indicating whether the entry represents a directory.

**Returns:**
boolean - a value indicating whether the entry represents a directory
### open() {#open--}
```
public final InputStream open()
```


Opens the entry for extraction and provides a stream with entry content.


Usage:

```

 InputStream decompressed = entry.open();
 byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
 int bytesRead;
 while (0 < (bytesRead = decompressed.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length))) {
     fileStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
 }

Read from the stream to get the original content of the file. See examples section.

**Returns:**
java.io.InputStream - the stream that represents the contents of the entry
### setName(String value) {#setName-java.lang.String-}

public final void setName(String value)

Sets the name of the entry within the archive.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| value | java.lang.String | the name of the entry within the archive |