(Go) List Files in Zip using FirstEntry/NextEntry

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using the FirstEntry and NextEntry functions.

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    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    zip := chilkat.NewZip()

    success := zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    entry := zip.FirstEntry()
    if zip.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println("This zip archive is empty.")
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    finished := false
    for finished == false {

        if entry.IsDirectory() == false {
            fmt.Println(entry.FileName())
        } else {
            fmt.Println("(directory) ", entry.FileName())
        }

        next := entry.NextEntry()
        if entry.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
            finished = true
        }

        entry.DisposeZipEntry()
        entry = next
    }

    // Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

    // a1.xml
    // b1.xml
    // c1.xml
    // (directory) dir1/
    // dir1/a2.xml
    // dir1/c2.xml
    // (directory) dir2/
    // (directory) dir2/dir3/
    // dir2/dir3/c3.xml

    zip.DisposeZip()