(Java) Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();
    boolean success;

    String zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

    // Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath);

    // Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
    String fileContent = "Hello World";
    String pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
    CkZipEntry entry = zip.AppendString(pathInZip,fileContent);

    zip.put_FileName(zipPath);
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Success.");
  }
}