(Swift 3,4,5...) 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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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let zip = CkoZip()!

    var success: Bool = zip.open("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
    if success != true {
        print("\(zip.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var entry: CkoZipEntry? = zip.firstEntry()
    if zip.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("This zip archive is empty.")
        return
    }

    var finished: Bool = false
    while finished == false {

        if entry!.isDirectory == false {
            print("\(entry!.fileName!)")
        }
        else {
            print("(directory) \(entry!.fileName!)")
        }

        var next: CkoZipEntry? = entry!.next()
        if entry!.lastMethodSuccess == false {
            finished = true
        }

        entry = nil
        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

}