How can I read an entry from a jar file?
Created May 4, 2012
John Zukowski Basically, open the .jar file, find the entry you want, then read it:
JarFile jar = new JarFile(jarfile); ZipEntry entry = jar.getEntry(entryname); InputStream is = jar.getInputStream(entry); InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr); String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); }