Unable to unzip a file using java but able to unzip it using 7zip

Question

I am trying to unzip a file using java but the following code doesnt enter the while loop as 'ze' is null. However the same file I am able to unzip using 7zip application. Can someone let me know why is this happpening?

try{

        //get the zip file content
        ZipInputStream zis = 
            new ZipInputStream(new FileInputStream(zipFile));
        //get the zipped file list entry
        ZipEntry ze = zis.getNextEntry();

        while(ze!=null){

           String fileName = ze.getName();
           File newFile = new File(outputFolder + File.separator + fileName);

           System.out.println("file unzip : "+ newFile.getAbsoluteFile());

            //create all non exists folders
            //else you will hit FileNotFoundException for compressed folder
            new File(newFile.getParent()).mkdirs();

            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(newFile);             

            int len;
            while ((len = zis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
            fos.write(buffer, 0, len);
            }

            fos.close();   
            ze = zis.getNextEntry();
        }

        zis.closeEntry();
        zis.close();

        System.out.println("Done");

    }catch(IOException ex){
       ex.printStackTrace(); 
    }

Answer 1

The javadocs here: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/zip/ZipInputStream.html says that getNextEntry() will return null if there are no more entries. Check if your zip file actually contains files in it or is it empty.

I tried your code with a zip that contained files and it ran correctly. I tried it with an empty zip file and ze was null for the empty file and so it did not enter the while loop.