When extracting archives, developers sometimes want to do a quick inspection to confirm whether an entry exists within the archive, as extracting an archive can be costly at times. IronZIP lets you view the archive entries within the archive without extracting them first, saving you time and allowing you to inspect and verify files quickly before extracting them.
Within this example, we'll quickly go through an example of utilizing the Entry class within IronZipArchive to obtain the list of entries within the archive and print out the names of the entries for inspection.
View Archive Entries with C#
- using
IronZip; - using (var
archive= newIronZipArchive("existing.zip")) List<Entry> entries = archive.Entries();- foreach (
Entry entryinentries) Console.WriteLine(entry.Name);
Importing Existing Archive
We first import the namespace IronZIP. Afterwards, we initialize a new IronZipArchive with the path to the ZIP Archive as the parameter to load the archive.
Viewing The Contents of the Archive
After importing the ZIP archive, we can utilize the Entries() method of IronZipArchive to obtain the list of entries within the archive. The Entries() method within the IronZipArchive returns a <List> of Entry within the archive.
Entry Class
The Entry class contains several properties such as the Name, Size, Version, and other properties such as the Comment and the encryption method used to create that entry. In this example, we utilize a for loop to loop over the number of entries within the list to print out all the names of the entries within the archive, showcasing the versatility of looking through the entries without extracting them. For a complete list of properties available for the class Entry, please refer here.
