# A pure java implementation of the java.util.zip library

This project provides an implementation of the java.util.zip classes.
The code is pure java (no native code is used), and we aim to be compatible with existing java.util.zip implementations. Some code was borrowed from libgcj, almost all the rest was written by Jochen Hoenicke.
There is very similar project at http://www.jcraft.com/jzlib/index.html.
Another project to implement bzip2 is at http://www.aftexsw.com/aftex/products/java/bzip/.

For the latest source, see the classpath CVS repository. On this page you'll find source and binary releases of the code in both the net.sf.jazzlib and java.util.zip namespaces.

The net.sf.jazzlib namespace is useful for situations where native code isn't allowed (such as in applets) and you need to use zip files. Builds in the java.util.zip namespace have a -juz suffix.

### License

This code is released under the GPL license with a special exception:

    As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
    produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
    resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
    This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
    executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.

### Latest release is 0.07

Download source or binary packages for all releases here.

There is a md5sums file in each release that you can use to check the integrity of the files. The md5sums is also signed with my public key (finger jewel at debian.org), the signature is in md5sums.asc.

### Contact information and bug notification

You should post a message to the jazzlib-developers list (subscribe, archives) to report a bug or contact the developers.
The CVS repository for this project is part of the classpath project.

The files in the SourceForge CVS repository should be considered to be of historical interest only.

John Leuner (jewel at pixie.co.za)
13 May 2004