[image: Read zip files from the beginning? Read zip files from the end? (both)]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Xueming Shen <xueming.s...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 9/15/14 6:40 PM, Martin Buchholz wrote: > >> Hi Alan, Xueming, >> >> I'd like you to do a code review. >> >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8058520 >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~martin/webrevs/openjdk9/jar-leadingGarbage/ < >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Emartin/webrevs/openjdk9/jar-leadingGarbage/ >> > >> > > > It was the performance concern back then that led us to keep using the > input stream > for extracting, if it's to extract the whole zip/jar. > > There is also some "regressions" reported later with the ZipFile path when > dealing with > some "wrong"/non-ZIP64-spec-compliant huge zip file, in which it's fine > to access those > entries from the beginning of the stream, but can't jump back to the > individual entries > from the cen table. > > It appears you will have to flip a coin to see which case is more > "important"? > > -Sherman >
