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Create a zip file

import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.util.zip.ZipEntry; import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream; public class CreateZipFile {   public static int BUFFER_SIZE = 10240 ;   protected void createZipArchive(File archiveFile, File [] tobeZippedFiles) {     try {       byte buffer[] = new  byte[BUFFER_SIZE];       // Open archive file       FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream( archiveFile);       ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream( stream);       for (int i = 0 ; i < tobeZippedFiles.length; i++) {         if (tobeZippedFiles[i ] == null || !tobeZippedFiles[i] .exists()             || tobeZippedFiles[i].isDirectory ())           continue;         System.out.println("Adding " + tobeZippedFiles [i].getName());         // Add archive entry         ZipEntry zipAdd = new ZipEntry(tobeZippedFiles [i].getName());         zipAdd.setTime(tobeZippedFiles[i ].lastModified());         out.putNextEntry(zipAdd);         // Read input & write to output         FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream( tobeZippedFiles[i]);         while (true) {           int nRead = in.read(buffer, 0 , buffer.length);           if (nRead <= 0)             break;           out.write(buffer, 0, nRead );         }         in.close();       }       out.close();       stream.close();       System.out.println("Adding completed OK") ;     } catch (Exception e) {       e.printStackTrace();       System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage ());       return;     }   } }