Provides uniform, transparent, thread-safe, read/write access to archive files as if they were just plain directories in a file system path by means of the TFile* classes and their dependent classes.

This is the primary API for JSE 6 compliant TrueZIP applications: Like the API of the module TrueZIP Path, this API is a facade for the module TrueZIP Kernel. In contrast to the TrueZIP Path API however, this API is limited to access the platform file system and any archive files within the platform file system. In contrast to the TrueZIP Kernel API, both APIs are designed to be easy to learn and convenient to use while providing a great level of flexibility. Because all virtual file system state is managed by the TrueZIP Kernel module, this module can concurrently access the same file systems than the TrueZIP Path module.

For example, an application could access an entry within an archive file using a {@code TFile} like this:

    File file = new TFile("archive.tar.gz/README.TXT");
    Writer out = new TFileWriter(file);
    try {
        // Write archive entry contents here.
        ...
    } finally {
        out.close();
    }
        

This example presumes that the JARs of the file system driver modules TrueZIP Driver File and TrueZIP Driver TAR are present on the run time class path.

Mind that a TFile is a File, so you can use it polymorphically. However, you cannot use it with a plain File(In|Out)putStream or a plain File(Reader|Writer) to access prospective archive entries because these classes were not designed for this task. You have to use a TFile(In|Out)putStream or a TFile(Reader|Writer) instead.