ZipEntry

[Alan Bateman]

On 12/12/2023 20:17, Alan Snyder wrote:
> ZipEntry is a public class and I am aware that it is used outside the JDK. Presumably that is not a problem.
>
> I’m wondering why the class stores the external file attributes field but does not provide public accessors for it.
>
> I would find it useful to have access to this field. I would rather not have to switch to using a third party library just for this reason.
>
> I understand that the interpretation of the external file attributes is not standardized, but the field itself is defined in the standard
> cited by the package info page, so I don’t see the harm in making it accessible without interpretation.

It might be useful if you would expand a bit on what your usage is. Is 
it file permissions, symbolic links, or something else?

-Alan
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