Get a File or URI object for a file inside an archive with Java?

Question

is it possible to get a File or URI object for a file inside an archive with Java? (zip or jar archive) Thanks Hemeroc.

Accepted Answer

The `jar:` protocol is a way to build a URI to a resource in a JAR archive:

```
jar:http://www.example.com/bar/baz.jar!/path/to/file
```

See the API docs for JarURLConnection: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/net/JarURLConnection.html

Between the `jar:` and `!/` can be any URL, including a `file:` URL.

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