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. Alan
