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
