# Class Zip

java.lang.Object
org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask
org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask
org.gradle.api.tasks.AbstractCopyTask
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask
org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Comparable<Task>, ContentFilterable, CopyProcessingSpec, CopySourceSpec, CopySpec, org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectAware, org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopySpecSource, org.gradle.api.internal.IConventionAware, org.gradle.api.internal.TaskInternal, Named, ExtensionAware, Task, PatternFilterable, Configurable<Task>`

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `Jar`

@DisableCachingByDefault(because="Not worth caching") public abstract class Zip extends AbstractArchiveTask
Assembles a ZIP archive. The default is to compress the contents of the zip.

- ## Nested Class Summary

  ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Named

  `Named.Namer`

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final String`
  `ZIP_EXTENSION`

  ### Fields inherited from interface Task

  `TASK_ACTION, TASK_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS, TASK_DEPENDS_ON, TASK_DESCRIPTION, TASK_GROUP, TASK_NAME, TASK_OVERWRITE, TASK_TYPE`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `Zip()`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopyAction`
  `createCopyAction()`
  `protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.ZipCompressor`
  `getCompressor()`
  `ZipEntryCompression`
  `getEntryCompression()`
  Returns the compression level of the entries of the archive.
  `@Nullable String`
  `getMetadataCharset()`
  The character set used to encode ZIP metadata like file names.
  `boolean`
  `isZip64()`
  Whether the zip can contain more than 65535 files and/or support files greater than 4GB in size.
  `void`
  `setEntryCompression(ZipEntryCompression entryCompression)`
  Sets the compression level of the entries of the archive.
  `void`
  `setMetadataCharset(String metadataCharset)`
  The character set used to encode ZIP metadata like file names.
  `void`
  `setZip64(boolean allowZip64)`
  Enables building zips with more than 65535 files or bigger than 4GB.

  ### Methods inherited from class AbstractArchiveTask

  `createCopyActionExecuter, getArchiveAppendix, getArchiveBaseName, getArchiveClassifier, getArchiveExtension, getArchiveFile, getArchiveFileName, getArchiveVersion, getDestinationDirectory, getFileSystemOperations, getReproducibleFileTimestamp, into, into, into, isPreserveFileTimestamps, isReproducibleFileOrder, setPreserveFileTimestamps, setReproducibleFileOrder, useFileSystemPermissions`

  ### Methods inherited from class AbstractCopyTask

  `copy, createRootSpec, dirPermissions, eachFile, eachFile, exclude, exclude, exclude, exclude, expand, expand, filePermissions, filesMatching, filesMatching, filesNotMatching, filesNotMatching, filter, filter, filter, filter, from, from, from, getDirectoryFileTreeFactory, getDirPermissions, getDocumentationRegistry, getDuplicatesStrategy, getExcludes, getFileLookup, getFilePermissions, getFileResolver, getFileSystem, getFilteringCharset, getIncludeEmptyDirs, getIncludes, getInstantiator, getMainSpec, getObjectFactory, getPropertyFactory, getRootSpec, getSource, include, include, include, include, isCaseSensitive, rename, rename, rename, rename, setCaseSensitive, setDuplicatesStrategy, setExcludes, setFilteringCharset, setIncludeEmptyDirs, setIncludes, with`

  ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask

  `conventionMapping, conventionMapping, getConventionMapping`

  ### Methods inherited from class DefaultTask

  `compareTo, configure, dependsOn, doFirst, doFirst, doFirst, doLast, doLast, doLast, finalizedBy, getActions, getAnt, getDependsOn, getDescription, getDestroyables, getDidWork, getEnabled, getExtensions, getFinalizedBy, getGroup, getInputs, getLocalState, getLogger, getLogging, getMustRunAfter, getName, getOutputs, getPath, getProject, getShouldRunAfter, getState, getTaskDependencies, getTemporaryDir, getTimeout, hasProperty, mustRunAfter, onlyIf, onlyIf, onlyIf, property, setActions, setDependsOn, setDescription, setDidWork, setEnabled, setFinalizedBy, setGroup, setMustRunAfter, setOnlyIf, setOnlyIf, setOnlyIf, setProperty, setShouldRunAfter, shouldRunAfter, usesService`

  ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask

  `acceptServiceReferences, appendParallelSafeAction, doNotTrackState, doNotTrackStateIf, getAsDynamicObject, getIdentityPath, getImpliesSubProjects, getLifecycleDependencies, getOnlyIf, getReasonNotToTrackState, getReasonsNotToTrackState, getReasonTaskIsIncompatibleWithConfigurationCache, getRequiredServices, getServices, getSharedResources, getStandardOutputCapture, getTaskActions, getTaskIdentity, getTemporaryDirFactory, hasTaskActions, injectIntoNewInstance, isCompatibleWithConfigurationCache, isEnabled, isHasCustomActions, notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache, prependParallelSafeAction, restoreOnlyIf, restoreTaskActions, setImpliesSubProjects`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

  ### Methods inherited from interface Task

  `doNotTrackState, notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache`

- ## Field Details

  - ### ZIP_EXTENSION

    public static final String ZIP_EXTENSION
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### Zip

    public Zip()

- ## Method Details

  - ### getCompressor

    @Internal protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.ZipCompressor getCompressor()

  - ### createCopyAction

    protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopyAction createCopyAction()
    Specified by:
      `createCopyAction` in class `AbstractCopyTask`

  - ### getEntryCompression

    @Input public ZipEntryCompression getEntryCompression()
    Returns the compression level of the entries of the archive. If set to `ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED` (the default), each entry is compressed using the DEFLATE algorithm. If set to `ZipEntryCompression.STORED` the entries of the archive are left uncompressed.
    Returns:
      the compression level of the archive contents.

  - ### setEntryCompression

    public void setEntryCompression(ZipEntryCompression entryCompression)
    Sets the compression level of the entries of the archive. If set to `ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED` (the default), each entry is compressed using the DEFLATE algorithm. If set to `ZipEntryCompression.STORED` the entries of the archive are left uncompressed.
    Parameters:
      `entryCompression` - `STORED` or `DEFLATED`

  - ### setZip64

    public void setZip64(boolean allowZip64)
    Enables building zips with more than 65535 files or bigger than 4GB.
    See Also:
      - `isZip64()`

  - ### isZip64

    @Input public boolean isZip64()
    Whether the zip can contain more than 65535 files and/or support files greater than 4GB in size.

    The standard zip format has hard limits on file size and count. The Zip64 format extension practically removes these limits and is therefore required for building large zips.

    However, not all Zip readers support the Zip64 extensions. Notably, the `ZipInputStream` JDK class does not support Zip64 for versions earlier than Java 7. This means you should not enable this property if you are building JARs to be used with Java 6 and earlier runtimes.

  - ### getMetadataCharset

    @Optional @Input public @Nullable String getMetadataCharset()
    The character set used to encode ZIP metadata like file names. Defaults to the platform's default character set.
    Returns:
      null if using the platform's default character set for ZIP metadata
    Since:
      2.14

  - ### setMetadataCharset

    public void setMetadataCharset(String metadataCharset)
    The character set used to encode ZIP metadata like file names. Defaults to the platform's default character set.
    Parameters:
      `metadataCharset` - the character set used to encode ZIP metadata like file names
    Since:
      2.14