Zip attachment in Corda How to read zip file using InputStream

Question

I uploaded a zip file using the attachment option in Corda and I got a SecureHash as output. Then I tried to download the same zip file using this hash as input to openAttachment method I got a InputStream. I tried to read the contents of this InputStream using BufferReader but I  could not because it is encrypted.  I got the "import java.util.zip.ZipEntry" package to read the zip file content but didn’t work. How can I read the contents of the zip file?

The code is as follows:

fun main(args: Array<String>) :String {

    require(args.isNotEmpty()) { "Usage: uploadBlacklist <node address>" }

    args.forEach { arg ->

        val nodeAddress = parse(args[0])

        val rpcConnection = CordaRPCClient(nodeAddress).start("user1", "test")

        val proxy = rpcConnection.proxy

         val attachmentInputStream = File(args[1]).inputStream()

        val attachmentHash = proxy.uploadAttachment(attachmentInputStream)

        print("AtachmentHash"+attachmentHash)

        // Download the attachment

        val inputString = proxy.openAttachment(attachmentHash).bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }

        println("The contents are ")

        print(inputString)

        val file = File("OutputFile.txt")

        file.writeText(inputString)

        rpcConnection.notifyServerAndClose()

    }

    return("File downloaded successfully in the path")

}

Answer 1

You can not directly read the content using the InputStream. To read the contents you first need to convert the InputStream to JarInputStream (It extends the class java.util.zip.ZipInputStream and is used to read contents of JAR file). Then using the JarInputStream method, find an entry and read the contents.

The code to do it is as follows:

val attachmentDownloadInputStream = proxy.openAttachment(attachmentHash)

val attachmentJar = JarInputStream(attachmentDownloadInputStream)

while (attachmentJar.nextEntry.name != expectedFileName) {

    attachmentJar.nextEntry

}

val contents = attachmentJar.bufferedReader().readLines()

You can use the following to download the attachment:

// downloading the attachment

        val attachmentDownloadInputStream = proxy.openAttachment(attachmentHash)

        val attachmentJar = JarInputStream(attachmentDownloadInputStream)

        var contents =""

        //Reading the contents

        while(attachmentJar.nextJarEntry!=null){

            contents = contents + attachmentJar.bufferedReader().readLine()

Have a look at an example here: https://www.corda.net/develop/samples.html