Does the library support zipping to a stream? Or unzipping from a stream?
Yes, you can zip up files and Save the zip archive to a stream. As well you can Read a zip archive from an open stream – I use this for embedded resources in apps: I call GetManifestResourceStream(), and then unzip that resource. Reading and writing streams complements the capability of being able to Save to a plain file or read from a plain file. The Save-to-a-stream capability allows you to write a zip archive out to, for example, the ASP.NET Response.Output stream, without creating an intermediate file. Very nice for ASP.NET applications. Ok, the library can write a zip archive to a stream, and read a zip from a stream, But… can the library add an entry to a zipfile, grabbing content from a stream? can the library unzip a single entry into a stream? Can an application read an entry as a stream? Yes. Yes. Yes. Unlike some other libraries, in most cases DotNetZip handles the streaming; your application does not need to implement a Read/Write data pump. The application needs only to
Yes, you can zip up files and Save the zip archive to a stream. As well you can Read a zip archive from an open stream – I use this for embedded resources in apps: I call GetManifestResourceStream(), and then unzip that resource. Reading and writing streams complements the capability of being able to Save to a plain file or read from a plain file. The Save-to-a-stream capability allows you to write a zip archive out to, for example, the ASP.NET Response.Output stream, without creating an intermediate file. Very nice for ASP.NET applications.
