JFileChooser Please Help

Hi, I am fairly new to java. I was given an assignment to do which i find difficult. I must create a program that uses JFileChooser to select a zip file that contains 2 text files. The program then must manipulate data in the text files like reverse words and lines and save them as different files.

So far i have created a JFileChooser object ( JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); ) but i don't know what to do next to tell it to open the zip file and look at the text documents. This is all new to me. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks alot in advance.

so far i have this.. i can select only zip files with the JFileChooser but i don't know how to get the program to deal with the data in the text files inside the zip file.

Code Java:

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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;
 
public class Main {
 
	public static void main(String args[]){
 
		JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
		FileNameExtensionFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("zip files","zip");
		chooser.setFileFilter(filter);
		chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
 
 
 
	}
 
 
 
}
//

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See:

Reading ZIP files in Java
or Retrieving a Compressed File from a ZIP File | Example Depot

You can also refer to the API: ZipFile (Java Platform SE 6)

Thanks alot. How do i get my JfileChooser object to to deal with the selected zip file?

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Originally Posted by mulligan252

Thanks alot. How do i get my JfileChooser object to to deal with the selected zip file?

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The JFileChooser.getSelectedFile() will return the file selected by the user.

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