I cant read zip files content

[ali ak]

Hi,everybody I am fallowing programming tutorials on youtube.And this code is for reading zip files content.I did the same things like in the video.But Code dosent work .I dont get any exceptions What is wrong here

        try {
            ZipInputStream zis=
                    
                    
                    new ZipInputStream(new FileInputStream("C:\\Users\\xxx\\Desktop\\try.rar"));
            ZipEntry  zip;
            while((zip=zis.getNextEntry())!=null){
            jTextArea1.append(zip.getName());
            zis.closeEntry();
            }
            zis.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(Zip.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(Zip.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

[Knute Snortum]

Welcome to the ranch, ali.

zip is probably null in line 7. I don't think ZipInputStream can handle RAR files easily. Check out this SO entry.

[ali ak]

Thank you friend .