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Pack200.java

/*
 * @(#)Pack200.java	1.16 06/10/23
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
package java.util.jar;

import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;




/**
 * Transforms a JAR file to or from a packed stream in Pack200 format.
 * Please refer to Network Transfer Format JSR 200 Specification at 
 * <a href=http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/review/jsr200/index.html>http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/review/jsr200/index.html</a>
 * <p>
 * Typically the packer engine is used by application developers
 * to deploy or host JAR files on a website.
 * The unpacker  engine is used by deployment applications to
 * transform the byte-stream back to JAR format.
 * <p>
 * Here is an example using  packer and unpacker:<p>
 * <blockquote><pre>
 *    import java.util.jar.Pack200;
 *    import java.util.jar.Pack200.*;
 *    ...
 *    // Create the Packer object
 *    Packer packer = Pack200.newPacker();
 *
 *    // Initialize the state by setting the desired properties
 *    Map p = packer.properties();
 *    // take more time choosing codings for better compression
 *    p.put(Packer.EFFORT, "7");  // default is "5"
 *    // use largest-possible archive segments (>10% better compression).
 *    p.put(Packer.SEGMENT_LIMIT, "-1");
 *    // reorder files for better compression.
 *    p.put(Packer.KEEP_FILE_ORDER, Packer.FALSE);
 *    // smear modification times to a single value.
 *    p.put(Packer.MODIFICATION_TIME, Packer.LATEST);
 *    // ignore all JAR deflation requests,
 *    // transmitting a single request to use "store" mode.
 *    p.put(Packer.DEFLATE_HINT, Packer.FALSE);
 *    // discard debug attributes
 *    p.put(Packer.CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"LineNumberTable", Packer.STRIP);
 *    // throw an error if an attribute is unrecognized
 *    p.put(Packer.UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE, Packer.ERROR);
 *    // pass one class file uncompressed:
 *    p.put(Packer.PASS_FILE_PFX+0, "mutants/Rogue.class");
 *    try {
 *        JarFile jarFile = new JarFile("/tmp/testref.jar");
 *        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("/tmp/test.pack");
 *        // Call the packer
 *        packer.pack(jarFile, fos);
 *        jarFile.close();
 *        fos.close();
 *        
 *        File f = new File("/tmp/test.pack");
 *        FileOutputStream fostream = new FileOutputStream("/tmp/test.jar");
 *        JarOutputStream jostream = new JarOutputStream(fostream);
 *        Unpacker unpacker = Pack200.newUnpacker();
 *        // Call the unpacker
 *        unpacker.unpack(f, jostream);
 *        // Must explicitly close the output.
 *        jostream.close();
 *    } catch (IOException ioe) {
 *        ioe.printStackTrace();
 *    }
 * </pre></blockquote>
 * <p>
 * A Pack200 file compressed with gzip can be hosted on HTTP/1.1 web servers.
 * The deployment applications can use "Accept-Encoding=pack200-gzip". This 
 * indicates to the server that the client application desires a version of
 * the file encoded with Pack200 and further compressed with gzip. Please 
 * refer to  <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/pack200.html">Java Deployment Guide</a> for more details and 
 * techniques.
 * <p>
 * Unless otherwise noted, passing a <tt>null</tt> argument to a constructor or
 * method in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be thrown.
 *
 * @author John Rose
 * @author Kumar Srinivasan
 * @version 1.16, 10/23/06
 * @since 1.5
 */
public abstract class Pack200 {
    private Pack200() {} //prevent instantiation

    // Static methods of the Pack200 class.
    /**
     * Obtain new instance of a class that implements Packer.
     *
     * <li><p>If the system property <tt>java.util.jar.Pack200.Packer</tt>
     * is defined, then the value is taken to be the fully-qualified name
     * of a concrete implementation class, which must implement Packer.
     * This class is loaded and instantiated.  If this process fails
     * then an unspecified error is thrown.</p></li>
     *
     * <li><p>If an implementation has not been specified with the system
     * property, then the system-default implementation class is instantiated,
     * and the result is returned.</p></li>
     *
     * <p>Note:  The returned object is not guaranteed to operate
     * correctly if multiple threads use it at the same time.
     * A multi-threaded application should either allocate multiple
     * packer engines, or else serialize use of one engine with a lock.
     *
     * @return  A newly allocated Packer engine.
     */
    public synchronized static Packer newPacker() {
	return (Packer) newInstance(PACK_PROVIDER);
    }


    /**
     * Obtain new instance of a class that implements Unpacker.
     *
     * <li><p>If the system property <tt>java.util.jar.Pack200.Unpacker</tt>
     * is defined, then the value is taken to be the fully-qualified
     * name of a concrete implementation class, which must implement Unpacker.
     * The class is loaded and instantiated.  If this process fails
     * then an unspecified error is thrown.</p></li>
     *
     * <li><p>If an implementation has not been specified with the
     * system property, then the system-default implementation class
     * is instantiated, and the result is returned.</p></li>
     *
     * <p>Note:  The returned object is not guaranteed to operate
     * correctly if multiple threads use it at the same time.
     * A multi-threaded application should either allocate multiple
     * unpacker engines, or else serialize use of one engine with a lock.
     *
     * @return  A newly allocated Unpacker engine.
     */

    public static Unpacker newUnpacker() {
	return (Unpacker) newInstance(UNPACK_PROVIDER);
    }

    // Interfaces
    /**
     * The packer engine applies various transformations to the input JAR file,
     * making the pack stream highly compressible by a compressor such as
     * gzip or zip. An instance of the engine can be obtained
     * using {@link #newPacker}.

     * The high degree of compression is achieved
     * by using a number of techniques described in the JSR 200 specification.
     * Some of the techniques are sorting, re-ordering and co-location of the
     * constant pool.
     * <p>
     * The pack engine is initialized to an initial state as described
     * by their properties below.
     * The initial state can be manipulated by getting the
     * engine properties (using {@link #properties}) and storing
     * the modified properties on the map.
     * The resource files will be passed through with no changes at all.
     * The class files will not contain identical bytes, since the unpacker
     * is free to change minor class file features such as constant pool order.
     * However, the class files will be semantically identical,
     * as specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification
     * <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/html/ClassFile.doc.html">http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/html/ClassFile.doc.html</a>.
     * <p>
     * By default, the packer does not change the order of JAR elements.
     * Also, the modification time and deflation hint of each
     * JAR element is passed unchanged.
     * (Any other ZIP-archive information, such as extra attributes
     * giving Unix file permissions, are lost.)
     * <p>
     * Note that packing and unpacking a JAR will in general alter the
     * bytewise contents of classfiles in the JAR.  This means that packing
     * and unpacking will in general invalidate any digital signatures
     * which rely on bytewise images of JAR elements.  In order both to sign
     * and to pack a JAR, you must first pack and unpack the JAR to
     * "normalize" it, then compute signatures on the unpacked JAR elements,
     * and finally repack the signed JAR.
     * Both packing steps should
     * use precisely the same options, and the segment limit may also
     * need to be set to "-1", to prevent accidental variation of segment
     * boundaries as class file sizes change slightly.
     * <p>
     * (Here's why this works:  Any reordering the packer does
     * of any classfile structures is idempotent, so the second packing
     * does not change the orderings produced by the first packing.
     * Also, the unpacker is guaranteed by the JSR 200 specification
     * to produce a specific bytewise image for any given transmission
     * ordering of archive elements.)
     * <p>
     * In order to maintain backward compatibility, if the input JAR-files are 
     * solely comprised of 1.5 (or  lesser) classfiles, a 1.5 compatible 
     * pack file is  produced.  Otherwise a 1.6 compatible pack200 file is 
     * produced.
     * <p>     
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public interface Packer {
	/**
	 * This property is a numeral giving the estimated target size N
	 * (in bytes) of each archive segment.
	 * If a single input file requires more than N bytes,
	 * it will be given its own archive segment.
	 * <p>
	 * As a special case, a value of -1 will produce a single large
	 * segment with all input files, while a value of 0 will
	 * produce one segment for each class.
	 * Larger archive segments result in less fragmentation and
	 * better compression, but processing them requires more memory.
	 * <p>
	 * The size of each segment is estimated by counting the size of each
	 * input file to be transmitted in the segment, along with the size
	 * of its name and other transmitted properties.
	 * <p>
	 * The default is 1000000 (a million bytes).  This allows input JAR files
	 * of moderate size to be transmitted in one segment.  It also puts
	 * a limit on memory requirements for packers and unpackers.
	 * <p>
	 * A 10Mb JAR packed without this limit will
	 * typically pack about 10% smaller, but the packer may require
	 * a larger Java heap (about ten times the segment limit).
	 */
	String SEGMENT_LIMIT 	= "pack.segment.limit";

	/**
	 * If this property is set to {@link #TRUE}, the packer will transmit
	 * all elements in their original order within the source archive.
	 * <p>
	 * If it is set to {@link #FALSE}, the packer may reorder elements,
	 * and also remove JAR directory entries, which carry no useful
	 * information for Java applications.
	 * (Typically this enables better compression.)
	 * <p>
	 * The default is {@link #TRUE}, which preserves the input information,
	 * but may cause the transmitted archive to be larger than necessary.
	 */
	String KEEP_FILE_ORDER = "pack.keep.file.order";


	/**
	 * If this property is set to a single decimal digit, the packer will
	 * use the indicated amount of effort in compressing the archive.
	 * Level 1 may produce somewhat larger size and faster compression speed,
	 * while level 9 will take much longer but may produce better compression.
	 * <p>
	 * The special value 0 instructs the packer to copy through the
	 * original JAR file directly, with no compression.  The JSR 200
	 * standard requires any unpacker to understand this special case
	 * as a pass-through of the entire archive.
	 * <p>
	 * The default is 5, investing a modest amount of time to
	 * produce reasonable compression.
	 */
	String EFFORT	 	= "pack.effort";

	/**
	 * If this property is set to {@link #TRUE} or {@link #FALSE}, the packer
	 * will set the deflation hint accordingly in the output archive, and
	 * will not transmit the individual deflation hints of archive elements.
	 * <p>
	 * If this property is set to the special string {@link #KEEP}, the packer
	 * will attempt to determine an independent deflation hint for each
	 * available element of the input archive, and transmit this hint separately.
	 * <p>
	 * The default is {@link #KEEP}, which preserves the input information,
	 * but may cause the transmitted archive to be larger than necessary.
	 * <p>
	 * It is up to the unpacker implementation
	 * to take action upon the hint to suitably compress the elements of
	 * the resulting unpacked jar.
	 * <p>
	 * The deflation hint of a ZIP or JAR element indicates
	 * whether the element was deflated or stored directly.
	 */
	String DEFLATE_HINT 	= "pack.deflate.hint";

	/**
	 * If this property is set to the special string {@link #LATEST},
	 * the packer will attempt to determine the latest modification time,
	 * among all the available entries in the original archive or the latest
	 * modification time of all the available entries in each segment.
	 * This single value will be transmitted as part of the segment and applied
	 * to all the entries in each segment, {@link #SEGMENT_LIMIT}.
	 * <p>
	 * This can marginally decrease the transmitted size of the
	 * archive, at the expense of setting all installed files to a single
	 * date.
	 * <p>
	 * If this property is set to the special string {@link #KEEP},
	 * the packer transmits a separate modification time for each input
	 * element.
	 * <p>
	 * The default is {@link #KEEP}, which preserves the input information,
	 * but may cause the transmitted archive to be larger than necessary.
	 * <p>
	 * It is up to the unpacker implementation to take action to suitably
	 * set the modification time of each element of its output file.
	 * @see #SEGMENT_LIMIT
	 */
	String MODIFICATION_TIME	= "pack.modification.time";

	/**
	 * Indicates that a file should be passed through bytewise, with no
	 * compression.  Multiple files may be specified by specifying
	 * additional properties with distinct strings appended, to
	 * make a family of properties with the common prefix.
	 * <p>
	 * There is no pathname transformation, except
	 * that the system file separator is replaced by the JAR file
	 * separator '/'.
	 * <p>
	 * The resulting file names must match exactly as strings with their
	 * occurrences in the JAR file.
	 * <p>
	 * If a property value is a directory name, all files under that
	 * directory will be passed also.
	 * <p>
	 * Examples:
	 * <pre><code>
	 *     Map p = packer.properties();
	 *     p.put(PASS_FILE_PFX+0, "mutants/Rogue.class");
	 *     p.put(PASS_FILE_PFX+1, "mutants/Wolverine.class");
	 *     p.put(PASS_FILE_PFX+2, "mutants/Storm.class");
	 *     # Pass all files in an entire directory hierarchy:
	 *     p.put(PASS_FILE_PFX+3, "police/");
	 * </pre></code>.
	 */
	String PASS_FILE_PFX	 	= "pack.pass.file.";

	/// Attribute control.

	/**
	 * Indicates the action to take when a class-file containing an unknown
	 * attribute is encountered.  Possible values are the strings {@link #ERROR},
	 * {@link #STRIP}, and {@link #PASS}.
	 * <p>
	 * The string {@link #ERROR} means that the pack operation
	 * as a whole will fail, with an exception of type <code>IOException</code>.
	 * The string
	 * {@link #STRIP} means that the attribute will be dropped.
	 * The string
	 * {@link #PASS} means that the whole class-file will be passed through
	 * (as if it were a resource file) without compression, with  a suitable warning.
	 * This is the default value for this property.
	 * <p>
	 * Examples:
	 * <pre><code>
	 *     Map p = pack200.getProperties();
	 *     p.put(UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE, ERROR);
	 *     p.put(UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE, STRIP);
	 *     p.put(UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE, PASS);
	 * </pre></code>
	 */
	String UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE 	= "pack.unknown.attribute";

	/**
	 * When concatenated with a class attribute name,
	 * indicates the format of that attribute,
	 * using the layout language specified in the JSR 200 specification.
	 * <p>
	 * For example, the effect of this option is built in:
	 * <code>pack.class.attribute.SourceFile=RUH</code>.
	 * <p>
	 * The special strings {@link #ERROR}, {@link #STRIP}, and {@link #PASS} are
	 * also allowed, with the same meaning as {@link #UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE}.
	 * This provides a way for users to request that specific attributes be
	 * refused, stripped, or passed bitwise (with no class compression).
	 * <p>
	 * Code like this might be used to support attributes for JCOV:
	 * <pre><code>
	 *     Map p = packer.properties();
	 *     p.put(CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"CoverageTable",       "NH[PHHII]");
	 *     p.put(CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"CharacterRangeTable", "NH[PHPOHIIH]");
	 *     p.put(CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"SourceID",           "RUH");
	 *     p.put(CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"CompilationID",      "RUH");
	 * </code></pre>
	 * <p>
	 * Code like this might be used to strip debugging attributes:
	 * <pre><code>
	 *     Map p = packer.properties();
	 *     p.put(CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"LineNumberTable",    STRIP);
	 *     p.put(CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"LocalVariableTable", STRIP);
	 *     p.put(CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX+"SourceFile",        STRIP);
	 * </code></pre>
	 */
	String CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX	= "pack.class.attribute.";

	/**
	 * When concatenated with a field attribute name,
	 * indicates the format of that attribute.
	 * For example, the effect of this option is built in:
	 * <code>pack.field.attribute.Deprecated=</code>.
	 * The special strings {@link #ERROR}, {@link #STRIP}, and
	 * {@link #PASS} are also allowed.
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX	= "pack.field.attribute.";

	/**
	 * When concatenated with a method attribute name,
	 * indicates the format of that attribute.
	 * For example, the effect of this option is built in:
	 * <code>pack.method.attribute.Exceptions=NH[RCH]</code>.
	 * The special strings {@link #ERROR}, {@link #STRIP}, and {@link #PASS}
	 * are also allowed.
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX	= "pack.method.attribute.";

	/**
	 * When concatenated with a code attribute name,
	 * indicates the format of that attribute.
	 * For example, the effect of this option is built in:
	 * <code>pack.code.attribute.LocalVariableTable=NH[PHOHRUHRSHH]</code>.
	 * The special strings {@link #ERROR}, {@link #STRIP}, and {@link #PASS}
	 * are also allowed.
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX 	= "pack.code.attribute.";

	/**
	 * The unpacker's progress as a percentage, as periodically
	 * updated by the unpacker.
	 * Values of 0 - 100 are normal, and -1 indicates a stall.
	 * Observe this property with a {@link PropertyChangeListener}.
	 * <p>
	 * At a minimum, the unpacker must set progress to 0
	 * at the beginning of a packing operation, and to 100
	 * at the end.
	 * @see  #addPropertyChangeListener
	 */
	String PROGRESS 		= "pack.progress";

	/** The string "keep", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 * @see #MODIFICATION_TIME
	 */
	String KEEP  = "keep";

	/** The string "pass", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String PASS  = "pass";

	/** The string "strip", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String STRIP = "strip";

	/** The string "error", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE
	 * @see #CLASS_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 * @see #CODE_ATTRIBUTE_PFX
	 */
	String ERROR = "error";

	/** The string "true", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #KEEP_FILE_ORDER
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 */
	String TRUE = "true";

	/** The string "false", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #KEEP_FILE_ORDER
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 */
	String FALSE = "false";

	/** The string "latest", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #MODIFICATION_TIME
	 */
	String LATEST = "latest";

	/**
	 * Get the set of this engine's properties.
	 * This set is a "live view", so that changing its
	 * contents immediately affects the Packer engine, and
	 * changes from the engine (such as progress indications)
	 * are immediately visible in the map.
	 *
	 * <p>The property map may contain pre-defined implementation
	 * specific and default properties.  Users are encouraged to
	 * read the information and fully understand the implications,
	 * before modifying pre-existing properties.
	 * <p>
	 * Implementation specific properties are prefixed with a
	 * package name associated with the implementor, beginning
	 * with <tt>com.</tt> or a similar prefix.
	 * All property names beginning with <tt>pack.</tt> and
	 * <tt>unpack.</tt> are reserved for use by this API.
	 * <p>
	 * Unknown properties may be ignored or rejected with an
	 * unspecified error, and invalid entries may cause an
	 * unspecified error to be thrown.
         *
	 * <p>
	 * The returned map implements all optional {@link SortedMap} operations
	 * @return A sorted association of property key strings to property 
         * values.
	 */
	SortedMap<String,String> properties();

	/**
	 * Takes a JarFile and converts it into a Pack200 archive.
	 * <p>
	 * Closes its input but not its output.  (Pack200 archives are appendable.)
	 * @param in a JarFile
	 * @param out an OutputStream
	 * @exception IOException if an error is encountered.
	 */
	void pack(JarFile in, OutputStream out) throws IOException ;

	/**
	 * Takes a JarInputStream and converts it into a Pack200 archive.
	 * <p>
	 * Closes its input but not its output.  (Pack200 archives are appendable.)
	 * <p>
	 * The modification time and deflation hint attributes are not available,
	 * for the JAR manifest file and its containing directory.
	 *
	 * @see #MODIFICATION_TIME
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 * @param in a JarInputStream
	 * @param out an OutputStream
	 * @exception IOException if an error is encountered.
	 */
	void pack(JarInputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException ;

	/**
	 * Registers a listener for PropertyChange events on the properties map.
	 * This is typically used by applications to update a progress bar.
	 *
	 * @see #properties
	 * @see #PROGRESS
	 * @param listener  An object to be invoked when a property is changed.
	 */
	void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) ;

	/**
	 * Remove a listener for PropertyChange events, added by
	 * the {@link #addPropertyChangeListener}.
	 *
	 * @see #addPropertyChangeListener
	 * @param listener  The PropertyChange listener to be removed.
	 */
	void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);

    }

    /**
     * The unpacker engine converts the packed stream to a JAR file.
     * An instance of the engine can be obtained
     * using {@link #newUnpacker}.
     * <p>
     * Every JAR file produced by this engine will include the string
     * "<tt>PACK200</tt>" as a zip file comment.
     * This allows a deployer to detect if a JAR archive was packed and unpacked.
     * <p>
     * This version of the unpacker is compatible with all previous versions.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public interface Unpacker {

	/** The string "keep", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 */
	String KEEP  = "keep";

	/** The string "true", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 */
	String TRUE = "true";

	/** The string "false", a possible value for certain properties.
	 * @see #DEFLATE_HINT
	 */
	String FALSE = "false";

	/**
	 * Property indicating that the unpacker should
	 * ignore all transmitted values for DEFLATE_HINT,
	 * replacing them by the given value, {@link #TRUE} or {@link #FALSE}.
	 * The default value is the special string {@link #KEEP},
	 * which asks the unpacker to preserve all transmitted
	 * deflation hints.
	 */
	String DEFLATE_HINT	 = "unpack.deflate.hint";



	/**
	 * The unpacker's progress as a percentage, as periodically
	 * updated by the unpacker.
	 * Values of 0 - 100 are normal, and -1 indicates a stall.
	 * Observe this property with a {@link PropertyChangeListener}.
	 * <p>
	 * At a minimum, the unpacker must set progress to 0
	 * at the beginning of a packing operation, and to 100
	 * at the end.
	 * @see #addPropertyChangeListener
	 */
	String PROGRESS 	= "unpack.progress";

	/**
	 * Get the set of this engine's properties. This set is 
	 * a "live view", so that changing its
	 * contents immediately affects the Packer engine, and
	 * changes from the engine (such as progress indications)
	 * are immediately visible in the map.
	 *
	 * <p>The property map may contain pre-defined implementation
	 * specific and default properties.  Users are encouraged to
	 * read the information and fully understand the implications,
	 * before modifying pre-existing properties.
	 * <p>
	 * Implementation specific properties are prefixed with a
	 * package name associated with the implementor, beginning
	 * with <tt>com.</tt> or a similar prefix.
	 * All property names beginning with <tt>pack.</tt> and
	 * <tt>unpack.</tt> are reserved for use by this API.
	 * <p>
	 * Unknown properties may be ignored or rejected with an
	 * unspecified error, and invalid entries may cause an
	 * unspecified error to be thrown.
	 *
	 * @return A sorted association of option key strings to option values.
	 */
	SortedMap<String,String> properties();

	/**
	 * Read a Pack200 archive, and write the encoded JAR to
	 * a JarOutputStream.
	 * The entire contents of the input stream will be read.
	 * It may be more efficient to read the Pack200 archive
	 * to a file and pass the File object, using the alternate
	 * method described below.
	 * <p>
	 * Closes its input but not its output.  (The output can accumulate more elements.)
	 * @param in an InputStream.
	 * @param out a JarOutputStream.
	 * @exception IOException if an error is encountered.
	 */
	void unpack(InputStream in, JarOutputStream out) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Read a Pack200 archive, and write the encoded JAR to
	 * a JarOutputStream.
	 * <p>
	 * Does not close its output.  (The output can accumulate more elements.)
	 * @param in a File.
	 * @param out a JarOutputStream.
	 * @exception IOException if an error is encountered.
	 */
	void unpack(File in, JarOutputStream out) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Registers a listener for PropertyChange events on the properties map.
	 * This is typically used by applications to update a progress bar.
	 *
	 * @see #properties
	 * @see #PROGRESS
	 * @param listener  An object to be invoked when a property is changed.
	 */
	void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) ;

	/**
	 * Remove a listener for PropertyChange events, added by
	 * the {@link #addPropertyChangeListener}.
	 *
	 * @see #addPropertyChangeListener
	 * @param listener  The PropertyChange listener to be removed.
	 */
	void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener);
    }

    // Private stuff....

    private static final String PACK_PROVIDER = "java.util.jar.Pack200.Packer";
    private static final String UNPACK_PROVIDER = "java.util.jar.Pack200.Unpacker";

    private static Class packerImpl;
    private static Class unpackerImpl;

    private synchronized static Object newInstance(String prop) {
	String implName = "(unknown)";
	try {
	    Class impl = (prop == PACK_PROVIDER)? packerImpl: unpackerImpl;
	    if (impl == null) {
		// The first time, we must decide which class to use.
		implName = (String)
		    java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged
		    (new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction(prop,""));
		if (implName != null && !implName.equals(""))
		    impl = Class.forName(implName);
		else if (prop == PACK_PROVIDER)
		    impl = com.sun.java.util.jar.pack.PackerImpl.class;
		else
		    impl = com.sun.java.util.jar.pack.UnpackerImpl.class;
	    }
	    // We have a class.  Now instantiate it.
	    return impl.newInstance();
	} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
	    throw new Error("Class not found: " + implName +
				":\ncheck property " + prop +
				" in your properties file.", e);
	} catch (InstantiationException e) {
	    throw new Error("Could not instantiate: " + implName +
				":\ncheck property " + prop +
				" in your properties file.", e);
	} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
	    throw new Error("Cannot access class: " + implName +
				":\ncheck property " + prop +
				" in your properties file.", e);
	}
    }

}