zip a folder structure in java

[Harshana Dias]

Hi,
I am try to zip the following file structure in my machine,

parent/
parent/test1
parent/test1/image1.jpeg
parent/test2

The problem here is i cant zip the above file structure using java. I have google and found following code sample but it only zip the files only inside a given folder.

    File inFolder=new File("out");
     File outFolder=new File("Out.zip");
     ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(new 
BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outFolder)));
     BufferedInputStream in = null;
     byte[] data    = new byte[1000];
     String files[] = inFolder.list();
     for (int i=0; i<files.length; i++)
      {
      in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream
(inFolder.getPath() + "/" + files[i]), 1000);                  
out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(files[i])); 
      int count;
      while((count = in.read(data,0,1000)) != -1)
      {
           out.write(data, 0, count);
          }
      out.closeEntry();
      }
      out.flush();
      out.close();

In the above code the out is a folder and we need to have some files..also folder cannot be empty if so it throws a exception java.util.zip.ZipException or cant contain any sub folders even files inside it (ex;out\newfolder\image.jpeg) if so it throws a java.io.FileNotFoundException: out\newfolder (Access is denied).

In my case im costructig the above file structure by quering the database sometime empty folders along the folder structure can be have.

Can some one please tell me a solution?

Thank You.>

[Rob Spoor]

Please SearchFirst. I have answered the very same problem at least once or twice before.