60.1 Data Types

The APEX_ZIP package uses the following data types.

t_dir_entries

An easily accessible directory of all the files in the archive that is indexed by the full name of the file including its path.

type t_dir_entries is table of t_dir_entry index by VARCHAR2(32767);

t_dir_entry

A file in the archive with precomputed metadata.

type t_dir_entry is record (
    file_name           VARCHAR2(32767),
    uncompressed_length NUMBER,
    is_directory        BOOLEAN );

Attribute	Description
file_name	Name of the compressed file including the directory path.
uncompressed_length	The size of the decompressed file in bytes.
is_directory	TRUE if the entry represents a file system directory.

t_files

Caution:

This data type is deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. Use t_dir_entries instead.

Collection of file names and paths.

type t_files is table of varchar2(32767) index by binary_integer;