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package org.apache.tools.zip;

import java.util.zip.ZipException;

/**
 * General format of extra field data.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Extra fields usually appear twice per file, once in the local file data and
 * once in the central directory. Usually they are the same, but they don't have
 * to be. {@link java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream}
 * will only use the local file data in both places.
 * </p>
 * 
 */
public interface ZipExtraField {

  /**
   * The Header-ID.
   * 
   * @return the header id
   * @since 1.1
   */
  ZipShort getHeaderId();

  /**
   * Length of the extra field in the local file data - without Header-ID or
   * length specifier.
   * 
   * @return the length of the field in the local file data
   * @since 1.1
   */
  ZipShort getLocalFileDataLength();

  /**
   * Length of the extra field in the central directory - without Header-ID or
   * length specifier.
   * 
   * @return the length of the field in the central directory
   * @since 1.1
   */
  ZipShort getCentralDirectoryLength();

  /**
   * The actual data to put into local file data - without Header-ID or length
   * specifier.
   * 
   * @return the data
   * @since 1.1
   */
  byte[] getLocalFileDataData();

  /**
   * The actual data to put central directory - without Header-ID or length
   * specifier.
   * 
   * @return the data
   * @since 1.1
   */
  byte[] getCentralDirectoryData();

  /**
   * Populate data from this array as if it was in local file data.
   * 
   * @param data
   *          an array of bytes
   * @param offset
   *          the start offset
   * @param length
   *          the number of bytes in the array from offset
   * 
   * @since 1.1
   * @throws ZipException
   *           on error
   */
  void parseFromLocalFileData(byte[] data, int offset, int length)
      throws ZipException;
}