RAR archives with java

Question

Is there a good java API for manipulating RAR archive files someone could recommend? Googling did not turn up anything overwhelmingly convincing.

Manipulating, no, because RAR is a closed format. You are allowed to unrar stuff as a developer, but that's about it. Note: I am not a lawyer, but just somebody that went the same path and walked into this one myself. — Maarten Bodewes, Oct 09 '12 at 22:57

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 08 '11 at 04:53

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You could try JUnRar, "a RAR handling API implemented in pure Java" (quoting the site).

edited Mar 08 '11 at 04:53

Jason Terk

answered Feb 18 '09 at 13:58

Fabian Steeg

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 16:03

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There is also this fork from SF(@Fabian's answer and this one are forked from an old SF project):

answered Sep 15 '11 at 16:03

chubbsondubs

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 12:52

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I think this will help you.

A pure Java library for scanning and enumerating RAR archive contents

answered Aug 29 '12 at 12:52

SANN3

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As of 2017 it cannot yet unrar, but it was the only updated this year – Paul Verest Jul 31 '17 at 15:20
As of 2019 it cannot unrar. The reason may be because of the license of rar files – venkat Jun 04 '19 at 10:58

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