Java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException when zipping larger files

Question

i get the error:
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
at java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream.write(ZipOutputStream.java:261)
at compress.zipEntry(compress.java:126)
at compress.Create_Zip_File(compress.java:84)
at Test.backup(Test.java:101)
at Test.<init>(Test.java:37)
at Test.main(Test.java:149)
when zipping a file which is 349MB in size I think this might be because it trying to store the file in the memory and the file is too large.What can I do to not store it in memory or if im wrong can someone point me in the right direction.
Thanks.
FileOutputStream zipFile = null;
    ZipOutputStream zipOut = null;
   private void listContents( File Zip_File, File dir, ZipOutputStream out )
       throws Exception
       // Assume that dir is a directory.  List
       // its contents, including the contents of
       // subdirectories at all levels.
       System.out.println("Directory \"" + dir.getName() + "\""); 
       String[] files ;  // The names of the files in the directory.
       files = dir.list();
       for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
       File f;  // One of the files in the directory.
       f = new File(dir, files);
if ( f.isDirectory() )
// Call listContents() recursively to
// list the contents of the directory, f.
listContents(Zip_File, f, out);
else
// For a regular file, just print the name, files[i].
zipEntry(Zip_File, f, out);
} // end listContents()
public void Create_Zip_File(File Zip_File,File[] To_Be_Zipped_Files,
boolean Skip_Dirs)
try
// Open archive file
FileOutputStream stream=new FileOutputStream(Zip_File);
ZipOutputStream out=new ZipOutputStream(stream);
for (int i=0;i<To_Be_Zipped_Files.length;i++)
//if (To_Be_Zipped_Files[i]==null
// || !To_Be_Zipped_Files[i].exists()
// || (Skip_Dirs ))
// continue;
System.out.println("Adding "+To_Be_Zipped_Files[i].getName());
zipEntry(Zip_File, To_Be_Zipped_Files[i], out);
out.close();
stream.close();
System.out.println("Finished zipping : "
+ Zip_File.getAbsolutePath());
catch (Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
return;
private void zipEntry(File Zip_File, File file, ZipOutputStream out)
throws Exception
if (file.isDirectory())
listContents(Zip_File, file, out);
return;
int BUFFER_SIZE=10240000; // 10 M
byte buffer[]=new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
// Add archive entry
ZipEntry zipAdd=new ZipEntry(file.getAbsolutePath());
//zipAdd.setTime(file.lastModified());
out.putNextEntry(zipAdd);
// Read input & write to output
FileInputStream in=
new FileInputStream(file.getAbsolutePath());
int len;
int nRead=in.available();
while((count = in.read(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) != -1)
out.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
// System.out.println("loop ");
in.close();
out.closeEntry();

Answer 1

of course!!Thanks problem solved:DI don't see how - it is very very wrong!
    private void zipEntry(File Zip_File, File file, ZipOutputStream out)
    throws Exception
        if (file.isDirectory())
            listContents(Zip_File, file, out);
            return;
        int BUFFER_SIZE=4094;
        byte buffer[]=new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
        // Add archive entry
        ZipEntry zipAdd=new ZipEntry(file.getAbsolutePath());
        //zipAdd.setTime(file.lastModified());
        out.putNextEntry(zipAdd);
        // Read input & write to output
        InputStream in= new BufferedInputStream( new FileInputStream(file.getAbsolutePath()), BUFFER_SIZE);            
        for(int count = 0; (count = in.read(buffer)) != -1;)
            out.write(buffer, 0, count);
        in.close();
        out.closeEntry();     
    }Message was edited by:
sabre150