Zip file is created with 0 bytes

Question

In my below code, I am trying to zip a folder containing files and folders. But the zip file is getting created with 0 bytes.
Could anyone please tell me what is wrong in my coding.
private void jButton5ZipActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)
     File sgm=new File(jTextField1Text);//jTextField1Text is the filename I am selecting from the jTextField
     File tempXML=new File(sgm.getParent());
     String[] children = tempXML.list();
     for(int i=0;i<children.length;i++)
          File renamingFile=new File(tempXML,children);
          CreateZipFile czf=new CreateZipFile();
          try
               czf.doCreate(renamingFile);
          catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
               ex.printStackTrace();
          catch (IOException ex)
               ex.printStackTrace();
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void doCreate(File dir) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
     String[] filenames=new String[]{dir.toString()};
     byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
     try
          // Create the ZIP file
          String outFilename = "C:\\outfile.zip";
          ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outFilename));
          for (int i=0; i<filenames.length; i++)
               FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(filenames);
               // Add ZIP entry to output stream.
               out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(filenames[i]));
               // Transfer bytes from the file to the ZIP file
               int len;
               while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0)
                    out.write(buf, 0, len);                    
               // Complete the entry
               out.closeEntry();
               in.close();
          // Complete the ZIP file
          out.close();
     catch (IOException e)
Message was edited by:
Simmy

Answer 1

If I give File [] filenames =
dir.listFiles();an error is thrown for the line
out.putNextEntry(new
ZipEntry(filenames)); as
cannot find symbol
symbol: constructor ZipEntry(java.io.File)
location: class java.util.zip.ZipEntry
There's no constructor that accepts a File as argument. There's only this
ZipEntry(String name)
          Creates a new zip entry with the specified name.
ZipEntry(ZipEntry e)
          Creates a new zip entry with fields taken from the specified zip entry.
Check the API
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/zip/ZipEntry.html
regards,
MAnuel Leiria