Getting specific file from ZipInputStream

I can go through ZipInputStream, but before starting the iteration I want to get a specific file that I need during the iteration. How can I do that?

ZipInputStream zin = new ZipInputStream(myInputStream)
while ((entry = zin.getNextEntry()) != null)
 {
    println entry.getName()
}

If the myInputStream you're working with comes from a real file on disk then you can simply use java.util.zip.ZipFile instead, which is backed by a RandomAccessFile and provides direct access to the zip entries by name. But if all you have is an InputStream (e.g. if you're processing the stream directly on receipt from a network socket or similar) then you'll have to do your own buffering.

You could copy the stream to a temporary file, then open that file using ZipFile, or if you know the maximum size of the data in advance (e.g. for an HTTP request that declares its Content-Length up front) you could use a BufferedInputStream to buffer it in memory until you've found the required entry.

BufferedInputStream bufIn = new BufferedInputStream(myInputStream);
bufIn.mark(contentLength);
ZipInputStream zipIn = new ZipInputStream(bufIn);
boolean foundSpecial = false;
while ((entry = zin.getNextEntry()) != null) {
  if("special.txt".equals(entry.getName())) {
    // do whatever you need with the special entry
    foundSpecial = true;
    break;
  }
}

if(foundSpecial) {
  // rewind
  bufIn.reset();
  zipIn = new ZipInputStream(bufIn);
  // ....
}

(I haven't tested this code myself, you may find it's necessary to use something like the commons-io CloseShieldInputStream in between the bufIn and the first zipIn, to allow the first zip stream to close without closing the underlying bufIn before you've rewound it).