|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|<pre>archive:entries|( $archive as xs:base64Binary|) as element(archive:entry)*}}<br /pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Returns the entry descriptors of the specified {{Code|$archive}}. A descriptor contains the following attributes, provided that they are available in the archive format:
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|<pre>archive:options|( $archive as xs:base64Binary|) as map(*)}}<br /pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Returns the options of the specified {{Code|$archive}} in the format specified by {{Function||archive:create}}.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|format|#Errors}} The archive format is not supported.<br/>{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.
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| '''Examples'''
|A standard ZIP archive will return the following options:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
map {
"format": "zip",
"algorithm": "deflate"
}
</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
{| width='100%'
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|archive:extract-text|$archive as xs:base64Binary|xs:string*}}<br/pre>{{Func|archive:extract-text|( $archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item()*|xs :string*}}<br/>{{Func|archive:extract-text|$archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item= ()*, $encoding as xs:string| := ()) as xs:string*}}<br/pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Extracts entries of the specified {{Code|$archive}} and returns them as texts.<br/>The returned entries can be limited via {{Code|$entries}}. The format of the argument is the same as for {{Function||archive:create}} (attributes will be ignored).<br/>The encoding of the input files can be specified via {{Code|$encoding}}.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|encode|#Errors}} the specified encoding is invalid or not supported, or the string conversion failed. Invalid XML characters will be ignored if {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}} is turned off.<br />{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.|-valign="top"
| '''Examples'''
|The following expression extracts all {{Code|.txt}} files from an archive:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
let $archive := file:read-binary("documents.zip")
for $entry in archive:entries($archive)[ends-with(., '.txt')]
return archive:extract-text($archive, $entry)
</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
{| width='100%'
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|archive:extract-binary|$archive as xs:base64Binary|xs:base64Binary*}}<br/pre>{{Func|archive:extract-binary|( $archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item()*| := ()) as xs:base64Binary*}}</pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Extracts entries of the specified {{Code|$archive}} and returns them as binaries.<br/>The returned entries can be limited via {{Code|$entries}}. The format of the argument is the same as for {{Function||archive:create}} (attributes will be ignored).
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.
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| '''Examples'''
|This example unzips all files of an archive to the current directory:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
let $archive := file:read-binary('archive.zip')
let $entries := archive:entries($archive)
file:create-dir(replace($entry, "[^/]+$", "")),
file:write-binary($entry, $content)
})</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
{| width='100%'
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature''' |{{Func|archive:create|$entries as item(), $contents as item()*|xs:base64Binary}}<br /pre>{{Func|archive:create|( $entries as item(), $contents as item()*, $options as map(*)?| := map { }) as xs:base64Binary}}<br /pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Creates a new archive from the specified entries and contents.<br/>The {{Code|$entries}} argument contains meta information required to create new entries. All items may either be of type {{Code|xs:string}}, representing the entry name, or {{Code|element(archive:entry)}}, containing the name as text node and additional, optional attributes:
* {{Code|encoding}}: for textual entries (default: UTF-8)
The actual {{Code|$contents}} must be {{Code|xs:string}} or {{Code|xs:base64Binary}} items.<br/>
The {{Code|$options}} parameter contains archiving options:
* {{Code|format}}: allowed values are {{Code|zip}} and {{Code|gzip}}. {{Code|zip}} is the default.
* {{Code|algorithm}}: allowed values are {{Code|deflate}} and {{Code|stored}} (for the {{Code|zip}} format). {{Code|deflate}} is the default.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|number|#Errors}} the number of entries and contents differs.<br />{{Error|format|#Errors}} the specified option or its value is invalid or not supported.<br />{{Error|descriptor|#Errors}} entry descriptors contain invalid entry names, timestamps or compression levels.<br/>{{Error|encode|#Errors}} the specified encoding is invalid or not supported, or the string conversion failed. Invalid XML characters will be ignored if {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}} is turned off.<br/>{{Error|single|#Errors}} the chosen archive format only allows single entries.<br />{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.|-valign="top"
| '''Examples'''
|The following one-liner creates an archive {{Code|archive.zip}} with one file {{Code|file.txt}}:
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|<pre>archive:update|( $archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item()*, $contents as item()*|) as xs:base64Binary}}</pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Creates an updated version of the specified {{Code|$archive}} with new or replaced entries.<br/>The format of {{Code|$entries}} and {{Code|$contents}} is the same as for {{Function||archive:create}}.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|number|#Errors}} the number of entries and contents differs.<br />{{Error|descriptor|#Errors}} entry descriptors contain invalid entry names, timestamps, compression levels or encodings.<br/>{{Error|encode|#Errors}} the specified encoding is invalid or not supported, or the string conversion failed. Invalid XML characters will be ignored if {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}} is turned off.<br />{{Error|modify|#Errors}} the entries of the given archive cannot be modified.<br/>{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.|-valign="top"
| '''Examples'''
|This example replaces texts in a Word document:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
declare variable $input := "HelloWorld.docx";
declare variable $output := "HelloUniverse.docx";
let $updated := archive:update($archive, $doc, $entry)
return file:write-binary($output, $updated)
</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
{| width='100%'
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|<pre>archive:delete|( $archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item()*|) as xs:base64Binary}}</pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|Deletes entries from an {{Code|$archive}}.<br/>The format of {{Code|$entries}} is the same as for {{Function||archive:create}}.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|modify|#Errors}} the entries of the given archive cannot be modified.<br/>{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.
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| '''Examples'''
|This example deletes all HTML files in an archive and creates a new file:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
let $zip := file:read-binary('old.zip')
let $entries := archive:entries($zip)[matches(., '\.x?html?$', 'i')]
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|archive:create-from|$path as xs:string|xs:base64Binary}}<br/pre>{{Func|archive:create-from|( $path as xs:string, $options as map(*)?|xs :base64Binary= map { }}<br/>{{Func|archive:create-from|$path as xs:string, $options as map(*)?, $entries as item()*| := ()) as xs:base64Binary}}</pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|This convenience function creates an archive from all files in the specified directory {{Code|$path}}.<br/>The {{Code|$options}} parameter contains archiving options, and the files to be archived can be limited via {{Code|$entries}}. The format of the two last arguments is identical to {{Function||archive:create}}, but with two additional options are available:
* {{Code|recursive}}: parse all files recursively (default: {{Code|true}}; ignored if entries are specified via the last argument).
* {{Code|root-dir}}: use name of supplied directory as archive root directory (default: {{Code|false}}).
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|file:no-dir|File Module#Errors}} the specified path does not point to a directory.<br/>{{Error|file:is-dir|File Module#Errors}} one of the specified entries points to a directory.<br/>{{Error|file:not-found|File Module#Errors}} a specified entry does not exist.<br/>{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.
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| '''Examples'''
|This example writes the files of a user’s home directory to <code>archive.zip</code>:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
let $zip := archive:create-from('/home/user/')
return file:write-binary('archive.zip', $zip)
</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
{| width='100%'
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature'''|{{Func|archive:extract-to|$path as xs:string, $archive as xs:base64Binary|empty-sequence()}}<br/pre>{{Func|archive:extract-to|( $path as xs:string, $archive as xs:base64Binary, $entries as item()*| := ()) as empty-sequence()}}</pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|This convenience function writes files of an {{Code|$archive}} directly to the specified directory {{Code|$path}}.<br/>The archive entries to be written can be restricted via {{Code|$entries}}. The format of the argument is the same as for {{Function||archive:create}} (attributes will be ignored).
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.
|-valign="top"
| '''Examples'''
|The following expression unzips all files of an archive to the current directory:
|-valign="top"| width='120' | '''SignaturesSignature''' |{{Func|archive:write|$path as xs:string, $entries as item(), $contents as item()*|xs:base64Binary}}<br /pre>{{Func|archive:write|( $path as xs:string, $entries as item(), $contents as item()*, $options as map(*)?| := map { }) as xs:base64Binary}}<br /pre>|-valign="top"
| '''Summary'''
|This convenience function creates a new archive from the specified {{Code|$entries}} and {{Code|$contents}} and writes it disk.<br/> See {{Function||archive:create}} for more details.
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| '''Errors'''
|{{Error|number|#Errors}} the number of entries and contents differs.<br />{{Error|format|#Errors}} the specified option or its value is invalid or not supported.<br />{{Error|descriptor|#Errors}} entry descriptors contain invalid entry names, timestamps or compression levels.<br/>{{Error|encode|#Errors}} the specified encoding is invalid or not supported, or the string conversion failed. Invalid XML characters will be ignored if {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}} is turned off.<br/>{{Error|single|#Errors}} the chosen archive format only allows single entries.<br />{{Error|error|#Errors}} archive creation failed.|-valign="top"
| '''Examples'''
|All mp3 files from a directory are zipped and written to a file, along with an info file:
<syntaxhighlight pre lang="'xquery"'>
let $files := file:children('music')[ends-with(., 'mp3')]
return archive:write(
('Archive with MP3 files', $files ! file:read-binary(.))
)
</syntaxhighlightpre>
|}
! width="110"|Code
|Description
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|{{Code|descriptor}}
|Entry descriptors contain invalid entry names, timestamps or compression levels.
|-valign="top"
|{{Code|encode}}
|The specified encoding is invalid or not supported, or the string conversion failed. Invalid XML characters will be ignored if {{Option|CHECKSTRINGS}} is turned off.
|-valign="top"
|{{Code|error}}
| processing failed.
|-valign="top"
|{{Code|format}}
|The archive format or the specified option is invalid or not supported.
|-valign="top"
|{{Code|modify}}
|The entries of the given archive cannot be modified.
|-valign="top"
|{{Code|number}}
|The number of specified entries and contents differs.
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|{{Code|single}}
|The chosen archive format only allows single entries.