ZipStreamProvider: introduced a zip stream provider interface in recognition to the ZipFile native resources

Author: pavly-gerges

snaploader/src/main/java/electrostatic4j/snaploader/filesystem/ZipStreamProvider.java

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+/*
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+
+package electrostatic4j.snaploader.filesystem;
+
+import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
+
+/**
+ * A specialization providing a zip file object over the input stream provider
+ * to locate the files from within.
+ *
+ * @author pavl_g
+ */
+public interface ZipStreamProvider extends InputStreamProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the compression used to locate the files.
+     *
+     * @return a zip filesystem object
+     */
+    ZipFile getCompression();
+}