Is there a pre-rolled way to Unpack a Tar using pure Java API?

Question

I have a tar archive. I'd like to unpack it and turn it into a set of files.

I don't want to roll my own solution.

I would like to avoid adding another library to my program (apache commons compress).

Is there any pre-made method for doing this using the basic java API?

(Bold added above because people are suggesting that my question is a duplicate of this question: How do I extract a tar file in Java?, but all of the answers there suggest 3rd party libraries. The answer to this question is either: Yes, here is the link to the java/oracle API, or No, this is not a part of the standard java library.)

Possible duplicate of [How do I extract a tar file in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/315618/how-do-i-extract-a-tar-file-in-java) — John3136, Oct 29 '15 at 01:24
Not a duplicate. Every answer in that thread talks about using external libraries, which I specifically exclude in my question. — Grumblesaurus, Oct 29 '15 at 01:25
gzip is part of java SE - if you aren't using SE you need to be more specific. — John3136, Oct 29 '15 at 01:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '15 at 05:40

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I was not able to find any support for unpacking tars in the standard library. I don't believe that functionality exists as of Java 8.

answered Nov 03 '15 at 05:40

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Is there a pre-rolled way to Unpack a Tar using pure Java API?

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