is it possible to get a zipentry's inputstream from a zipinputstream?

figured:

it's entirely possible, the call to ZipInputStream.getNextEntry() positions the InputStream at the start of the entry and therefore supplying the ZipInputStream is the equivalent of supplying a ZipEntry's InputStream.

the ZipInputStream is smart enough to handle the entry's EOF downstream, or so it seems.

p.

In addition to @pstanton post here is an example of code. I solved the problem using the following code. It was difficult to understand what the previous answer without an example.

//If you just want the first file in the zipped InputStream use this code. 
//Otherwise loop through the InputStream using getNextEntry()
//till you find the file you want.
private InputStream convertToInputStream(InputStream stream) throws IOException {
    ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(stream);
    zis.getNextEntry();
    return zis;
} 

Using this code you can return an InputStream of the file that is zipped.