Spring REST – create ZIP file and send it to the client

@RequestMapping(value="/zip", produces="application/zip")
public void zipFiles(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {

    //setting headers  
    response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
    response.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"test.zip\"");

    ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(response.getOutputStream());

    // create a list to add files to be zipped
    ArrayList<File> files = new ArrayList<>(2);
    files.add(new File("README.md"));

    // package files
    for (File file : files) {
        //new zip entry and copying inputstream with file to zipOutputStream, after all closing streams
        zipOutputStream.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(file.getName()));
        FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);

        IOUtils.copy(fileInputStream, zipOutputStream);

        fileInputStream.close();
        zipOutputStream.closeEntry();
    }    

    zipOutputStream.close();
}