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+// Decouples Endo's usage from JSZip's particular presentation.
+
+import JSZip from "jszip";
+
+export const readZip = async data => {
+  const zip = new JSZip();
+  await zip.loadAsync(data);
+  const read = async path => zip.file(path).async("uint8array");
+  return { read };
+};
+
+export const writeZip = () => {
+  const zip = new JSZip();
+  const write = async (path, data) => zip.file(path, data);
+  const data = async () => zip.generateAsync({ type: "uint8array" });
+  return { write, data };
+};