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RandomAccessFile Operations

The RandomAccessFile class allows for reading and writing to files in a random access manner, treating the file as an array of bytes with a file pointer for navigation. It includes constructors for creating file streams and various methods for reading, writing, and managing file pointers. An example demonstrates how to read from and write to a file using this class in Java.

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RandomAccessFile Operations

The RandomAccessFile class allows for reading and writing to files in a random access manner, treating the file as an array of bytes with a file pointer for navigation. It includes constructors for creating file streams and various methods for reading, writing, and managing file pointers. An example demonstrates how to read from and write to a file using this class in Java.

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RandomAccessFile

This class is used for reading and writing to random access file. A random access file behaves
like a large array of bytes. There is a cursor implied to the array called file pointer, by moving
the cursor we do the read write operations. If end-of-file is reached before the desired number
of byte has been read than EOFException is thrown. It is a type of IOException.

Constructor

Constructor Description

RandomAccessFile(File Creates a random access file stream to read from,


file, String mode) and optionally to write to, the file specified by the
File argument.

RandomAccessFile(String name, String Creates a random access file stream to read from,
mode) and optionally to write to, a file with the specified
name.

Method

Modifier and Method Method


Type

void close() It closes this random access file stream and


releases any system resources associated with
the stream.

FileChannel getChannel() It returns the unique FileChannel object


associated with this file.

int readInt() It reads a signed 32-bit integer from this file.

String readUTF() It reads in a string from this file.

void seek(long pos) It sets the file-pointer offset, measured from the
beginning of this file, at which the next read or
write occurs.

void writeDouble(double It converts the double argument to a long using


v) the doubleToLongBits method in class Double,
and then writes that long value to the file as an
eight-byte quantity, high byte first.

void writeFloat(float v) It converts the float argument to an int using


the floatToIntBits method in class Float, and
then writes that int value to the file as a four-
byte quantity, high byte first.

void write(int b) It writes the specified byte to this file.


int read() It reads a byte of data from this file.

long length() It returns the length of this file.

void seek(long pos) It sets the file-pointer offset, measured from the
beginning of this file, at which the next read or
write occurs.

Example

import [Link];
import [Link];

public class RandomAccessFileExample {


static final String FILEPATH ="[Link]";
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
[Link](new String(readFromFile(FILEPATH, 0, 18)));
writeToFile(FILEPATH, "I love my country and my people", 31);
} catch (IOException e) {
[Link]();
}
}
private static byte[] readFromFile(String filePath, int position, int size)
throws IOException {
RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile(filePath, "r");
[Link](position);
byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
[Link](bytes);
[Link]();
return bytes;
}
private static void writeToFile(String filePath, String data, int position)
throws IOException {
RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile(filePath, "rw");
[Link](position);
[Link]([Link]());
[Link]();
}
}

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