Input Output Files

Managing Input /
Output Files in Java

Copyright © 2009 by Royal Institute of Information Technology
Introduction
A file is a collection of related records placed in a
particular area on the disk
A record is composed of several fields
A field is a group of characters.
Characters in java are Unicode characters
composed of two bytes.
Each Byte containing eight binary digits, 1 or 0
Storing and Managing data using files is known as
file processing which includes tasks such as
Concept of Streams
Java uses the concept of streams to represent the
ordered sequence of data
A common characteristic shared by all the Input /
Output devices.
A stream presents a uniform, easy-to-use, object-
oriented interface between the program and the
Input / Output devices.
Stream has a source (of data) and a destination
(for that data) may be physical devices or programs
or other streams in the program
Relationship of Java program

with I/O devices
Sources Destinations
Keyboard Screen
Mouse Printer
Java
Memory program Memory
Disk Disk
Input Output
Network Network
Using input and Output Streams

Java streams are classified into two basic types,
namely, input stream and output stream
Input stream
Reads
Source Program
(a) Reading data into a program
Output stream
Writes
Program Destination
(b) Writing data into a destination

Stream Classes
The java.io package contains a large number of
stream classes that provide capabilities for
processing all type of data.
These classes may be categorized into two groups
Byte stream classes that provide support for
handling I/O operations on bytes.
Character stream classes that provide support
for managing I/O operations on characters.
Classification of Java stream

classes Java
Stream Classes
Byte Stream Character Stream

Classes Classes
Input Stream Output Stream Reader Writer

Classes Classes Classes Classes
Memory File Pipe Memory File Pipe

Byte Stream Classes
Byte stream classes have been designed to provide

functional features for creating and manipulating
streams and files for reading and writing bytes.
Java provides two kinds of byte stream classes :
input stream classes
output stream classes
Input Stream Classes

Input stream classes that are used to read 8-bit
bytes include a super class known as
InputStream.
The super class InputStream is an abstract class,
and, therefore we cannot create instances of this
class.
Rather, we must use the subclasses that inherits
from this class.
Hierarchy of input stream classes
File
InputStream
FileInputStream SequenceInputStream
PipeInputStream ObjectInputStream
ByteArrayInputStream StringBufferInputStream
FilterInputStream
DataInputStream
DataInput
Summary of InputStream Methods
Method Description
read() Reads a byte from the input stream
read(byte b[ ]) Reads an array of bytes into b
read(byte b[ ], int n, int m) Reads m bytes into b starting from nth byte
available() Gives number of bytes available in the input
skip(n) Skips over n bytes from the input stream
reset() Goes back to the beginning of the stream
close() Closes the input stream
(Continued)
Summary of InputStream Methods

(Continued)
• The class DataInputStream extends
FilterInputStream and Implements the
interface DataInput.
• Therefore, the DataInputStream class
implements the methods described in DataInput
• DataInput interface contains
readShort()
readInt()
readLong()
Output Stream Classes

Output stream classes are derived from the base
class OutputStream
Like InputStream, the OutputStream is an
abstract class and therefore we cannot instantiate
it.
The several subclasses of the OutputStream can
be used for performing the output operations.
Hierarchy of output stream
classes Object
OutputStream
FileOutputStream ObjectOutputStream
PipedOutputStream ByteArrayOutputStream
FilterOutputStream
BufferedOutputStream PushbackOutputStream
DataOutputStream
DataOutput
Summary of OutputStream
Methods
Method Description
write() Writes a byte from the input stream
write(byte b[ ]) Writes all bytes in the array of b to the output
stream
write(byte b[ ], int n, int m) Writes m bytes into b starting from nth byte
close() Close the output Stream
flush() Flushes the Output Stream
(Continued)
Summary of OutputStream
Methods (Continued)
• The class DataOutputStream, a counterpart of
DataInputStream, implements the interface
DataOutput.
• Therefore, implements the following methods
contained in DataOutput interface.
writeShort()
writeInt()
writeLong()
Character Stream Classes

Character stream classes were not a part of the
language when it was released in 1995.
They were added when the version 1.1 was announced.
Character streams can be used to read and write 16-bit
Unicode characters.
There are two kind of character stream classes
Reader Stream Classes
Writer Stream Classes
Reader Stream Classes

Reader stream classes are designed to read
character from the files.
Reader class is the base class for all other classes
in this group.
The Reader class contains methods that are
identical to those available in the InputStream
class, except Reader is designed to handle
characters.
Reader class can perform all the functions
implemented by the input stream classes
Hierarchy of reader stream
classes Object
Reader
BufferedReader StringReader
CharArrayReader PipeReader
InputStreamReader FilterReader
FileReader PushbackReader
Writer Stream Classes

The writer stream classes are designed to perform
all output operations on files.
Only difference is that while output stream classes
are designed to write bytes, the writer stream
classes are designed to write characters
The Writer class is an abstract class which acts as
a base class for all other writer stream classes.
Hierarchy of writer stream
classes Object
Writer
BufferedWriter PrintWriter
CharArrayWriter StringWriter
FilterWriter PipeWriter
OutputStreamWriter
FileWriter
Other Useful I/O Classes

The java.io package supports many other classes
for performing certain specialized functions.
RandomAccessFile
StreamTokenizer
RandomAccessFile
The RandomAccessFile enables us to read and
write bytes, text and Java data types to any location
in a file.
This class extends object class and implements
DataInput and DataOutput interface.
This forces the RandomAccessFile to
implement the methods described in both these
interfaces
Implementation of the
RandomAccessFile
Object
Interface Interface
DataInput DataOutput
RandomAccessFile
StreamTokenizer
The class StreamTokenizer, a subclass of
object can be used for breaking up a stream of text
from an input text file into meaningful pieces
called tokens.
The behavior of the StringTokenizer class is
similar to that of the StringTokenizer class (of
java.util package) that breaks into its component
tokens.
Using the File Class

The java.io package includes a class known as the
File class that provides support for creating files
and directories.
The class also contains several methods.
Creating a file
Opening a file
Closing a file
Deleting a file
Important I/O Exception Classes

I/O Exception class Function
EOFException Signals that an end of the file or end of stream has
been reached unexpectedly during input
FileNotFoundException Informs that a file could not be found

InterruptedIOException Warns that an I/O operations has been
interrupted
IOException Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has
occurred
Common Stream Classes used for

I/O Operations
Source Characters Bytes
Read Write Read Write
Memory CharArrayReader CharArrayReader ByteArrayInputStream ByteArrayOutputStream
File FileReader FileWriter FileInputStream FileOutputStream
Pipe PipedReader PipedWriter PipedInputStream PipedOutputStream

Instantiating file stream objects
fis “test.dat”
Stream object Filename
fis inFile “test.dat”
Stream object File object Filename

Copying Characters Copyright © 2009 by Royal Institute of Information Technology
import java.io.*;
class CopyCharacters{
public static void main(String args[ ]){
File inFile = new File(“input.dat”);
File outFile = new File(“output.dat”);
FileReader ins = null;
FileWriter outs = null;
try{
ins = new FileReader(inFile);
outs = new FileWriter(outFile);
int ch;
while( (ch = ins.read()) != -1){
outs.write(ch);
}
Reading from and Writing to files
ins stream
input.dat
read()
inFile
Program
output.dat write()
outFile outs stream

Writing bytes to a file

import java.io.*;
class WriteBytes{
public static void main(String args[]){
byte cities[] = {‘D’, ‘E’, ‘L’, ‘H’, ‘I’, ‘\n’, ‘M’, ‘A’, ‘D’, ‘R’, ‘A’, ‘S’, ‘\n’, ‘L’, ‘O’, ‘N’, ‘D’, ‘O’, ‘N’, ‘\n’ };
FileOutputStream outfile = null;
try{
outfile = new FileOutputStream (“city.txt”);
outfile.write(cities);
outfile.close();
}
catch(IOException ioe){
System.out.println(ioe);
System.out.println(-1);
}
}
}
Reading Bytes from a file
import java.io.*;
class ReadBytes{
FileInputStream infile = null;
int b;
try{
infile = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
while((b = infile.read()) != -1){
System.out.print((char) b);
}
infile.close();
}
System.out.println(ioe);
}
}
}
Copying bytes from one file to
another
import java.io.*;
class CopyBytes{
FileInputStream infile = null;
FileOutputStream outfile = null;
byte byteRead;
try{
infile = new FileInputStream(“in.dat”);
outfile = new FileOutputStream (“out.dat”);
Program Continued
catch(FileNotFoundException e){
System.out.println(“File not Found”);
}
catch(IOException e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
finally{
try{
infile.close();
Handling Primitive Data Types

To read/write the primitive data types, we can use
filter classes as wrappers on existing input and
output streams to filter data in the original stream.
The two filter classes used for creating “data
streams” for handling primitive types are
DataInputStream and DataOutputStream.
Hierarchy of Data Stream classes

Class Interface
FilterInputStream DataInput
DataInputStream
Interface Class
DataOutput FilterOutputStream
DataOutputStream
Reading and Writing primitive
data
import java.io.*;
class ReadWritePrimitive{
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
File primitive = new File(“prim.dat”);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(primitive);
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(fos);
//Write primitive data to the “prim.dat” file

dos.writeInt(1999);
dos.writeDouble(375.85);
dos.writeChar(‘X’);
dos.close();
fos.close(); (Continued)
Program (Continued)
//Read data from to the “prim.dat” file
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStram(primitive);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(fis);
System.out.println(dis.readInt());
System.out.println(dis.readDouble());
System.out.println(dis.readBoolean());
System.out.println(dis.readChar());
dis.close();
fis.close();
}
}
Using a Single file for storing and retrieving
import java.io.*;
class ReadWriteIntegers{
// Declare data streams
DataInputStream dis = null;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
// Construct a file
File inFile = new File(“rand.dat”);
// Writing integers to rand.dat file
try{
dos = new DataOutputStream(new
Program (Continued) Copyright © 2009 by Royal Institute of Information Technology
System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
finally{
try{
dos.close();
catch(IOException ioe) { }
try{
dis = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(inFile));
for(int i=0; i<20; i++){
int n = dis.readInt();
System.out.print(n + “ ”);
System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
finally{
try{
dis.close();
catch(IOException ioe) { }
}
Concatenating and Buffering Files

Combine two or more input streams (files) into a
single input stream(file). This process is known as
concatenation of file.
It is achieved using the SequenceInputStream
class.
Creation of buffers to store temporarily data that is
read from or written to a stream. This process is
known as buffered i/o operation.
Buffers can be created using the
BufferedInputStream and
IIIustration of concatenation and

Buffering
file 1 inBuffer
file1 + file2
file 2 read()
file3
Program
outBuffer write()
Screen
System.out
Program of Concatenation and
Buffering
import java.io.*;
class SequenceBuffer{
//Declare file streams
FileInputSteram file1 = null;
FileInputStream file2 = null;
//Declare file3 to store combined files
SequenceInputStream file3 = null;
file1 = new FileInputStream(“text1.dat”);
file2 = new FileInputStream(“text2.dat”);
Program (Continued)
BufferedInputStream inBuffer = new

BufferedInputStream(file3);
BufferedOutputStream outBuffer = new
BufferedOutputStream(System.out);
//Read and Write till the end of buffers
int ch;
while ((ch = inBuffer.read()) != -1){
outBuffer.write((char) ch);
}
inBuffer.close();
outBuffer.close();
Random Access Files Copyright © 2009 by Royal Institute of Information Technology
RandomAccessFile class supported by the java.io

package allows us to create files that can be used for
reading and writing data with random access.
A file can be created and opened for random access by
giving a mode string as a parameter to the constructer
when we open file.
“r” for reading only
“rw” for both reading and writing
Random access files support a pointer known as file
pointer that can be moved to arbitrary positions in the file
prior to reading or writing.
The file pointer is moved using the method seek() in the
RandomAccessFile class.
Reading/Writing using a random access file
import java.io.*;
class RandomIO{
RandomAccessFile file = null;
try{
file = new RandomAccessFile(“rand.dat”, “rw”);
file.WriteChar(‘X’);
file.writeInt(555);
file.writeDouble(3.1412);
file.seek(0); //Go to the beginning
System.out.println(file.readChar());
Program (Continued)
file.seek(2) // Go to the second item

System.out.println(file.readInt());
// Go to the end and append false to the file
file.seek(file.length());
file.writeBoolean(false);
file.seek(4);
System.out.println(file.readBoolean());
file.close();
}
Appending to an existing file

import java.io.*;
class RandomAccess{
static public void main(String args[]){
RandomAccessFile rFile;
try{
rFile = new RandomAccessFile(“city.txt”, “rw”);
rFile.seek(rFile.length());
rFile.writeBytes(“MUMBAI/n”);
rFile.close();
}
Interactive input and output
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class Inventory{
static DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
static StringTokenizer st;
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(“invent.dat”));
System.out.println(“Enter code number”);
st = new StringTokenizer(din readLine());
int code = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
System.out.println(“Enter number of items”);
st = new StringTokenizer(din.readLine());
int items = Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
(Continued)
System.out.println(“Enter cost”);
st = new StringTokenizer(din.readLine());
double cost = new Double(st.nextToken()).doubleValue();
dos.writeInt(code);
dos.writeInt(items);
dos.writeDouble(cost);
dos.close();
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new
FileInputStream(“invent.dat”));
int codeNumber = dis.readInt();
int totalItems = dis.readInt();
double itemCost = dis.readDouble();
double totalCost = totalItems * itemCost;
dis.close();
System.out.println();
System.out.println(“Code Number : ”+ codeNumber);
System.out.println(“Item Cost : ”+ itemCost);
System.out.println(“Total Items :”+ totalItems);
System.out.println(“Total Cost :”+ totalCost);
}
}
Output of the Program

Enter code number
1001
Enter number of items
193
Enter cost
452
Code Number : 1001]

Creating a file using text fields in

windows
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
class StudentFile extends Frame{
//Defining window components
TextField number, name, marks;
Button enter, done;
Label numLabel, nameLabel, markLabel;
DataOutputStream dos;
//Initialize the Frame
public StudentFile(){
super(“Create Student File”);
//Setup the window
public void setup(){
resize(400, 200);
setLayout(new GridLayout (4, 2));
number = new TextField(25);
numLabel = new Label(“Roll Number”);
name = new TextField(25);
nameLabel = new Label(“Student name”);
marks = new TextField(25);
markLabel = new Label(“Marks”);
enter = new Button(“ENTER”);
done = new Button(“DONE”);
(Continued)
//Add the components to the Frame
add(numLabel);
add(number);
add(nameLabel);
add(name);
add(markLabel);
add(marks);
add(enter);
add(done);
show();
//open the file
try{
dos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(“student.dat”));
System.err.println(e.toString());
System.exit(1);
//Write to the file
public void addRecord(){
int num;
Double d;
num = (new Integer (number.getText())).intValue();
(Continued)
try{
dos.writeInt(num);
dos.writeUTF(name.getText());
d = new Double(marks.getText());
dos.writeDouble(d.doubleValue());
catch(IOException e) { }
//clear the text fields
number.setText(“ ”);
name.setText(“ ”);
marks.setText(“ ”);
//Adding the record and clearing the
public void cleanup(){
if(! number.getText().equals(“ “)){
addRecord();
try{
dos.flush();
dos.close();
catch(IOException e) { }
(Continued)
//Processing the event
public boolean action (Event event, object o){
if(event.teg instanceof Button){
if(event.arg.equals(“ENTER”)){
addRecord();
return true;
return super.action(event, o);
public boolean handleEvent(Event event){
if(event.get instanceof Button){
if(event.arg.equals(“DONE”)){
cleanup();
System.exit(0);
return true;
return super.handleEvent(event);
//Execute the program
StudentFile student = new StudentFile();
student.setup();
}
Output of the Program

Other Stream Classes

Object Streams
Piped Streams
Pushback Streams
Filtered Streams
Object Streams
It is also possible to perform input and output
operations on objects using the object streams.
The object streams are created using
ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream
classes.
We may declare records as objects and use the object
classes to write and read these objects from files.
This process is known as object serialization.
Piped Streams
Piped streams provide functionality for threads to
communicate and exchange data between them.
The write thread sends data to the read thread
through a pipeline that connects an object of
PipedInputStream to an object of
PipedOutputStream.
The objects inputPipe and outputPipe are
connected using the connect() method.
Threads using pipes to

communicate
inputPipe outputPipe
Write Thread Read Thread

Pushback Streams
The pushback streams created by the classes
PushbackInputStream and
PushbackReader can be used to push a single
byte or a character back into the input stream so
that it can be reread.
When a character indicating a new input token is
read, it is pushed back into the input stream until
the current input token is processed.
Filtered Streams
Java supports two abstract classes, namely,
FilterInputStream and FilterOutputStream that
provides the basic capability to create input and output
streams for filtering input/output in a number of ways.
These streams, known as Filters, sit between an input
stream and an output stream and perform some
optional processing on the data they transfer
Input Output
stream stream
Filter 1 Filter 2 Filter 3

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Managing Input /

Output Files in Java

Relationship of Java program

Using input and Output Streams

(a) Reading data into a program

(b) Writing data into a destination

Classification of Java stream

Byte Stream Character Stream

Input Stream Output Stream Reader Writer

Memory File Pipe Memory File Pipe

Byte Stream Classes

Byte stream classes have been designed to provide

Input Stream Classes

Summary of InputStream Methods

Summary of InputStream Methods

Output Stream Classes

Character Stream Classes

Reader Stream Classes

Writer Stream Classes

Other Useful I/O Classes

Using the File Class

Important I/O Exception Classes

FileNotFoundException Informs that a file could not be found

Common Stream Classes used for

Memory CharArrayReader CharArrayReader ByteArrayInputStream ByteArrayOutputStream

File FileReader FileWriter FileInputStream FileOutputStream

Pipe PipedReader PipedWriter PipedInputStream PipedOutputStream

Instantiating file stream objects

Stream object Filename

fis inFile “test.dat”

Stream object File object Filename

public static void main(String args[ ]){

File inFile = new File(“input.dat”);

File outFile = new File(“output.dat”);

FileReader ins = null;

FileWriter outs = null;

ins = new FileReader(inFile);

outs = new FileWriter(outFile);

while( (ch = ins.read()) != -1){

outFile outs stream

Writing bytes to a file

Handling Primitive Data Types

Hierarchy of Data Stream classes

//Write primitive data to the “prim.dat” file

dis = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(inFile));

for(int i=0; i<20; i++){

Concatenating and Buffering Files

IIIustration of concatenation and

BufferedInputStream inBuffer = new

RandomAccessFile class supported by the java.io

file.seek(2) // Go to the second item

Appending to an existing file

Output of the Program

Code Number : 1001]

Creating a file using text fields in

class StudentFile extends Frame{

//Defining window components

TextField number, name, marks;

Button enter, done;

Label numLabel, nameLabel, markLabel;