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Department of Computer Science

Course Code: CSC103


Title: Object-Oriented Programming

Fall 2024

Lab 12
Objective:

To understand the concept of File Handling

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LAB 12
File Handling in Java
Objectives
 Discuss the importance of file handling in programming.
 Explain the basic file operations: read, write, and delete.

Apparatus:
Hardware requirements:
Dual core CPU based on x64 architecture
Minimum of 1 GB RAM
800 MB of disk space
Software requirements:
Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit)
Java JDK 8 (64 bit JVM)
NetBeans IDE (version 8.1 or above)

Background:
The file handling plays an important role when the data needs to be stored permanently into the file. A
file is a named location on disk to store related information. We can access the stored information
(nonvolatile) after the program termination. File handling is an important part of any application.

Java has several methods for creating, reading, updating, and deleting files.

Java File Handling


The File class from the java.io package, allows us to work with files. To use the File class, create an
object of the class, and specify the filename or directory name:

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The File class has many useful methods for creating and getting information about files. For example:

Java Create and Write To


Files Create a File
To create a file in Java, you can use the createNewFile() method. This method returns a boolean
value: true if the file was successfully created, and false if the file already exists. Note that the method
is enclosed in a try...catch block. This is necessary because it throws an IOException if an error occurs
(if the file cannot be created for some reason):

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To create a file in a specific directory (requires permission), specify the path of the file and use double
backslashes to escape the "\" character (for Windows). On Mac and Linux you can just write the path,
like: /Users/name/filename.txt

Write To a File

In the following example, we use the FileWriter class together with its write() method to write some
text to the file we created in the example above. Note that when you are done writing to the file, you
should close it with the close() method:

Read a File
In the previous chapter, you learned how to create and write to a file. In the following example, we
use the Scanner class to read the contents of the text file we created in the previous chapter:

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Get File Information
To get more information about a file, use any of the File methods:

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Delete a File
To delete a file in Java, use the delete() method:

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Exercises:
1. Write a Java program that reads a text file and prints its content to the console. Enhance
the program to display the number of lines in the file.

2. Create a Java program that writes a series of strings to a new text file. Modify the program
to append new strings to the existing file instead of creating a new one.

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