Java Input Output (java.io.*)

Instructor: @Subash @Paudyal
Training on Java
Programming

• What are streams?
• Java IO Streams
• Byte Oriented Streams
• Character Oriented Streams
• Byte Stream Classes
• FileInputStream, FileOutputStream
• BufferedInputStream, BufferedOutputStream
• DataInputStream, DataOutputStream
• PrintStream
• Character Stream Classes
• FileReader, FileWriter
• BufferedReader, BufferedWriter
• RandomAccessFile
• Files
• Directories
Session 12: Java Input Output
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• Quickly and easily write programs that accomplish many common IO tasks :
• Reading and writing files
• Communicating over network connections
• Filtering data
• Interpreting a wide variety of formats for integer and floating-point numbers
• Encrypting and decrypting data
• Calculating digital signatures for streams
• Compressing and decompressing data
• Writing objects to streams
• Copying, moving, renaming, and getting information about files and directories
• Letting users choose files from a GUI interface
• Reading and writing non-English text in a variety of character sets
• Formatting integer and floating-point numbers as strings
• Talking directly to modems and other serial port devices
Objective

• A stream is an ordered sequence of bytes of undetermined length.
• Input streams move bytes of data into a Java program from some
generally external source. Like, like a siphon that sucks up water
• Output streams move bytes of data from Java to some generally external
target. Like, A hose that sprays out water
• A stream can represent many different kinds of sources and destinations,
including disk files, devices, network sockets other programs, and
memory arrays
• Streams support many different kinds of data, including simple bytes,
primitive data types, to advanced objects
• Provides interface to external world
Streams

• Input streams read bytes and output streams write bytes.
• Readers read characters and writers write characters.
• Therefore, to understand input and output, you first need a solid
understanding of how Java deals with bytes, integers, characters,
and other primitive data
• Integers: byte (8 bit) , Short (16 bits), Int (32 bits), Long (64 bits)
• Java support only int literal, no byte and short are available
• byte b=42 and short s=24000; //compiler does conversion here
• Byte b1=5, b2=7; Byte b3=b1+b2; is also error as when bytes are
added it gives integer output and that can’t be assigned to byte
What to read and write?

• Standard output (to Screen/Console)
• System.out
• System.out.println(“Hello”);
• System.err
• System.err.println(“Stop”);
• Standard input (from keyboard)
• System.in
• System.in.read();
• Java io files are available in package java.io.*;
• Java’s stream-based I/O is based on four abstract classes:
• Byte Streams (InputStream, OutputStream) – used when working with bytes or other
binary objects
• Character Streams (Reader, and Writer) – used when working with characters or
strings
Data IO in java

• Programs use byte streams to perform input and output of 8-bit
bytes.
• The byte stream classes provide a rich environment for handling byte-
oriented I/O.
• A byte stream can be used with any type of object, including binary
data. This versatility makes byte streams important to many types of
programs.
• All byte stream classes are descended from InputStream and
OutputStream
• Every things is read as byte form (signed integer that ranges from -
128 to 127)
• Java stream classes accept and return int which are internally
converted to byte
Input and Output Byte Streams

• InputStream is an abstract class that defines Java’s model of streaming byte
input
• Most of the methods in this class will throw an IOException when an I/O
error occurs
• We use the derived classes to perform input functions. Some functions are:
• read() read a byte from input stream
• read(byte[] b) read a byte array from input into b
• read(byte[]b, int n, int m) read m bytes into b from nth byte
• available() gives number of bytes in input
• skip(n) skips n bytes from input stream
• reset() goes back to beginning of stream
• close() closes the input stream
• Read() method returns actual number of bytes that were successfully read
or-1 if end of the file is reached.
InputStream

• OutputStream is an abstract class that defines streaming byte
output.
• Most of the methods in this class return void and throw an
IOException in the case of I/O errors.
• OutputStream has following methods:
• write() write a byte to output stream
• write(byte[] b) write all bytes in b into output stream
• write(byte[] b, int n, int m) write m bytes from array b from n’th
• close() Closes the output stream
• flush() flushes the output stream
OutputStream

• The hierarchy of input streams follows similar lines as output streams.
• System.in is an instance of InputStream.
• System.out and System.err are instances of PrintStream.
Input Streams and Output Streams
OutputStream
ByteArray
OutputStream
FileOutput
Stream
FilterOutput
Stream
PipedOutput
Stream
Buffered
OutputStream
PrintStream
DataOutput
Stream

• FileInputStream class creates an InputStream that you can use
to read bytes from a file.
• Constructors:
• FileInputStream(String filePath)
• FileInputStream(File fileObj)
• Code
• FileInputStream f0 = new FileInputStream("/autoexec.bat")
• File f = new File("/autoexec.bat");
• FileInputStream f1 = new FileInputStream(f);
FileInputStream

• FileOutputStream creates an OutputStream that you can use to
write bytes to a file.
• Constructors:
• FileOutputStream(String filePath)
• FileOutputStream(File fileObj)
• FileOutputStream(String filePath, boolean append)
• FileOutputStream(File fileObj, boolean append)
FileOutputStream

FileInputStream in = null;
FileOutputStream out = null;
try {
in = new FileInputStream(“file1.txt");
out = new FileOutputStream(“file2.txt");
int c;
while ((c = in.read()) != -1) {
out.write(c); }
}
finally {
if (in != null) {
in.close(); }
if (out != null) {
out.close(); }
}

• Filtered streams are simply wrappers around underlying input or output
streams that transparently provide some extended level of functionality.
• These streams are typically accessed by methods that are expecting a
generic stream
• The filtered byte streams are
• FilterInputStream and
• FilterOutputStream
• The methods provided in these classes are identical to those in
InputStream and OutputStream.
• We deal with the classes derived from Filtered Streams
• Buffered Streams
• Print Streams
• Data Streams
Filtered Streams

• The java.io.DataInputStream and java.io.DataOutputStream classes are
subclasses of FilterInputStream and FilterOutputStream , respectively.
• For the byte-oriented streams, a buffered stream extends a filtered stream
class by attaching a memory buffer to the I/O stream.
• This buffer allows Java to do I/O operations on more than a byte at a time,
thereby improving performance.
• The buffered byte stream classes are BufferedInputStream and
BufferedOutputStream.
• class allows you to "wrap" any InputStream into a buffered stream to
improve performance
• Constructors:
• BufferedInputStream(InputStream inputStream)
• BufferedInputStream(InputStream inputStream, int bufSize)
Buffered Streams

• The PrintStream class provides all of the output capabilities we have
been using from the System file handle, System.out,
• Constructors
• PrintStream(OutputStream outputStream)
• PrintStream(OutputStream outputStream, boolean flushOnNewline)
• PrintStream(OutputStream outputStream, boolean flushOnNewline, String charSet)
• PrintStream supports the print( ) and println( ) methods for all types,
including Object. If an argument is not a primitive type, the
PrintStream methods will call the object’s toString( ) method and
then display the result.
• After JDK5, printf() method was added that allows to specify the
precise format of the data to be written
• PrintStream printf(String fmtString, Object … args)
PrintStream

• Data streams support binary I/O of primitive data type values
(boolean, char, byte, short, int, long, float, and double) as well as
String values.
• DataOutput defines methods that convert values of a primitive
type into a byte sequence and then writes it to the underlying
stream.
• Constructor
• DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream("data.txt"));
• DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("output.dat"));
• DataInputStream is the complement of DataOuputStream and
the methods are also equivalent such as readDouble()
DataOutput and DataInput

• the only reliable way to write a String so that it can be recovered
by a DataInputStream is to use UTF-8 encoding, accomplished in
this example using writeUTF( ) and readUTF( )
• UTF-8 is a multi-byte format, and the length of encoding varies
according to the actual character set in use.
• Unicode is a tremendous waste of space and/or bandwidth, so
UTF-8 encodes ASCII characters in a single byte, and non-ASCII
characters in two or three bytes.
• out.writeUTF("Square root of 2");
• System.out.println(in.readUTF());
UTF Format

//First, write the data
DataOutputStream dout =
new DataOutputStream(new
FileOutputStream("Test.dat"));
try {
dout.writeDouble(98.6);
dout.writeInt(1000);
dout.writeBoolean(true);
} catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("Cannot Open Output
File");
return;
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("I/O Error: " + e);
}
// Now, read the data back.
DataInputStream din =
new DataInputStream(new
FileInputStream("Test.dat"));
try{
double d = din.readDouble();
int i = din.readInt();
boolean b = din.readBoolean();
System.out.println("Here are the values: " +
d + " " + i + " " + b);
} catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("Cannot Open Input File");
return;
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("I/O Error: " + e);
}

Exceptions in IO

• Bytes copy seems like a normal program, but it actually
represents a kind of low-level I/O that you should avoid.
• Since abc.txt contains character data, the best approach is to use
character streams, as discussed in the next section.
• There are also streams for more complicated data types. Byte
streams should only be used for the most primitive I/O.
• So why we learn about byte streams?
• Because all other stream types are built on byte streams
When Not to Use Byte Streams

• Readers and writers are based on characters, which can have varying widths
depending on the character set.
• ASCII and ISO Latin-1 use one-byte characters. Unicode uses two-byte characters
• Since characters are ultimately composed of bytes, readers take their input from
streams.
• However, they convert those bytes into chars according to a specified encoding
format before passing them along.
• Similarly, writers convert chars to bytes according to a specified encoding before
writing them onto some underlying stream.
• I/O with character streams is no more complicated than I/O with byte streams.
• All character stream classes are descended from Reader and Writer.
• The most important reason for the Reader and Writer hierarchies is for
internationalization.
Character Streams

• The FileReader class creates a Reader that you can use to read
the contents of a file.
• Reading from file
• FileReader(String filePath)
• FileReader(File fileObj)
• Writing to File
• FileWriter(String fileName)
• FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append)
• If append is true, then the file is appended not overwritten
FileReader and FileWriter

FileReader inputStream = null;
FileWriter outputStream = null;
try {
inputStream = new FileReader(“file1.txt");
outputStream = new FileWriter(“file2.txt");
int c;
while ((c = inputStream.read()) != -1) {
outputStream.write(c); }
}
finally {
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close(); }
if (outputStream != null) {
outputStream.close(); }
} Note: In, Character Copy the int variable holds a character value in its last 16 bits; In Bytes Copy, the int variable holds a byte value in its last 8 bits.

BufferedReader inputStream = null;
PrintWriter outputStream = null;
try {
inputStream = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("xanadu.txt"));
outputStream = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("characteroutput.txt"));
String l;
while ((l = inputStream.readLine()) != null) {
outputStream.println(l); }
}
finally {
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close(); }
if (outputStream != null) {
outputStream.close(); }
}
Buffered Reader and Writer
We can wrap the FileWriter object to the Buffered Writer to achieve higher performance
Eg. PrintWriter outputStream = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file)));

• File input and output streams require you to start reading or writing at the beginning of a file and
then read or write the file in order
• Sometimes, however, you need to read parts of a file in a more or less random order, where the data
near the beginning of the file isn't necessarily read before the data nearer the end.
• Other times you need to both read and write the same file
• Random-access files can be read from or written to or both from a particular byte position in the file.
• The RandomAccessFile class implements both the DataInput and DataOutput interfaces. Therefore,
reads and writes use methods exactly like methods of the DataInputStream and DataOutputStream.
• Constructor
• RandomAccessFile(File fileObj, String access)
• RandomAccessFile(String filename, String access)
• Access defines the file permission ie. r or rw (also rws/rwd)
• Methods
• void seek(long newPos)
• long getFilePointer()
• long length() //find length of file
RandomAccessFile

//Reading from file
RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile("d:abc.txt", "r");
file.seek(150);
byte[] bytes = new byte[23];
file.read(bytes);
file.close();
System.out.println(new String(bytes));
//Writing to file
String data=“Java Rocks!!!”;
RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile(“d:abc.txt”, "rw");
file.seek(22);
file.write(data.getBytes());
file.close()
Example

• Most of the classes defined by java.io operate on streams, the
File class does not.
• File deals directly with files and the file system. That is, the File
class does not specify how information is retrieved from or
stored in files; it describes the properties of a file itself.
• File object is used to obtain or manipulate the information
associated with a disk file, such as the permissions, time, date,
and directory path, and to navigate subdirectory hierarchies.
• We should use standard stream input/output classes to direct
access for reading and writing file data
File (java.io.File)

• Constructor
• File(String directoryPath)
• File(String directoryPath, String filename)
• To Get Paths
• getAbsolutePath(), getPath(), getParent(), getCanonicalPath()
• To Check Files
• isFile(), isDirectory(), exists()
• To Get File Properties
• getName(), length(), isAbsolute(), lastModified(), isHidden() //length in bytes
• To Get File Permissions
• canRead(), can Write(), canExecute()
• To Know Storage information
• getFreeSpace(), getUsableSpace(), getTotalSpace()
• Utility Functions
• Boolean createNewFile()
• Boolean renameTo(File nf); renames the file and returns true if success
• Boolean delete(); deletes the file represented by path of file (also delete directory if its empty)
• Boolean setLastModified(long ms) sets timestamp(Jan 1, 1970 UTC as a start time)
• Boolean setReadOnly() to mark file as readable (also can be done writable, and executable.)

• You can create an instance of File from a String pathname:
• File fooFile = new File( "/tmp/foo.txt" );
• File fooFile = new File( "/tmp", "foo.txt" );
• File barDir = new File( "/tmp/bar" );
• You can also create a file with a relative path:
• File f = new File( "foo" );
• In this case, Java works relative to the current directory of the Java interpreter. Can find
the current directory by checking the user.dir property in the System Properties list:
System.getProperty("user.dir"));
• The static method createTempFile(string prefix, string suffix ) , creates a file in a specified
location using an automatically generated unique name
• Use int compareTo(File f) to compare two files.
• Use the static method File.listRoots( ) to know about all the top-level directories, such as
C:, D: etc
• File[] drives = File.listRoots( );

• A directory is a File that contains a list of other files and
directories.
• When you create a File object that is directory, the isDirectory( )
method will return true and you can use list() method
• Methods
• String[] list( ) extract the list of files and directories inside
• File[] listFiles() return array of File objects
• File[] listFiles(FileFilter ff) return File that satisfied FileFilter which uses
Boolean accept(File path) that match path argument
• Boolean mkdir()/mkdirs() create specify directory / with path
Directory

String dirname = "/java";
File f1 = new File(dirname);
if (f1.isDirectory()) {
System.out.println(“Reading Directory = " + dirname);
String s[] = f1.list();
for (int i=0; i < s.length; i++) {
File f = new File(dirname + "/" + s[i]);
if (f.isDirectory())
System.out.println(s[i] + " is a directory");
else
System.out.println(s[i] + " is a file");
}
Code

• Queries?
End of Java IO

• How is a -1 that appears as a part of data to be distinguished from a -1 indicating end of stream?
• Read() function doesn’t return a byte; its signature says it return an integers. This int is not a java byte with value between -128 to
+127 but a more general byte with value between 0 and 255. Hence -1 can be easily distinguished.
• How conversion?
• Since bytes have such a small range, they're often converted to ints in calculations and method invocations.
• Casting from an int to a byte—for that matter, casting from any wider integer type to a narrower type—takes place through
truncation of the high-order bytes.
• This means that as long as the value of the wider type can be expressed in the narrower type, the value is not changed. The int 127
cast to a byte still retains the value 127. On the other hand, if the int value is too large for a byte, strange things happen. So, 128 will
be 10000000 is -127 How? (absolute value of –ve number is found by taking complement and adding 1 to it)
• How characters are treated?
• Since computers only really understand numbers, characters are encoded by matching each character in a given script to a particular
number. For example, in the common ASCII encoding, the character A is mapped to the number 65;
• ASCII, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a seven-bit character set. Thus it defines 27 or 128 different
characters whose numeric values range from to 127. These characters are sufficient for handling most of American English
• How Character Stream work?
• Character-oriented data in Java is primarily composed of the char primitive data type . you need to understand chars to understand
how reader and writer works.
• In Java, a char is a two-byte, unsigned integer, the only unsigned type in Java. Thus, possible char values range from 0 to 65,535.
Chars may be assigned to by using int literals in this range
• chars may also be assigned to by using char literals; that is, the character itself enclosed in single quotes.

• difference between an 8-bit byte and a 32-bit int ?
• is insignificant for a single number
• it can be very significant when several thousand to several million
numbers are read.
• In fact, a single byte still takes up four bytes of space inside the Java
virtual machine, but
• byte array only occupies the amount of space it actually needs.
• The virtual machine includes special instructions for operating on
byte arrays, but
• does not include any instructions for operating on single bytes.
They're just promoted to int.
How JVM treats byte & byte[]

• You often want to look for a particular kind of file—for example, text files, image files etc.
• Need a FilenameFilter or FileFilter object that specifies which files you'll accept
• FilenameFilter is an interface with method
• Public abstract Boolean accept(File dir,String name)
• FileFilter is an interface with method
• Public abstract Boolean accept(File dir)
• public File[] listFiles(FilenameFilter filter)
• public File[] listFiles(FileFilter filter)
public class ImageFilter implements FilenameFilter {
public boolean accept(File directory, String name) {
if (name.endsWith(".jpg")) return true;
if (name.endsWith(".jpeg")) return true;
return false;
}
//public class HTMLFilter implements FileFilter {
//public boolean accept(File pathname) {
//if (pathname.getName().endsWith(".html")) return true; }
File dir = new File("/public/picture/");
File[] imgs = dir.listFiles(new ImageFilter());
Read Filtered Files only

• Open the file
Character Chart

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