Class: java.io.RandomAccessFile

Instances of this class support both reading and writing to a random access file. A random access file behaves like a large array of bytes stored in the file system. There is a kind of cursor, or index into the implied array, called the file pointer; input operations read bytes starting at the file pointer and advance the file pointer past the bytes read. If the random access file is created in read/write mode, then output operations are also available; output operations write bytes starting at the file pointer and advance the file pointer past the bytes written. Output operations that write past the current end of the implied array cause the array to be extended. The file pointer can be read by the getFilePointer method and set by the seek method.

It is generally true of all the reading routines in this class that if end-of-file is reached before the desired number of bytes has been read, an EOFException (which is a kind of IOException) is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for any reason other than end-of-file, an IOException other than EOFException is thrown. In particular, an IOException may be thrown if the stream has been closed.

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@author unascribed
Since:
@since JDK1.0

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  • RandomAccessFiletop

    public RandomAccessFile(File file, String mode) throws FileNotFoundException
    Creates a random access file stream to read from, and optionally to write to, the file specified by the java.io.File argument. A new java.io.FileDescriptor object is created to represent this file connection.

    The mode argument specifies the access mode in which the file is to be opened. The permitted values and their meanings are:

    Value

    Meaning

    "r" Open for reading only. Invoking any of the write methods of the resulting object will cause an java.io.IOException to be thrown.
    "rw" Open for reading and writing. If the file does not already exist then an attempt will be made to create it.
    "rws" Open for reading and writing, as with "rw", and also require that every update to the file's content or metadata be written synchronously to the underlying storage device.
    "rwd"   Open for reading and writing, as with "rw", and also require that every update to the file's content be written synchronously to the underlying storage device.
    The "rws" and "rwd" modes work much like the force(boolean) method of the java.nio.channels.FileChannel class, passing arguments of true and false, respectively, except that they always apply to every I/O operation and are therefore often more efficient. If the file resides on a local storage device then when an invocation of a method of this class returns it is guaranteed that all changes made to the file by that invocation will have been written to that device. This is useful for ensuring that critical information is not lost in the event of a system crash. If the file does not reside on a local device then no such guarantee is made.

    The "rwd" mode can be used to reduce the number of I/O operations performed. Using "rwd" only requires updates to the file's content to be written to storage; using "rws" requires updates to both the file's content and its metadata to be written, which generally requires at least one more low-level I/O operation.

    If there is a security manager, its checkRead method is called with the pathname of the file argument as its argument to see if read access to the file is allowed. If the mode allows writing, the security manager's checkWrite method is also called with the path argument to see if write access to the file is allowed.

    Parameters:
    @param file the file object
    @param mode the access mode, as described above
    Exceptions:
    @exception IllegalArgumentException if the mode argument is not equal to one of "r", "rw", "rws", or "rwd"
    @exception FileNotFoundException if the mode is "r" but the given file object does not denote an existing regular file, or if the mode begins with "rw" but the given file object does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
    @exception SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkRead method denies read access to the file or the mode is "rw" and the security manager's checkWrite method denies write access to the file
    See:
    @see SecurityManager.checkRead(java.lang.String)
    @see SecurityManager.checkWrite(java.lang.String)
    @see java.nio.channels.FileChannel.force(boolean)
    Misc:
    @revised 1.4
    @spec JSR-51
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  • RandomAccessFiletop

    public RandomAccessFile(String name, String mode) throws FileNotFoundException
    Creates a random access file stream to read from, and optionally to write to, a file with the specified name. A new java.io.FileDescriptor object is created to represent the connection to the file.

    The mode argument specifies the access mode with which the file is to be opened. The permitted values and their meanings are as specified for the RandomAccessFile(File,String) constructor.

    If there is a security manager, its checkRead method is called with the name argument as its argument to see if read access to the file is allowed. If the mode allows writing, the security manager's checkWrite method is also called with the name argument as its argument to see if write access to the file is allowed.

    Parameters:
    @param name the system-dependent filename
    @param mode the access mode
    Exceptions:
    @exception IllegalArgumentException if the mode argument is not equal to one of "r", "rw", "rws", or "rwd"
    @exception FileNotFoundException if the mode is "r" but the given string does not denote an existing regular file, or if the mode begins with "rw" but the given string does not denote an existing, writable regular file and a new regular file of that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs while opening or creating the file
    @exception SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkRead method denies read access to the file or the mode is "rw" and the security manager's checkWrite method denies write access to the file
    See:
    @see SecurityException
    @see SecurityManager.checkRead(java.lang.String)
    @see SecurityManager.checkWrite(java.lang.String)
    Misc:
    @revised 1.4
    @spec JSR-51
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  • closetop

    public void close() throws IOException
    Closes this random access file stream and releases any system resources associated with the stream. A closed random access file cannot perform input or output operations and cannot be reopened.

    If this file has an associated channel then the channel is closed as well.

    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Misc:
    @revised 1.4
    @spec JSR-51
    Specified by:
    close from Closeable
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  • getChanneltop

    public final FileChannel getChannel()
    Returns the unique FileChannel object associated with this file.

    The position of the returned channel will always be equal to this object's file-pointer offset as returned by the getFilePointer method. Changing this object's file-pointer offset, whether explicitly or by reading or writing bytes, will change the position of the channel, and vice versa. Changing the file's length via this object will change the length seen via the file channel, and vice versa.

    Return:
    @return the file channel associated with this file
    Since:
    @since 1.4
    Misc:
    @spec JSR-51
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  • getFDtop

    public final FileDescriptor getFD() throws IOException
    Returns the opaque file descriptor object associated with this stream.
    Return:
    @return the file descriptor object associated with this stream.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see java.io.FileDescriptor
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  • getFilePointertop

    public native long getFilePointer() throws IOException
    Returns the current offset in this file.
    Return:
    @return the offset from the beginning of the file, in bytes, at which the next read or write occurs.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
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  • lengthtop

    public native long length() throws IOException
    Returns the length of this file.
    Return:
    @return the length of this file, measured in bytes.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
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  • readtop

    public native int read() throws IOException
    Reads a byte of data from this file. The byte is returned as an integer in the range 0 to 255 (0x00-0x0ff). This method blocks if no input is yet available.

    Although RandomAccessFile is not a subclass of InputStream, this method behaves in exactly the same way as the java.io.InputStream.read() method of InputStream.

    Return:
    @return the next byte of data, or -1 if the end of the file has been reached.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs. Not thrown if end-of-file has been reached.
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  • readtop

    public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException
    Reads up to b.length bytes of data from this file into an array of bytes. This method blocks until at least one byte of input is available.

    Although RandomAccessFile is not a subclass of InputStream, this method behaves in exactly the same way as the java.io.InputStream.read(byte[]) method of InputStream.

    Parameters:
    @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
    Return:
    @return the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of this file has been reached.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException If the first byte cannot be read for any reason other than end of file, or if the random access file has been closed, or if some other I/O error occurs.
    @exception NullPointerException If b is null.
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  • readtop

    public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
    Reads up to len bytes of data from this file into an array of bytes. This method blocks until at least one byte of input is available.

    Although RandomAccessFile is not a subclass of InputStream, this method behaves in exactly the same way as the java.io.InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) method of InputStream.

    Parameters:
    @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
    @param off the start offset in array b at which the data is written.
    @param len the maximum number of bytes read.
    Return:
    @return the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or -1 if there is no more data because the end of the file has been reached.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException If the first byte cannot be read for any reason other than end of file, or if the random access file has been closed, or if some other I/O error occurs.
    @exception NullPointerException If b is null.
    @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If off is negative, len is negative, or len is greater than b.length - off
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  • readBooleantop

    public final boolean readBoolean() throws IOException
    Reads a boolean from this file. This method reads a single byte from the file, starting at the current file pointer. A value of 0 represents false. Any other value represents true. This method blocks until the byte is read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
    Return:
    @return the boolean value read.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file has reached the end.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readBoolean from DataInput
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  • readBytetop

    public final byte readByte() throws IOException
    Reads a signed eight-bit value from this file. This method reads a byte from the file, starting from the current file pointer. If the byte read is b, where 0 <= b <= 255, then the result is: 
         (byte)(b)

    This method blocks until the byte is read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next byte of this file as a signed eight-bit byte.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file has reached the end.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readByte from DataInput
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  • readChartop

    public final char readChar() throws IOException
    Reads a character from this file. This method reads two bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer. If the bytes read, in order, are b1 and b2, where 0 <= b1, b2 <= 255, then the result is equal to: 
         (char)((b1 << 8) | b2)

    This method blocks until the two bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next two bytes of this file, interpreted as a char.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading two bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readChar from DataInput
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  • readDoubletop

    public final double readDouble() throws IOException
    Reads a double from this file. This method reads a long value, starting at the current file pointer, as if by the readLong method and then converts that long to a double using the longBitsToDouble method in class Double.

    This method blocks until the eight bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next eight bytes of this file, interpreted as a double.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading eight bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see java.io.RandomAccessFile.readLong()
    @see Double.longBitsToDouble(long)
    Specified by:
    readDouble from DataInput
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  • readFloattop

    public final float readFloat() throws IOException
    Reads a float from this file. This method reads an int value, starting at the current file pointer, as if by the readInt method and then converts that int to a float using the intBitsToFloat method in class Float.

    This method blocks until the four bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next four bytes of this file, interpreted as a float.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading four bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see java.io.RandomAccessFile.readInt()
    @see Float.intBitsToFloat(int)
    Specified by:
    readFloat from DataInput
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  • readFullytop

    public final void readFully(byte[] b) throws IOException
    Reads b.length bytes from this file into the byte array, starting at the current file pointer. This method reads repeatedly from the file until the requested number of bytes are read. This method blocks until the requested number of bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
    Parameters:
    @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading all the bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readFully from DataInput
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  • readFullytop

    public final void readFully(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
    Reads exactly len bytes from this file into the byte array, starting at the current file pointer. This method reads repeatedly from the file until the requested number of bytes are read. This method blocks until the requested number of bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
    Parameters:
    @param b the buffer into which the data is read.
    @param off the start offset of the data.
    @param len the number of bytes to read.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading all the bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readFully from DataInput
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  • readInttop

    public final int readInt() throws IOException
    Reads a signed 32-bit integer from this file. This method reads 4 bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer. If the bytes read, in order, are b1, b2, b3, and b4, where 0 <= b1, b2, b3, b4 <= 255, then the result is equal to: 
         (b1 << 24) | (b2 << 16) + (b3 << 8) + b4

    This method blocks until the four bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next four bytes of this file, interpreted as an int.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading four bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readInt from DataInput
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  • readLinetop

    public final String readLine() throws IOException
    Reads the next line of text from this file. This method successively reads bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer, until it reaches a line terminator or the end of the file. Each byte is converted into a character by taking the byte's value for the lower eight bits of the character and setting the high eight bits of the character to zero. This method does not, therefore, support the full Unicode character set.

    A line of text is terminated by a carriage-return character ('\r'), a newline character ('\n'), a carriage-return character immediately followed by a newline character, or the end of the file. Line-terminating characters are discarded and are not included as part of the string returned.

    This method blocks until a newline character is read, a carriage return and the byte following it are read (to see if it is a newline), the end of the file is reached, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next line of text from this file, or null if end of file is encountered before even one byte is read.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readLine from DataInput
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  • readLongtop

    public final long readLong() throws IOException
    Reads a signed 64-bit integer from this file. This method reads eight bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer. If the bytes read, in order, are b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, and b8, where: 
         0 <= b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8 <=255,

    then the result is equal to: 

         ((long)b1 << 56) + ((long)b2 << 48)
     + ((long)b3 << 40) + ((long)b4 << 32)
     + ((long)b5 << 24) + ((long)b6 << 16)
     + ((long)b7 << 8) + b8

    This method blocks until the eight bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next eight bytes of this file, interpreted as a long.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading eight bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readLong from DataInput
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  • readShorttop

    public final short readShort() throws IOException
    Reads a signed 16-bit number from this file. The method reads two bytes from this file, starting at the current file pointer. If the two bytes read, in order, are b1 and b2, where each of the two values is between 0 and 255, inclusive, then the result is equal to: 
         (short)((b1 << 8) | b2)

    This method blocks until the two bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next two bytes of this file, interpreted as a signed 16-bit number.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading two bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readShort from DataInput
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  • readUTFtop

    public final String readUTF() throws IOException
    Reads in a string from this file. The string has been encoded using a modified UTF-8 format.

    The first two bytes are read, starting from the current file pointer, as if by readUnsignedShort. This value gives the number of following bytes that are in the encoded string, not the length of the resulting string. The following bytes are then interpreted as bytes encoding characters in the modified UTF-8 format and are converted into characters.

    This method blocks until all the bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return a Unicode string.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading all the bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    @exception UTFDataFormatException if the bytes do not represent valid modified UTF-8 encoding of a Unicode string.
    See:
    @see java.io.RandomAccessFile.readUnsignedShort()
    Specified by:
    readUTF from DataInput
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  • readUnsignedBytetop

    public final int readUnsignedByte() throws IOException
    Reads an unsigned eight-bit number from this file. This method reads a byte from this file, starting at the current file pointer, and returns that byte.

    This method blocks until the byte is read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next byte of this file, interpreted as an unsigned eight-bit number.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file has reached the end.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readUnsignedByte from DataInput
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  • readUnsignedShorttop

    public final int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException
    Reads an unsigned 16-bit number from this file. This method reads two bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer. If the bytes read, in order, are b1 and b2, where 0 <= b1, b2 <= 255, then the result is equal to: 
         (b1 << 8) | b2

    This method blocks until the two bytes are read, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.

    Return:
    @return the next two bytes of this file, interpreted as an unsigned 16-bit integer.
    Exceptions:
    @exception EOFException if this file reaches the end before reading two bytes.
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    readUnsignedShort from DataInput
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  • seektop

    public native void seek(long pos) throws IOException
    Sets the file-pointer offset, measured from the beginning of this file, at which the next read or write occurs. The offset may be set beyond the end of the file. Setting the offset beyond the end of the file does not change the file length. The file length will change only by writing after the offset has been set beyond the end of the file.
    Parameters:
    @param pos the offset position, measured in bytes from the beginning of the file, at which to set the file pointer.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if pos is less than 0 or if an I/O error occurs.
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  • setLengthtop

    public native void setLength(long newLength) throws IOException
    Sets the length of this file.

    If the present length of the file as returned by the length method is greater than the newLength argument then the file will be truncated. In this case, if the file offset as returned by the getFilePointer method is greater than newLength then after this method returns the offset will be equal to newLength.

    If the present length of the file as returned by the length method is smaller than the newLength argument then the file will be extended. In this case, the contents of the extended portion of the file are not defined.

    Parameters:
    @param newLength The desired length of the file
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
    Since:
    @since 1.2
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  • skipBytestop

    public int skipBytes(int n) throws IOException
    Attempts to skip over n bytes of input discarding the skipped bytes.

    This method may skip over some smaller number of bytes, possibly zero. This may result from any of a number of conditions; reaching end of file before n bytes have been skipped is only one possibility. This method never throws an EOFException. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned. If n is negative, no bytes are skipped.

    Parameters:
    @param n the number of bytes to be skipped.
    Return:
    @return the actual number of bytes skipped.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    skipBytes from DataInput
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  • writetop

    public native void write(int b) throws IOException
    Writes the specified byte to this file. The write starts at the current file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param b the byte to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    write from DataOutput
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  • writetop

    public void write(byte[] b) throws IOException
    Writes b.length bytes from the specified byte array to this file, starting at the current file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param b the data.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    write from DataOutput
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  • writetop

    public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException
    Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this file.
    Parameters:
    @param b the data.
    @param off the start offset in the data.
    @param len the number of bytes to write.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    write from DataOutput
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  • writeBooleantop

    public final void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException
    Writes a boolean to the file as a one-byte value. The value true is written out as the value (byte)1; the value false is written out as the value (byte)0. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a boolean value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeBoolean from DataOutput
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  • writeBytetop

    public final void writeByte(int v) throws IOException
    Writes a byte to the file as a one-byte value. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a byte value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeByte from DataOutput
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  • writeBytestop

    public final void writeBytes(String s) throws IOException
    Writes the string to the file as a sequence of bytes. Each character in the string is written out, in sequence, by discarding its high eight bits. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param s a string of bytes to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeBytes from DataOutput
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  • writeChartop

    public final void writeChar(int v) throws IOException
    Writes a char to the file as a two-byte value, high byte first. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a char value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeChar from DataOutput
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  • writeCharstop

    public final void writeChars(String s) throws IOException
    Writes a string to the file as a sequence of characters. Each character is written to the data output stream as if by the writeChar method. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param s a String value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see java.io.RandomAccessFile.writeChar(int)
    Specified by:
    writeChars from DataOutput
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  • writeDoubletop

    public final void writeDouble(double v) throws IOException
    Converts the double argument to a long using the doubleToLongBits method in class Double, and then writes that long value to the file as an eight-byte quantity, high byte first. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a double value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see Double.doubleToLongBits(double)
    Specified by:
    writeDouble from DataOutput
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  • writeFloattop

    public final void writeFloat(float v) throws IOException
    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. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a float value to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    See:
    @see Float.floatToIntBits(float)
    Specified by:
    writeFloat from DataOutput
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  • writeInttop

    public final void writeInt(int v) throws IOException
    Writes an int to the file as four bytes, high byte first. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v an int to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeInt from DataOutput
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  • writeLongtop

    public final void writeLong(long v) throws IOException
    Writes a long to the file as eight bytes, high byte first. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a long to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeLong from DataOutput
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  • writeShorttop

    public final void writeShort(int v) throws IOException
    Writes a short to the file as two bytes, high byte first. The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
    Parameters:
    @param v a short to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeShort from DataOutput
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  • writeUTFtop

    public final void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException
    Writes a string to the file using modified UTF-8 encoding in a machine-independent manner.

    First, two bytes are written to the file, starting at the current file pointer, as if by the writeShort method giving the number of bytes to follow. This value is the number of bytes actually written out, not the length of the string. Following the length, each character of the string is output, in sequence, using the modified UTF-8 encoding for each character.

    Parameters:
    @param str a string to be written.
    Exceptions:
    @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    Specified by:
    writeUTF from DataOutput
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