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ObjectInputStream

Posted by Rachna on February 24, 2001 at 1:01 AM

hi,
I have opened a file using
ObjectOutputStream out=new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("filename",true));
now my problem is that when i try to read the file using

ObjectInputStream out=new ObjectInputStream(new
FileInputStream("filename"));

i get an error that
java.io.StreamCorruptedException: Type code out of range, is -84
what should i do?

> > You haven't really provided enough info but are you remembering to close the file after writing with out.close() to make sure the buffer is flushed (all data transferred from memory to file).

> > If I recall correctly, flushing the buffer is off by default when serializing objects (one of the ObjectOutputStream constructors takes a boolean for this - check the java.io doc).

> > Hope that helps

> > Richard