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ObjectInputStream any help?

Posted by richard on February 17, 2001 at 1:07 PM

> I want to write a program in java to read from a flatfile created in Delphi.

> Is there any other way of doing it in java than (say) the readInt() method in RandomAccessFile, followed by readChar(), followed by readChar(), etc etc. Can I create a TItem_Rec class and read the file directly into that?

One of the easier ways to handle reading and writing records in Java is to create a Class that implements a record structure (containing only fields - data members, and accessor and mutator methods - get and set). Then, in an application you can create an array of such objects and write the entire array to file with an ObjectOutputStream. You only have to make your record-type class implement java.io.serializable to do this.

I could send an example if you want.

regards

richard

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