Java 17 for Absolute Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals of Java Programming

© Iuliana Cosmina 2022

I. CosminaJava 17 for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7080-6_11

11. Working With Files

Iuliana Cosmina¹  

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Edinburgh, UK

 

One of the most important functions in software is information organizing and storage, with the goal of using it and sharing it. Information is written on paper and stored in organized cabinets in real life where it can be retrieved from. Software applications do something similar. Information is written in files, files are organized in directories, and eventually when in even more complex structures, named databases. Java provides classes to read information from files and databases and classes to write files and write information to databases. In previous chapters databases have been ...