Java for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Program the Fundamentals the Java 9+ Way

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Iuliana CosminaJava for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3778-6_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. Before computers were invented information was written on paper and stored in organized cabinets where it could be retrieved from manually. Software applications that run on computers do something similar. Information is written in files, files are organized in directories and 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 ...