Using Files in Java
To really use streams, you need to use files. So this chapter will cover files first. Java supports two kinds of files:
File—Can only be written to sequentially
RandomAccessFile—Can be read from or written to at any point in the file
To be able to use a file in Java, you create a File or RandomAccessFile object.
Warning
It is critical to remember that creating a File object such as
File myFile = new File("/export", config.dat");
does not have anything to do with whether or not this file exists. You can execute this constructor for a nonexistent file. Java does not throw an exception for a nonexistent file until you actually try to create a stream that uses the file.
File: Code Example
The File class has three constructors ...
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