The RandomAccessFile Class

RandomAccessFile both reads and writes to binary output streams. It's most similar to the Python file object and has the following methods:

  • __init__(strName, strMode)— opens the file in the specified mode

  • __init__(File, strMode)— same as above, but passes a Java file object

  • getFD()— gets the file descriptor

  • getFilePointer()— similar to the tell() method for the Python file object

  • length()— gets the length of the file

  • seek()— similar to the seek() method for the Python file object

  • read(byte_sequence)— similar to the read() method in InputStream

  • read(byte_sequence, off, len)— similar to the read() method in InputStream

The following abstract methods are from DataInput:

  • readBoolean()

  • readByte()

  • readFloat()

  • readChar()

  • readDouble() ...

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