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Sams Teach Yourself Java™ in 24 Hours, Fifth Edition
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Sams Teach Yourself Java™ in 24 Hours, Fifth Edition

by Rogers Cadenhead
October 2009
Beginner
432 pages
8h 14m
English
Sams
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Chapter 20. Reading and Writing Files

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

  • Read bytes from a file into a program

  • Create a new file on your computer

  • Save an array of bytes to a file

  • Make changes to the data stored in a file

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There are numerous ways to represent data on a computer. You already have worked with one by creating objects. An object includes data in the form of variables and references to objects. It also includes methods that use the data to accomplish tasks.

To work with other kinds of data, such as files on your hard drive and documents on a web server, you can use the classes of the java.io package. The “io” part of its name stands for “input/output” and the classes are used to access a source of data, such ...

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